On San Antonio Street south of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling north.
1856, Camp Verde was established as a military post to suppress Indian attacks on settlers. As suggested by Jefferson Davis, camels were brought to the camp as an experiment in providing transportation of troops and equipment. The experiment was . . . — — Map (db m111277) HM
On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Elm Pass Road, on the right when traveling south on San Antonio Street.
The earliest known settlers in this area were Mrs. Elizabeth Denton and her children and slaves, who arrived in 1852. They were joined in 1858 by the family of Dr. Charles Ganahl, who named the new community Zanzenberg, after his hometown in . . . — — Map (db m111264) HM
On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on China Street.
The Center Point Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been a part of the community and surrounding area for more than 135 years. The Church was founded by traveling Kentucky Minister Green L. Surber in 1879. His parents, Adam and Jemima . . . — — Map (db m157409) HM
On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Avenue C, on the right when traveling east on China Street.
Prior to the settlement of the community of Zanzenberg and Center Point, school was taught in shacks and homes. From 1873-1875, B.F. Johnson taught classes in the first school held in various buildings in the area. From 1876-1884, the Center Point . . . — — Map (db m157413) HM
On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) 0.1 miles north of China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350), on the right when traveling north.
The Center Point Train Depot was built in the 1920's by the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. This depot was located on what is now Highway 27 and was on the north side of the Guadalupe River near where Hwy 480 and Hwy 27 meet.
By 1875 . . . — — Map (db m225221) HM
On Church Street just north of China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350), on the left when traveling east.
In 1852, before there was a town here, Mrs. Henrietta Rees and her children came from Tennessee. Soon, she arranged for Methodist Circuit Riders to come to this area. One acre was bought for a Church in 1872 from W. G. ("Gabe") Cocke and his wife . . . — — Map (db m157398) HM
On San Antonio Street south of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling north.
1852, a settlement began along the Guadalupe River half way between Kerryville and Comfort that became known as Center Point. 1856, residents met here to petition the state for a new county, then held the 1st meeting to organize the county . . . — — Map (db m111274) HM
On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Mosty Lane, on the right when traveling east on China Street.
A son of Belgian immigrants, Leander A. Mosty worked as a cattle driver and broker in Kansas before migrating to Kerr County in 1897. Sensing a market for fruit and pecan trees in the sparsely treed area, Mosty and his wife, Elizabeth (Bean), a . . . — — Map (db m157309) HM
On Elm Pass Road at San Antonio Road (Farm to Market Road 480), on the left when traveling south on Elm Pass Road.
Lieutenant Nelson Orcelus Reynolds was a noted Texas Lawman, born in 1846 in Pennsylvania, Reynolds served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1874, he enlisted as a Texas Ranger in Blanco County. Reynolds captured the Horrell brothers . . . — — Map (db m201964) HM
On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Swayze Street, on the right when traveling north on San Antonio Street.
Chartered on June 5, 1875, this lodge was first located in a building which was destroyed by fire in 1900, along with all the lodge records. Meetings were held in the Guadalupe Valley Bank Building from 1902 until the Lodge moved to this site in . . . — — Map (db m157384) HM
On Main Highway (State Highway 27) 0.2 miles east of Stoneleigh Road, on the left when traveling east.
Home of Dr. Charles De Ganahl (1824-1883), a signer of the Texas Articles of Secession in 1861 and Army Surgeon for the Confederate States of America. The home was erected in 1856 and named after Dr. Ganahl's ancestral home in the Austrian Tyrol of . . . — — Map (db m157341) HM
On Stoneleigh Road at Allen Kaiser Drive, on the left when traveling east on Stoneleigh Road.
Missouri native George L. Leigh (d. 1901) moved to Kerr County in 1878 for health reasons. He opened a mercantile establishment in Center Point (3.5 mi. S) with James Sellers and later served one term as County Tax Assessor. In 1883 he purchased a . . . — — Map (db m157340) HM
On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling north on San Antonio Street.
One of Center Point's oldest existing commercial structures, the Woolls Building was constructed in 1873-75 to house the mercantile business of George W. Woolls (d. 1876). Local contractor and stonemason Sam H. Wellborn built it of Limestone with . . . — — Map (db m157342) HM
