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8662 A&M College Consolidated Rural School 2100 block of Welsh Avenue (Welsh Avenue side of football stadium), College Station. The state of Texas granted a charter for an independent school district to encompass the Texas A&M College campus in 1909. Because there was not ... 23301 A&M United Methodist Church marker pending marker pending 8628 African American Education in College Station 1000 Eleanor St. Formal education for African Americans in Brazos County began as a result of the Public School Act of 1871. Classes were held in many small community ... 8683 Albert Gallatin From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 974 (north Bryan) take FM 974 approx. 8 miles to Dick Elliott Rd.; take Elliott Rd. NW approx. 2.2 miles to Bickham Cemetery Rd.; then NE on cemetery road approx. 1 mile to cemetery. 8659 Alexander Cemetery From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 974 (North Bryan) take FM 974 north approximately 5.3 miles to Alexander Rd.; then NW on Alexander Rd. approximately .9 mile to Alexander Cemetery Rd., then on Cemetery Road approximately .1 mile to cemetery. There was a schoolhouse near this site in 1854 when, according to tradition, the first interment was made here. That early grave, for a child by ... 8660 Alexander Methodist Chapel From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 974 (North Bryan) take FM 974 north approximately 5.3 miles to Alexander Rd., then NW on Alexander Rd. approximately .9 mile to Alexander Cemetery Rd., then on cemetery road approximately .1 mile. Organized in 1854 by Robert Alexander, Circuit Rider. First church built of hand-hewn logs in 1856 by early settlers, George Fullerton, Hugh Henry, ... 17455 Alexander Methodist Church approx. 8 mi north of Bryan, aproxx. 1 mi. north of Tabor Rd. Organized in 1854 in Tabor com. By Robert Alexander, Circuit Rider. First church built of hand-hewn logs in 1856 by early settlers, George Fullerton, ... 8661 Allen Academy At the corner of 22nd St. and Ursuline Ave., Bryan This school originated as Madison Academy, founded in 1886 in Madisonville by John Hodges Allen (1854-1920), an educator from Mississippi. When his ... 14594 Allen Academy (Duplicate) 3201 FM 158 17339 Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church 506 E 22nd Street Methodism among African American Texans predates the Civil War with the First Church being established in 1848. The earliest known African American ... 8663 Astin-Porter Home 600 E. 29th St. Built for Onah (Ward) Astin (d. 1944), the wife of cotton planter James H. Astin (d. 1897), this house was designed by the Waco firm of Howard Messer ...

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8664 Black Education in Bryan Between Houston St. and Preston St. on 20th; Bryan (in park). On March 30, 1885, the City of Bryan purchased seven lots in this area as a site for a public school to provide separate but equal and impartial ... 22569 Boonville Cemetery 2421 Boonville Rd. 8666 Brazos County Brazos County Courthouse grounds, S side near main entrance, facing E. 26th Street Brazos County, part of Stephen F. Austin’s colony, was created from Washington County in 1841. It was first named Navasota County, with Boonville ... 8667 Brazos County Confederate Commissioners Court W side county courthouse, Bryan. Furnished horses, equipment and clothing for county men in the Civil War. Levied war taxes on property, exempting lands or estates of Confederate ... 8668 Brazos River Largest river between the Red and the Rio Grande, the 840-mile Brazos rises in 3 forks: the Salt, Clear and Double Mountain forks. According to legend, this river saved Coronado's Expedition of 1540-1542 from dying of thirst, so the men thankfully named it "Los Brazos de Dios" (Arms of God). On its banks were founded historic San Felipe, capital of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, and Washington, where in 1836 Texas' Declaration of Independence was signed. Vast plantations thrived in the fertile Brazos Valley, making cotton "king" in Texas until the Civil War. Largest river between the Red and the Rio Grande, the 840-mile Brazos rises in 3 forks: the Salt, Clear and Double Mountain forks. According to legend, ... 8671 Bryan & College Interurban Railway NE corner E. 27th St. and Regent Ave. Marker reported in storage pending installation Dec. 2021. Bryan mayor J.T. Maloney and the city's Retail Merchants Association incorporated the Bryan & College Interurban Railway Company in 1909. The company ... 18447 Bryan Air Force Base Texas A&M University, RELLIS campus. Map dot approximate. During World War II, construction of Bryan Army Air Field (Bryan AAF) began in August 1942. The U.S. Army Air Forces site grew out of a war department ... 8670 Bryan City Cemetery 1111 N. Texas Ave. Established on June 13, 1868, three years after the townsite of Bryan was dedicated. Land for the graveyard--20 acres then on the northern edge of ...

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24322 Carl T. "Doc" Sprague marker pending marker pending 13339 Carnegie Public Library Carnegie History Center, E side S. Main St. between E. 26th and E. 27th streets. -- (RTHL medallion only) 8672 Carter, Richard, Homesite Brazos Wood Dr. at the entrance to Richard Carter Park; College Station. In 1831, Richard Carter (1789-1863), Virginia native and War of 1812 veteran, came from Alabama and received a grant of land within the Stephen F. ... 8673 Cavitt House 713 E. 30th St. Attorney William R. Cavitt (1849-1924) purchased a city block here in 1875, the year he married Mary Mitchell. Cavitt became Brazos County Attorney ... 8685 Charlie Eric Jenkins Bryan City Cemetery - at gravesite, center of cemetery about 100 yards from entrance. English native Charlie E. Jenkins came to America in 1873 and to Bryan in 1878. One of Bryan's most prolific and talented builders of the late 19th ... 23658 City of College Station marker pending marker pending 23318 College Station Cemetery marker pending marker pending 8674 College Station Railroad Depots Texas A&M university, SE corner Lamar Street and Old Main Drive, facing Innovative Learning Classroom Building In 1871 Texas governor Edmund Davis appointed three commissioners to select a site for the newly established Agricultural and Mechanical College ... 16933 Confederate Veterans in Bryan City Cemetery Bryan City Cemetery, 1111 N. Texas Avenue THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH GREATLY AFFECTED BRAZOS COUNTY. WAR HALTED PROGRESS OF THE HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY AND MADE MILLICAN A BOOMTOWN. ...

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8686 E. J. Jenkins House 607 E. 27th St. This house was constructed in 1893 by prominent Bryan builder Charlie Jenkins for his brother Edwin James Jenkins (1867-1959). A native of England, ... 22760 Earl Graham Post 159 corner of Waco St. & SH 21 marker pending 13065 Early Play-By-Play Radio Broadcast of a College Football Game Texas A&M University, Kyle Field, outside the northeast corner of the stadium In 1920, David J. Finn and other Texas A&M electrical engineering students attempted to broadcast the football game at Oklahoma A&M via ham radio. ... 8675 Early Texas A&M Campus Housing In park-like setting just E of the A&M football stadium and W of the Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadet Bldg., Texas A&M University campus, College Station. When Texas A&M University opened in 1876, it was four miles from Bryan, the nearest town, and the need for campus housing for faculty and staff arose. ... 23268 Edge Community marker pending marker pending 8676 Edge House 609 S. Ennis Completed in 1925 for the family of prominent Bryan merchant Eugene Edge (1879-1954) and his wife Cora Zulch (d. 1939), this two-and-one-half story ... 8706 El Camino Real From Bryan take SH 21 approx. 10 miles to OSR (Old San Antonio Road) E; marker is located near OSR stop sign onto SH 21. Great thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana. The general route followed ancient Indian ... 8677 Eugene Edge Home 508 E. 30th St. This Queen Anne style residence features a two-story wraparound porch with a decorative balustrade. The front porch, with its Doric columns and triangular ...

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12883 La Salle Hotel 120 S. Main St. Occupying a prominent corner in the southern end of Bryan's central business district, the La Salle hotel is an architectural landmark representative ... 18247 Leonard School In the late 1890s, Sam Luther donated the land at this site for a school. At the time, most residents of the Leonard community were Polish, German and Czech immigrants who were drawn to the area by the Brazos River’s rich soil. The Leonard School went through the eighth grade and emphasized vocational agricultural training. Students at the Leonard School got out from April to October to help their parents harvest cotton. The school’s two classrooms were separated by a divider that could be moved to convert the building into a public meeting place. After the students went home, the Leonard School hosted dances, weddings, pageants, Sunday School and local elections. African American students went to a separate school on Silver Hill Road, two miles away. Over time, Leonard’s small rural community began to change. The school did not have running water or electricity until the Rural Electrification Administration reached the area in the 1930s. Starting in 1932, Brazos County Superintendent Mrs. W.E. Neeley ran a “bookwagon” that delivered books to Leonard School students during the summer months. In the 1940s, buses began taking graduates of the Leonard School to high school in Bryan. The age of small rural schools was ending, as the county decided it was more cost effective to bus all of its students to school in Bryan or College Station. In 1978, the Office of County Superintendent was abolished. The humble two-room Leonard Schoolhouse, which had served its students and its community for fifty years, was closed in 1946 and the building was moved. In the late 1890s, Sam Luther donated the land at this site for a school. At the time, most residents of the Leonard community were Polish, German ...

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13369 Main Drill Field, Texas A&M University Across from Memorial Student Center, central TAMU campus Texas A&M University opened in October 1876 and established the Corps of Cadets to fulfill its Congressional mandate to teach military tactics. The ... 12943 Martin's Place 3403 S. College In December 1924, Martin Kapchinskie purchased land at this site, along a one-lane country road connecting Bryan to Texas A&M University, near the ... 8687 McMichael-Wilson House 712 E. 30th St. Constructed in 1904 for lumberman and Brazos County clerk George Washington McMichael (1854-1904), this Queen Anne style home was purchased in 1912 ... 20150 Millican Massacre FM 159, E side N of Webster Street Following Emancipation, federal Union soldiers arrived in Millican, along with the Freedmen's Bureau, to assist in the transition to Reconstruction. ... 8688 Millican, C.S.A. From College Station take FM 2154 SE approx. 14 miles to the intersection of FM 2154 and FM 159. Millican was Texas' northernmost railroad terminus when the war between the states began in 1861. It became a vital Confederate shipping point for ... 8690 Moravian (Czech) Cemetery 5911 Street (Copperfield Subdivision), Bryan Knights Bridge. Land for this cemetery was sold in 1889 by Josef Stasta (1833-1894) to Joseph Mekeska, president of Moravian Brothers Burial Ground. The deed specified ... 13298 Mount Calvary Cemetery Old Kurten Rd, between SH 6 Business and SH 6 Bryan's St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church began in 1873 with a congregation that drew from the city as well as rural communities in the area. For ...

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8693 Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church 217 W. 26th St. This parish traces its origin to Episcopal services held in nearby Millican in 1864. A yellow fever epidemic in the Millican area prompted the relocation ... 18206 Santa Teresa Catholic Church 1212 Lucky Street In 1929, Father Frank D. Urbanovsky, known as Padre Panchito, came to Bryan to assist the pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church. He soon began to ... 23543 Shiloh Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 8696 Shiloh Community 2604 Texas Ave. at College Station Cemetery, College Station. Settled in the 1860s by Czech, German, and Polish immigrants, the Shiloh community was an area of large family farms. In addition to homes and farms, ... 8682 Site of First Public School in Bryan Fannin Elementary School. Marker is on W side of campus, E side of S. Baker Avenue between E. 29th and E. 30th streets. At the polls on Oct. 29, 1877, the City of Bryan voted to establish a free public graded school--a very progressive step in an era of private schools. ... 8691 Site of Odd Fellows University and Orphans Home St. Joseph School, SE corner N. Preston Avenue and E. William Joel Bryan Parkway Founded 1870 by Odd Fellows lodge. Housed in a 2-story frame building. Taught drawing, English, French, German, Greek, Latin, music, philosophy, ... 8665 Site of the Town of Boonville Boonville Heritage Park, N side Boonville Road between Austin's Colony Parkway and Curtis Street Established in 1841 as the county seat of Navasota County by John Millican, John H. Jones, J. Ferguson, E. Seale, and Mordecai Boon whose name it ... 13279 Site of Villa Maria Ursuline Academy northeast corner of Osborn Lane and Ursuline Avenue intersection The Ursuline Sisters, founded by St. Angela in Italy in 1535, opened their first girls' school in North America in Quebec in 1639. In 1727, they ... 13371 South Methodist Episcopal Church 506 E. 28th St. 8694 St. Joseph Catholic Church Corner of Preston and 26th Streets, Bryan. Although Catholic worship services were celebrated in Bryan by 1869, this church traces its history to the early 1870s. The first church building ... 8695 St. Joseph School On Preston St. between 26th and William J. Bryan Blvd., Bryan. The Rev. Joseph Pelnar of Bryan's St. Joseph Catholic Church erected a parish school building here in the early 1890s. The children of East European ... 8697 Steele's Store Community FM 50, E side between Fazzino Rd. and Sims Ln. Reported missing August 2021. Replacement in progress. Anglo settlement in this area can be traced to 1851. Henry B. Steele built a general merchandise store in 1855 to serve residents of the rural community, ... 15691 Steep Hollow Cemetery FM 1179 and Steep Hollow Road

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8700 Waldrop House 615 E. 29th St. Designed by Houston architects Jones & Tabor, this home was built for Allister (1877-1936) and Nanne Waldrop in the early 1900s. Waldrop, a prominent ... 12524 Wellborn Cemetery 2 blocks east of FM 2154 on Greensprairie Rd. The town of Wellborn was founded in 1867 along the Houston and Texas Central railroad line. By 1874, with the first documented burial -- that of ... 8701 Wesa Weddington From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 158 (East Bryan) take FM 158 E approx. .5 miles to Boonville Cemetery. Granddaughter of Harvey Mitchell, a pioneer settler of Brazos County, Wesa Weddington began teaching Latin and Spanish in 1903 in Bryan public schools. ... 8702 Wilkerson House 614 E. 29th St. Built in 1912 by noted Bryan architect and contractor Charlie Jenkins, this home is located in a neighborhood where many of the town's business leaders ... 12753 William Templeton Millican 3 mi. NW of Millican on FM 2154, then 1 mi. W on High Prairie Rd. Old Three Hundred Colonist William T. Millican was born in South Carolina about 1780 and came to Texas with his parents and siblings in 1821. They ... 16361 Wipprecht House NE corner E. 29th Street and S. Houston Avenue Designed in 1898 by Bryan architect George Washington Jenkins, this home was constructed for Julia Kapp Wipprecht, who was a well-known local philanthropist. ... 8704 Wixon Cemetery From the intersection of SH 6 and U.S. Hwy. 190 go NE on U.S. Hwy. 190 approx. 5 miles to FM 2776; then NW on FM 2776 approximately .6 miles to cemetery gate. The rural farming community of Wixon was settled in the late 1860s by former residents of several war-torn southern states. The Wixon School and ...