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6593 A. H. Belo Corporation 400 S. Record St. in Dallas A.H. Belo Corporation traces its roots to a small company that founded the Galveston "Daily News" on April 11, 1842. The company began publishing ... 6592 A.H. Belo House Arts District Mansion - Dallas Bar Association, NW corner Ross Ave. and N. Pearl St. Prominent newspaper publisher Alfred Horatio Belo (1839-1901) was born in North Carolina. He attained the rank of colonel in the Confederate army ... 20088 A.J. Head Service Station SE corner Main and S. 4th streets. Marker reported missing May 2020. Map dot approximate. The Federal Aid Road Act (1916) and the formation of the Texas Highway Department resulted in the creation of Texas Highway 1, or Bankhead Highway. ... 6640 Abraham Carver Cemetery in park Twenty-one graves have been located in the Abraham Carver Cemetery which covers one-half acre of land and contains six generations of Carver family ... 6584 Addison State Bank 4803 Broadway in Addison. This building was completed in 1913 to house the Addison State Bank, which had been organized the previous year to serve the new railroad community ... 6585 Adolphus Hotel 1321 Commerce in Dallas Dallas businessmen persuaded Adlophus Busch (1839-1913), co-founder of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Co., to build the original section of this Hotel ... 6598 Ahab Bowen Home 2614 Boll St., Dallas In 1861, Tennessee-born Ahab Bowen (1807 - 1900) moved to Dallas, where he was a farmer and feed dealer. He owned and cultivated the surrounding ... 6641 Albert Carver Cemetery SE corner of Bruton Rd. and Masters St. Illinois native Albert Carver (1827-1911) purchased land in this area in 1856 and settled here with his family. A farmer and noted breeder of Durham ... 6586 Aldredge House 5500 Swiss Ave., Dallas West Texas rancher William J. Lewis, a native of Maryland, and his wife Willie (Newberry) of Dallas had this residence constructed in 1915-17. Designed ... 6816 Alex W. and Sarah Perry Homestead Pearl Perry Gravley Park In 1844 Alexander Wilson Perry (1819 - 1904) and his wife Sarah (Huffman) (1824 - 1896) migrated from Illinois to Texas to join the Peters Colony. ... 6654 Alexander Cockrell_Sarah Horton Cockrell South Houston St, south side of Dealey Plaza Alexander Cockrell (June 8, 1820 - April 3, 1858) Sarah Horton Cockrell (Jan. 13, 1819 - April 26, 1892) Alexander Cockrell came to Dallas area in ... 11827 Alexander Harwood Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla at Young St. (1820-1885) Came to Dallas in 1844 from Tennessee. After the death of his first wife Isabella Daniel Harwood in 1851, he married Sarah Peak in 1855. ... 6587 Alexander Mansion 4607 Ross Ave. Setting for glittering social life in early 20th century. Built 1906 on most remote edge of Dallas by a businessman, C.H. Alexander, at a cost of ... 22823 Anderson Bonner Anderson Bonner Park, near parking lot on W side of Park Central Dr. 1.5 mi. SE of I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Frwy.) (c. 1839-c. 1920) Born into a life of slavery in Alabama in the 1830s, Anderson Bonner was brought to Texas in the 1850s along with his family, ... 6589 Anderson Family Cemetery on Marina Dr., south of US 67/30 in Garland Opened with burials of William (1785?-1858) and Celia (Lair) Anderson (1791?-1859), Kentuckians who lived on Missouri frontier before following to ... 20152 Anshe Sphard Synagogue_Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana southwest corner of Alamo St. and Cedar Springs Because of religious persecution in Russia and Eastern Europe, Jewish people migrated to the United States in large numbers in the late 19th and ... 22529 Antioch Life Park Cemetery Antioch Life Park Cemetery, Ave. D, E side between Bogarte Dr. and Hardy Rd. Marker affixed to front gate. Early African American pioneer Mose Jordan Sr. came to the Grand Prairie area as an enslaved person of David Jordan in 1852. As early as the late ... 11818 Avion Village 800 Skyline Road As early as the mid-1940s, housing was scarce in Dallas as well as in other centers of defense production and military activity throughout the nation. ...

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15958 Bankhead Highway in Garland Main St., south side of public square, marker reported damaged 12.2021 The early 20th century development of the automobile led to major changes in road systems throughout the U.S. The 1916 Federal Aid Road Act, which ... 6890 Barton Warren Stone Pioneer Cemetery; north side of Dallas Convention Center on Ceremonial Drive (1817 - 1881) Kentucky native Barton Warren Stone came to Dallas from Tennessee in 1851. He prospered at farming and the practice of law. In 1852 ... 13293 Baylor College of Dentistry 3302 Gaston Ave Two St. Louis dentists, Dr. David E. Morrow and Dr. Thomas G. Bradford, began seeking a site in Texas for a dental college in the early 1900s. Although ... 12901 Baylor University Medical Center 3600 Gaston Avenue Baylor University Medical Center Dallas in 1900 had insufficient medical care for its more than 40,000 residents. That year, despite some opposition ... 15243 Bear Creek Community 3925 Jackson Street Settlers began arriving in this area, once a part of Robertson’s Colony, in the 1850s. Early families included the Casters, Borahs, Sowers and Haleys. ... 6594 Beeman Memorial Cemetery Near Osage Cir. on private property. 1984 subject marker and 2003 HTC medallion. John (1799 - 1856) and Emily Hunnicutt (1806 - 1892) Beeman brought their family to Texas during its days as a Republic. About 1842 they gained clear ... 22820 Bennett Family Gardens Laurel Oaks Funeral Home and Memorial Park. Marker is in N section of the cemetery. Located within the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park cemetery, Bennett Family Gardens is the final resting place for many of eastern Dallas County's early ... 6595 Bethel Cemetery 601 Christi Lane, Coppell James Parrish came to Texas from Ohio prior to 1844 as a member of the Peters Colony. He and his wife Eliza Jane (Record) moved to Dallas County ... 18016 Big Spring 911 Pemberton Hill Road Big Spring, a natural water feature located in the White Rock Creek Valley near its mouth on the Trinity River in Dallas County, was claimed in 1842 ... 24209 Big Tex marker pending marker pending 6596 Bilbo Jitney Line, Headquarters Site Sylvan Avenue & Seale, in triangle, Dallas In 1915, when public transportation was non-existent in the western part of Dallas, Victor Clifford Bilbo (1894 - 1968) began operating a jitney ... 14034 Bill and Maude Dodson House 2540 Farmers Branch Ln. This historic Farmers Branch residence was the home of the city's first mayor. William F. (Bill) Dodson (1895-1949), a native of Malakoff, married ... 6597 Blewett Cemetery 500 block of E. Arapaho (corner of Arapaho & Grove), Richardson Established for family and community burials by the Rev. George L. Blewett, this cemetery was first used in 1855 after the death of his daughter ... 23900 Bromberg House 3201 Wendover Rd Famed Texas architect O’Neil Ford (1905-1982) and his partner, Arch Swank, designed this home in 1939 for Alfred Lionel (1889-1975) and Juanita Hazel ... 6600 Browder Springs in Old City Park at 1717 Gano St., Dallas Named for Browder family originally owning this site. Springs played key role in founding of Dallas and were principal source of water before a pumping ... 6606 Buckner Baptist Children's Home 5200 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas Founded out of concern for dependent, orphaned children, this institution opened in 1879 under the guidance of the Rev. Robert Cooke Buckner (d. ... 6607 Buckner Log Cabin RESTRICTED ACCESS. 6 mi. east of downtown Dallas, at Samuel and Buckner (Loop 12) Blvds., Dallas Dr. R. C. Buckner was born in this Madisonville, Tenn., cabin, Jan. 3, 1833. He moved to Texas, 1859. In 1879, founded Buckner Home. Original quarters ... 6608 Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main St. Adolphus Busch had this building constructed in 1913 as a complementary retail and office facility for his nearby Adolphus Hotel. It was acquired ...

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6637 California Crossing in California Crossing Parkon California Crossing Road 2.5 miles west of Stemmons, off SH 114, Dallas CALIFORNIA CROSSING (Some Five Hundred Feet North) Here thousands of 49'ers crossed Trinity River in heroic trek west--following California Gold ... 17371 Carrollton Black Cemetery In a field just south of W Belt Line Road, between Luna Road and Hutton Drive Carrollton's early African-Americans, many of whom were former slaves, helped settle and build the community. By 1871, this portion of forty acres ... 6638 Caruth House 8000 Cornerstone Parkway 6639 Caruth Pioneer Cemetery 7405 NW Hwy. Established early 1860s by William and Mattie Worthington Caruth, pioneer settlers.Across road was old Caruth Chapel where circuit-riding preachers ... 22837 CCC Company 850 Mesquite High School baseball field, SE corner of Kimbrough and Florence streets. Marker pending, in production as of Sep. 2021. During the Great Depression, Hicks Jobson set aside eight acres of his farm to allow the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin ... 6647 Cedar Springs on Lemmon Avenue between Hawthorne and Loma Alto Dr. in Craddock Park; Dallas CEDAR SPRINGS Earliest known historic site in Dallas County Visited in 1840 by Colonel Wm. G. Cooke's preliminary exploration for a route between ... 6648 Cedar Springs corner of Cedar Springs and Kings (near Gazebo), Dallas Although settlement of the town of Cedar Springs did not begin until after 1843, the area had been surveyed during the late 1830s by Colonel G. W. ... 6649 Central National Road corner of Munger St. and Market Street; West End Historic District, Dallas During the early days of the Republic of Texas, settlers and pioneers coming from the United States entered Texas by crossing the Red River in northwest ... 14514 Central National Road 1800 N. Market St. 17709 Charles Dilbeck Homes in Cochran Heights 5215 Milam Charles Stevens Dilbeck (1907-1990) was the son of a builder and lumberman. He grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma, learning his ... 6650 Cherokees in Dallas in Old City Park at 1717 Gano St., Dallas Ninety Cherokee Indians, led by Chief Bowles, immigrated to this area from Arkansas Territory in 1819, but were driven out 2 years later by hostile ... 22606 Christ Church Episcopal Corner of Tenth and Llewellyn Christ Church Episcopal, built of native wood and brick with stained glass artwork, is an ecclesiastical interpretation of the Arts and Crafts style. ... 20078 City Lake Park 403 S. Galloway Ave. A post-World War II population boom transformed the metroplex, including Mesquite, with a population then numbering about 1,600. In 1947, as new ... 6642 City of Cedar Hill on Belt Line Rd. at intersection with South US 67 (SW corner) City of Cedar Hill Prospective settlers who traveled to this area during the 19th century were attracted to its high prairie hill and established ... 6663 City of Dallas City Hall Plaza, Young and ErvaySts. (on wall facing Young St.in front of City Hall), Dallas City of Dallas Pioneer John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877) settled on the banks of the Trinity River just west of this site in 1841. A town he called ... 6686 City of East Dallas 3202 Gaston Ave. The first permanent settlement in this area began in the years before the Civil War. Principal among the pioneers were farmer Jefferson Peak, banker ... 6747 City of Irving in front of City Hall Permanent settlement in this part of Dallas County began before the Civil War with the establishment of small farming communities and supply centers. ... 13120 City of Mesquite Mesquite, 209 W. Main St. In May 1873, Texas & Pacific Railroad engineer A.R. Alcott platted a new depot town named Mesquite. The post office opened the following year. The ... 6852 City of Rowlett facing Municipal building Rowlett was first known as Morris, the name given to the post office that was established here in 1880. Austin Morris served as the first postmaster. ... 13312 Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2896 White Rock Lake Park (Winfrey Point area), near 950 E Lawther Dr Soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, he established what would become the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal ... 11819 Cliff Temple Baptist Church 125 Sunset In the early spring of 1898, twenty-six members of the First Baptist Church of Oak Cliff left the church to form the Oak Cliff Baptist Church to ... 6651 Cochran Chapel Cemetery 9027 Midway Rd This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. ... 6652 Cochran Chapel Methodist Church 9027 Midway Rd On first Dallas County site deeded (1856) for a Methodist church. Donor was a widow, Nancy Jane Cochran. First edifice (30' x 40') was built by church ... 23302 Collins Radio Echo 1 Project marker pending marker pending 6883 Colonel C. C. Slaughter Greenwood Cemetery; at corner of Cove Ave. and Glory Ave., 3020 Oak Grove Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the west Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate ... 6657 Colonel William G. Cooke intersection of Ewing Ave. and Clarendon Ave. (in traffic triangle) To the memory of Colonel William G. Cooke and forty other members of the Regular Army, Republic of Texas, who camped in this vicinity in October, ... 11820 Communications in Dallas W side intersection of Main and Haskell streets. Marker reported damaged Dec. 2024. Rapid long distance communications came to Dallas in 1872 when the first telegraph lines arrived with the Houston & Central Texas Railroad. The ... 18503 Continental D.A.R. House Inside Fair Park Historic District within Marine Corps Square This historic building was erected as part of Texas’ Centennial Exposition of 1936. Funded by the Continental Oil Company, the building was designed ... 6656 Continental Gin Company Showroom Building Marker reported missing Jan. 2017. Before moving to Dallas in 1885, farmer and inventor Robert Sylvester Munger (b. 1854) had received several patents for improvements on the cotton ... 12416 Cox Cemetery 4000 block of Dalgreen between Lawther Dr. and Fisher Rd., Dallas A reflection of the pioneer heritage in this part of Dallas County, Cox Cemetery contains more than 400 marked graves and an estimated 100 unmarked ... 6659 Cox House 11210 Cox Lane Farmers Howard (1837 - 1916) and Mary Jane (Webb) Cox (1843 - 1913) bought 189 acres here in 1878. They built a house at this site prior to 1884 ... 17205 Crawford's Tornado Graveyard 700 N. Cedar Hill Road Established 1856 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2006 6660 Cristler-Rodgers House 5750 Swiss Avenue Constructed in 1923, this was originally the home of Dr. J. H. Cristler, who came to Dallas in 1911 after assisting in the organization of Childress ... 6661 Crockett, John McClannahan Pioneer Park Cemetery, W of Marilla St, N of Dallas Convention Center. Map dot approximate. (December 26, 1816 - August 4, 1887) South Carolina native John M. Crockett married Katherine (Kate) Polk in 1837. In 1848 they moved to Dallas where ...

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17186 Dallas Baby Camp Old Parkland, NW corner Maple and Oak Lawn avenues, on private property. Map dot approximate. By the middle of the 19th century, medicine in the United States was developing; however, the field of pediatrics lagged behind. In 1872, Texas ... 11821 Dallas Baptist University (Decatur Baptist College) 3000 Mountain Creek Pkwy. Closely linked to Northwest Baptist College, which operated from 1891 to 1897, Decatur Baptist College opened its doors in 1898. The college was ... 6664 Dallas City Hall, 1914-1978 UNT Dallas Law Center, E side S. Harwood Street between Main and Commerce streets. Marker reported missing May 2015. Map dot approximate. In May 1910 Dallas officials determined that the City Hall, then situated on the northwest corner of Commerce and Akard Streets, had become too small ... 6665 Dallas County Dallas County Historical Plaza (at Elm, Market & Main), Dallas Dallas County After Texas became a Republic in 1836, the Trinity River separated Robertson County to the west and Nacogdoches County to the east. ... 6666 Dallas County Dallas Co. Historical Plaza at Elm, Market and Main, Dallas Dallas County The unincorporated town of Dallas was designated as a post office by the Republic of Texas in 1843. The County of Dallas was created ... 6667 Dallas County Criminal Courts Building 501 Main St. Dallas County Criminal Courts Building This site was purchased by Dallas County in 1913 for a new jail and courts building, designed by local architect ... 18507 Dallas County Medical Society Alliance Foundation marker reported damaged 8.27.2020 On May 4, 1917, a group of 17 doctors’ wives met to discuss a proposal by Mrs. John O. McReynolds to form a woman’s auxiliary to the Dallas County ... 6668 Dallas County Records Building 509 Main St. Dallas County Records Building Designed by the prominent Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this Gothic Revival style building was erected ... 6670 Dallas Hall (SMU) SMU Campus, Daniels at Athens, Dallas DALLAS HALL, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY When Dallas was selected in 1911 as the site for a new Methodist university, local citizens pledged 622.5 ... 6671 Dallas Morning News 508 Young St. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS On Oct. 1, 1885, "The Dallas Morning News" began publication as the North Texas extension of A. H. Belo's "Galveston News." ... 6672 Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Young at Harwood Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Samuel P. Cochran (1855 - 1936), a prominent Mason and community leader, headed the committee that initiated plans for ... 6673 Dallas Symphony 2301 Flora St. (near corner of Pearl and Flora Sts.), Dallas The Dallas Symphony Early efforts to establish a symphony orchestra in Dallas began in 1899 with the formation of the Dallas Symphony Club. It was ... 6674 Dallas Zoo inside Dallas Zoo on Cat Green The Dallas Zoo traces its history to 1888, when the city purchased two deer and two mountain lions and placed them in pens in the City Park. In the ... 6676 Daniel Family Cemetery Airline Rd., E side opposite Milton Ave. Frances Sims Daniel (1796 - 1853) moved to Dallas County with her family in 1849 and purchased land in what is now University Park. An orchard planted ... 6724 Daniel Webster Gilbert, M. D. Sowers Cemetery (1854 - 1930) Mississippi native D. W. Gilbert came to Texas in 1874. Graduated from Missouri Medical College in 1881, he began his practice in Euless ... 6794 David Myers 2600 blk. Valley View Lane, Keenan Cemetery (October 15, 1797 - March 9, 1853) William Myers (b. 1753) and his wife Flora moved from Virginia to Kentucky, where the last of their ten children, ... 6678 Dawdy's Ferry New Dawdy Ferry Road, about 1.3 miles E of IH-45 (right before bridge on N side of road), Hutchins Illinois native Alanson Dawdy (1826 - 1901) came to Dallas County in 1847. In 1854, he was granted a license to operate a ferry at this site on the ... 6679 DeGolyer House Dallas Arboretum, DeGolyer Gardens A native of Greensboro, Kansas, Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886-1956) participated in major oil exploration successes in Mexico while still a student ... 6709 Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit Texas Instruments campus, east side of US 75 access road northbound, Gate 1 The twentieth-century age of electronics can trace its roots to the 1906 invention of the triode vacuum tube, which marked the birth of modern radio. ... 22700 Dr. Edgar Ewell Ward marker pending marker pending 11838 Dr. Frank E. Rutherford Veterinary Hospital 924 S. Haskell This building was erected about 1924 to house the veterinary practice of Dr. Frank E. Rutherford (1876-1932), who began practicing in east and south ... 13314 Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbert Sowers Cemetery (1887-1982) Franklin M. Gilbert was a teacher and principal before attending medical school at the University of Texas in Galveston. He interned ... 6658 Dr. H. V. Copeland Home 125 SW Dallas St. Dr. H. V. Copeland Home Early Grand Prairie resident Barney P. Hale and his wife Ruth built this home for their family in 1902. The white clapboard ... 22822 Dr. Marcellus Clayton Cooper Carruth Homeplace, at entrance on S side of Carruth Haven Ln, 450 feet W of N. Central Expy and 100 feet SW of Carruth Haven Ln In 1896, Dallas native Marcellus Clayton Cooper (1862-1929) became the first licensed African American dentist in the state of Texas. Born enslaved ... 23889 Dr. Walter Ree McMillan 2404 N. Hall St A pioneering healthcare provider in Dallas, Dr. Walter R. McMillan (1873-1958) was born in Quitman (Wood County) to James McMillan and Jane Regan-McMillan. ... 6680 Duncanville 300 blk. of N. Main at Davis St. This area was first settled in the 1840s and 1850s by pioneer farmers and ranchers. 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6603 F.A. Brown Farm Home 4611 Kelton F. A. Brown Farm Home Situated on the Peters Colony headright granted to Calvin G. Cole in 1854, this frame Victorian farmhouse was built before ... 24208 Fields Cemetery marker pending marker pending 20079 Fire and Lynchings of 1860 Martyrs Park, N. side Commerce/Elm streets W of triple underpass On July 8, 1860, the temperature in Dallas reached 115 degrees. A combustible fire beginning outside of W.W. Peak and Brothers drugstore destroyed ... 6689 First Baptist Church Ervay and Patterson Sts. (The First Baptist Church in Dallas) Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving ... 11822 First Baptist Church of Farmers Branch 13017 William Dodson Pkwy. Thomas and Sarah Keenan settled in Farmers Branch in 1842. They established a family cemetery when they buried their infant son on this site the ... 11823 First Baptist Church of Garland Ave. D at 9th St. Baptists in the pioneer Duck Creek community began meeting regularly in a log schoolhouse probably as early as the 1850s. On March 8, 1868, sixteen ... 13035 First Baptist Church of Hutchins 204 W Athens The town of Hutchins began around 1860. Baptist families worshiped with other denominations and privately until establishing Hutchins Baptist Church ... 6690 First Baptist Church of Irving 403 S. Main When the town of Irving was founded in 1903, developers Julius Otto Schulze and Otis Brown set aside parcels of land for the Baptist, Church of Christ, ... 6691 First Baptist Church of Lancaster 305 E. 3rd During the 1840s and 1850s, Lancaster Baptists met periodically in private homes. On Sept. 29, 1867, fourteen charter members gathered to organize ... 6693 First Baptist Church of Renner Preston Highlands Baptist Church, NW corner Davenport Road and McCallum Blvd. Marker faces Davenport Road. Renner Baptists organized in 1890 and met in the school building for eight years. Charter members were: B.F. and Kate E. Binkley; Elizabeth H., ... 6694 First Baptist Church of Richardson at Arapaho on west side of Hwy. Founded in 1865 with nineteen charter members, this congregation began as Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Early worship services were held in the Elm ... 13306 First Baptist Church of Sunnyvale 3018 Belt Line Rd On July 3, 1904, New Hope Baptist Church chartered with thirteen members under the direction of Dr. James B. Gambrell, who was associated with the ... 6695 First Christian Church of Duncanville 206 S. Ave. C This congregation traces its origin to informal services held in Duncanville (Est. 1882) in the early 1890s by the Rev. G. Q. Grasty of nearby Lancaster. ... 11781 First Christian Church of Garland 115 S. Glenbrook As the township of Duck Creek began to take shape in 1858, four denominations shared religious services in the Duck Creek schoolhouse. Area development ... 6696 First Christian Church of Lancaster 750 W. Main St. (Disciples of Christ) On July 5, 1846, Roderick Rawlins (1776 - 1848) and 13 settlers began this fellowship. They met in homes and a one-room log ... 15464 First Juries to Sit Women in Dallas County 100 S. Houston St. Although the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote in 1920, women were not permitted to serve ... 6698 First Methodist Church of Garland 801 W. Ave. B Organized in 1855 by 18 charter members, this congregation was served by circuit-riding ministers who conducted worship services in a log cabin schoolhouse ... 6699 First Methodist Church of Hutchins 300 W. Palestine St. The town of Hutchins was formed in 1872 with the completion of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. The Rev. John M. Davis and 8 charter members ... 6700 First Methodist Church of Mesquite 300 N. Galloway In 1857, prior to the incorporation of the town of Mesquite, a group of area residents began gathering occasionally for Methodist worship services ... 6701 First Methodist Society, Dallas County's 2536 Valley View Lane (Webb Chapel United Methodist Church) Founded in Republic of Texas. Isaac Blackman Webb (1802 - 80), after moving his family from Missouri to the ... 6702 First Presbyterian Church of Garland 305 W. 19th St. This congregation traces its roots to April 22, 1888, when the Rev. Benjamin Spencer and twenty-five charter members organized a Cumberland Presbyterian ... 6703 First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster 301 E. 1st St. In 1856 the Rev. Michael Dickson and nine charter members met in a crude cabinet workshop to organize this church. Services were first held in an ... 15749 First Presbyterian Church of Mesquite 1028 South Beltline Road 6704 First Presbyterian Church of Richardson 319 La Salle Organized on August 21, 1870, by the Rev. George L. Blewett (1821 - 1884) and twenty charter members, this church began as the Trinity Congregation ... 15237 First Presbyterian Church, USA, of Garland 305 S. Ninth St. 6705 First United Methodist Church of Cedar Hill 127 Roberts St. The first church occupied by this congregation was destroyed by a tornado in 1856, two years after the fellowship was organized. A frame building ... 11824 First United Methodist Church of Dallas 1928 Ross Avenue Methodism in Dallas traces its roots to as early as 1846, when the small village was a stopping point for Methodist circuit riders. The first organized ... 6706 First United Methodist Church of Duncanville Corner of Ave. C and Daniels, Duncanville This congregation grew from a Union Sunday School that was organized in 1882, soon after the railroad reached Duncanville. Classes met weekly at ... 6707 First United Methodist Church of Lancaster SH 342 Itinerant preachers often met with local Methodists in early days of settlement. Organized on May 25, 1868, by the Rev. Andrew Davis, this is one ... 6708 First United Methodist Church Richardson 503 N. Central Expressway Organized as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Richardson, Texas, in 1886, the church was first served by circuit-riding preacher Thomas ... 6710 Five Mile Cemetery Kiest Blvd., near intersection w/Rio Grande. 2008 marker replaced 1969 marker. Abraham and Lucy (Myers) Bast and their seven children moved here from Kentucky to join the Peters Colony. In 1859, Abraham Bast donated one acre ... 24210 Five Mile Community marker pending marker pending 18601 Flag Pole Hill Park 8100 Doran Circle Samuel Churchwell Goforth (1870-1961), better known as Church Goforth, once owned this land and lived on the site with his family from 1888 to 1911. ... 6711 Flippen Homestead and the Founding of Highland Park 4800 Preston Rd. To fulfill his dream for an exclusive residential neighborhood north of Dallas, Col. John S. Armstrong in 1906 purchased 1,350 acres of land in this ... 6712 Florence Ranch Home 1424 Barnes Bridge Rd. David W. (1848 - 1932) and Julia Savannah (Beaty) Florence (1850 - 1914) built the first portion of this ranch house in 1871-72 after moving here ... 6713 Floyd Pioneer Cemetery Pioneer Section of Restland Memorial Park off Greenville Avenue in Richardson In June 1855, John B. Floyd (1808 - 1879) of Kentucky bought 900 acres of land that included this tract. Later that year he settled here with his ... 6733 Former Site of Head House Dallas Ave. and Second St., City Park Former Site of the Head House Lucy Frances Jeffries (1840 - 1931) of Virginia married Henry Head, and while bringing up their four children discovered ... 6843 Frank Reagh 122 E. 5th Street Artist Frank Reagh (1860-1945), who immortalized the Texas longhorn, began sketching and studying his favorite subject in 1876 when he and his parents, ... 6715 Freedman's Cemetery facing Calvary Street, south of the southwest corner of N. Central Expressway and Lemmon Ave. This area of Dallas County was settled by former African American slaves shortly after the conclusion of the American Civil War. Freedman's Cemetery, ... 6716 Fuget Cemetery Jefferson Blvd., on Dallas Naval Air Station This property was part of a 640-acre tract of land patented to Peters colonists Rowland and Anna Huitt (also Hewitt) in 1843. The Huits immigrated ... 24207 Full Gospel Holy Temple Churches, Inc. marker pending marker pending

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6717 Galloways' Old Home Place just north of US 80; moved with THC's permission ca. 1984 Farmhouse of Confederate veteran Benjamin Franklin Galloway (1833 - 1912) and wife Eliza (Fletcher), who came from Tennessee. They built first three ... 6721 Garland 6th St. at Main Settlement of this area began in the 1840s. A small community named Duck Creek was established and by 1846 a log cabin was serving as a community ... 6722 Garland Lodge No. 441, A.F. & A.M. 125 E. State St. In 1873 the Grand Lodge of Texas granted Masons in the pioneer community of Duck Creek (present day Garland) dispensation to form their own lodge. ... 6723 Garvin Memorial Cemetery 3800 blk. W. NW Hwy., south side between Sherwood Forest Drive and Cochran Heights Drive This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to ... 6718 General Richard M. Gano (C.S.A.) Oakland Cemetery; S. Oakland St.(take main road, turn left at circle, marker is on left) Organized Tarrant County Grapevine Volunteers known as Gano's Squadron. Entered 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A. in Tennessee. In Morgan's 1st and 2nd ... 6719 General Richard M. Gano House Old City Park J. T. Morehead built this dogtrot cabin near Grapevine in Tarrant County in 1854. Later two rooms and a loft were added and the logs covered with ... 6725 Gilbert House 2540 Farmers Branch Lane Dr. Samuel H. Gilbert (1828 - 1890) came to Texas about 1850. He settled first in Cass County, and in 1852 married Julia Ann Ritchie (d. 1881) Gilbert ... 6726 Giving Community Thanks Thanks-giving Square, N side Pacific Avenue between Bryan and Ervay streets. Marker reported missing Dec. 31, 1979. Map dot approximate. Thanksgiving is man's response to his Creator. In an unusual early expression of interfaith good will, a rabbi, a priest, and Protestant ministers ... 14350 Good Samaritan Hospital (Leland Avenue) N side intersection of Leland Avenue and Southland Street. Marker reported missing Sep. 2020. Map dot approximate. The Good Samaritan Hospital served Dallas residents at this location on Leland Avenue for approximately 25 years. Martha Schultze, a registered ... 6806 Governor W. Lee O'Daniel Oak Lawn Avenue at Cedar Springs. Marker reported missing Oct. 1996. Map dot approximate. (March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) A native of Ohio, Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel grew up in Kansas. He moved to Ft. Worth in 1925 as sales manager ... 6807 Governor W. Lee O'Daniel Hillcrest Memorial Park. Marker reported missing Oct. 1996. Map dot approximate. (March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) Born in Ohio, Wilbert Lee O'Daniel moved to Texas in 1925. A flour mill executive, he pioneered in radio advertising ... 6729 Grace United Methodist Church 4105 Junius This congregation has grown from two earlier fellowships. In 1868 Joshua Addington started a Sunday School, the beginning of the Dallas City Mission. ... 11826 Grand Prairie Airfield 901 Conover Dr. (U. S. Navy Flight Training Facility) The Curtiss Flying Service Corporation of New York purchased 275 acres of land one mile west of the Grand Prairie ... 13054 Grapevine Springs Park Grapevine Springs Park The Grapeving Springs, which flow into the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, have attracted visitors for more than 2,000 years. In 1843, Republic of ... 22429 Greater El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Greater El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, SW corner E. 9th and Cliff streets Following Emancipation, formerly enslaved people often formed their own communities, schools and churches. Within these communities, churches acted ... 23895 Greenland Hills marker pending marker pending [Formerly known as "The M Streets"] 6730 Greenwood Cemetery corner of Peace and Liberty Ave. within Greenwood Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery was part of a Republic of Texas grant, called the John Grigsby League, given for service in the Battle of San Jacinto. W. H. Gaston, ... 24248 Gulf Oil Distribution Facility marker pending marker pending

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6731 Haley Memorial Cemetery 4000 Pioneer Rd. William Haley (1831 - 1908) and his wife Lucinda Catherine (1834 - 1875) came to Texas from Missouri in 1857. They established a farm in this area ... 23373 Hall of Negro Life African American Museum of Dallas, Fair Park, NW side of Grand Avenue between 1st and 2nd avenues One of the federal work programs enacted during the Great Depression was the construction of a Texas Centennial Exposition to celebrate 100 years ... 6732 Hall of State Grand Ave. at Nimitz Dr., Fair Park Construction of this building, which served as the focal point of the 1936 Texas Centennial Central Exposition, was approved by the State Legislature ... 18581 Hamilton Park Community Hamilton Park Pacesetter School Located ten miles north of downtown Dallas, the African American community of Hamilton Park began as the White Rock Farming Settlement. In the 1940s ... 17586 Harris-Savage Home NE corner Swiss Avenue and Glendale The roots of the Harris-Savage House go back to 1843, when pioneers William W. Cochran (1807-1853), the first Dallas County Clerk, and his wife, ... 23652 Henry Keller 5700 Celestial Rd Born into slavery in Greenville, Tennessee, Henry Keller became a prosperous Dallas-area landowner and civic leader in the years following the Civil ... 11711 Hensley Field 9200 Jefferson Blvd. The city of Dallas purchased land at this site in 1928 and leased it to the U.S. Army for a training airfield, as Love Field, established in Dallas ... 17545 Herfurth House Miller Rd., 0.7 mi. W of intersection with Rowlett Rd. Accompanying the agricultural boom in the late 19th century was the influx of immigrant German and Swiss farm families to the northeastern portion ... 6734 Higginbotham-Bailey Building 900 Jackson St. Designed by noted Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this building was constructed to house the dry goods manufacturing and distributing ... 6735 Higginbotham-Pearlstone Building 1701 Market St. Constructed in 1909, this building was first occupied in 1910 by the Hobson Electric company. The warehouse was next leased to the Maroney Hardware ... 13448 Highland Oaks Church of Christ Highland Oaks Church of Christ, E side Plano Road between Longmeadow Court and Rose Creek Court. Marker reported in storage Sep. 2024. Map dot approximate. On August 6, 1855, a group came together in the small community of Dallas and formed a Christian Church congregation. The group consisted of the ... 6736 Highland Park Methodist Church 3300 Mockingbird This congregation traces its origin to the founding of a church at Southern Methodist University in early February 1916. Known as the University ... 6737 Highland Park Methodist Church Building 3300 Mockingbird This splendid example of Gothic Revival architecture was designed by architects Roscoe DeWitt and Mark Lemmon and built in 1926. It features a majestic ... 24176 Hilliard Memorial Golf Course marker pending marker pending 6738 Hill-Robberson House House and marker are in temporary storage pending relocation as of Jul. 2022. Early Richardson settler A. H. Hill built this home about 1887 at 206 Sherman Street, on what had been railroad property. In 1902 it was purchased ... 6739 Hilton Hotel corner of Main and Harwood Sts. Designed by the architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this hotel was built in 1925 for Conrad Hilton, and was the first to bear the Hilton name. ... 6740 Hoblitzelle, Karl St. John 1925 Elm St. (October 22, 1879 - March 8, 1967) A young Missourian, Karl Hoblitzelle in 1904 helped produce the St. Louis World's Fair, where he gained respect ... 6742 Hockaday School 11600 Welch Rd. Ela Hockaday (1875 - 1956) received her early education in the public schools of Bonham, Texas. After graduating from the Denton Normal School (now ... 14675 Holley-McWhorter-Greenhaw Family 105 S. Broad St. Three generations of a Mesquite family made important contributions to the city’s commerce, schools and fine arts. Tennessee native Nathaniel A. ... 18811 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 13555 Hillcrest Rd. In the early 20th century, unrest and subsequent regional turmoil in Greece forced hundreds of thousands of Greeks to leave their homes, often for ... 6744 Horton Cemetery off Loop 12 Blvd. (Ledbetter Dr.) Enoch and Martha Horton left Virginia with their ten children and settled here as members of the Peters Colony in 1844. Family history recounts that ... 6745 Hutchins Memorial Cemetery Denton St., near intersection w/Lancaster-Hutchins Rd. (marker is on brick monument and faces towards cemetery) Hutchins began as a trading post for settlers along the western bank of the Trinity River. This site was used as a cemetery for many years before ...

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23305 J.L. Turner Sr. marker pending marker pending 6835 James K. Polk Record Pioneer Cemetery, north side of Dallas Convention Center on Ceremonial Drive (Oct. 29, 1834 - Jan. 16, 1872) Educated in Tennessee as a lawyer, J. K. P. Record became the District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He left that ... 11834 James Martin Patterson Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla at Young St. (1812-1906) Kentucky native James Martin Patterson arrived in Dallas in 1846. Patterson and John W. Smith opened one of the first stores in Dallas ... 6757 James W. Latimer (Weck) Pioneer Cemetery, north side of Dallas Convention Center on Ceremonial Drive (1783 - 1860) Latimer was born in New London, Conn. Moved to Texas, with family, in 1833. Founder and editor first newspaper in Dallas, 1849. Known ... 23474 Jane Elkins Martyrs Park, N. side Commerce/Elm streets W of triple underpass Jane Elkins is significant to Dallas County and statewide history. Born into slavery around 1800, she was the first documented enslaved person purchased ... 11829 Joffre-Gilbert House S. O'Connor Rd., W side between W. Third and W. Fourth streets One of Irving's best known early builders, A. Fred Joffre, and his wife built this airplane bungalow in 1919 in the original Irving townsite. Their ... 6781 John C. McCoy Oakland Cemetery, near entrance, along Oakland Cir. 0.1 mi. NE of S. Malcolm X Blvd. (1819 - 1887) Practiced law in Kentucky before coming to Texas in 1845. Was agent for Peters' Colony located in Dallas and adjacent counties. First ... 14435 John C. Pelt 415 Hustead Street John C. Pelt (1877-1948) was born in Ellis County. After his father's death in 1880, his mother, Sarah (Seymour) remarried. He moved to Duncanville ... 11839 John Goodwin Tower Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, 7405 S. Northwest Highway (1925-1991) The son of a Methodist minister, John Goodwin Tower was a veteran of World War II and a political science professor before entering politics. ... 6786 John Hickman Miller House 3506 Cedar Springs Rd. Dallas businessman John Hickman Miller (d. 1933) had this house built in 1904 as a wedding gift for his wife Katherine "Kitty" (Melone) (d. 1969) ... 11825 John Jay Good Pioneer Cemetery - Marilla at Young St. (1827-1882) Mississippi native John Jay Good practiced law in Alabama before moving to Dallas in 1851. He married Susan Anna Floyd in 1854. Good ... 6751 John Keenan 2600 block Valley View Ln. (September 3, 1843 - November 11, 1843) Known as first child born to settlers in area later to become Dallas County; son of Farmers Branch founders ... 6604 John Neely Bryan Cabin Dallas Historical Plaza at Elm, Market & Main, Dallas 6605 John Neely Bryan, 1810-1877 and Margaret Beeman Bryan, 1825-1919 Elm Street W of Houston Street, Dealey Plaza, along sidewalk to north (Bryan) colonnade In 1839 Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan chose this high bluff and shallow ford on the Trinity River as site for a trading post. Finding Indians ... 11841 John Shelby Wisdom 6400 W. Red Bird Lane, at entrance to Camp Wisdom (October 1855 - March 7, 1931) Born into a large family in Tennessee, John Shelby Wisdom moved with his family to a farm near Mulberry, Arkansas, ... 13055 John W. Lane Masonic section of Pioneer Cemetery Kentucky native John W. Lane (1835-1888) was a member of Tannehill Lodge No. 52 AF&AM. Trained as a printer, he came to Dallas in 1859 and worked ... 22699 Johnny Graham and Graham's Barber Shop Hwy 352 & Al Lipscomb Way 18211 Joppee Community Dallas Located on the banks of the Trinity River, near the Great Trinity Forest, the community of Joppee is one of the few remaining freedman towns in Texas. ... 6748 Jordan-Bowles House 705 NE 28th Built about 1860 of hand-hewn logs from bottomland of Trinity River. The builder, David Jordan (1808 -79), came to Texas about 1859, moving his household ... 6749 Jordan-Hight Family Cemetery Johnson Rd. at MacArthur St. (aka Meyers Rd.) This began as a family burial ground in 1866, when David A. Jordan (1808 - 1879) provided land for a cemetery in which to bury his son-in-law, Robert ... 16679 Juanita Craft House 2618 Warren Avenue Juanita Jewel (Shanks) Craft (1902-1985) was born in Round Rock and attended schools there and in Austin before earning certificates from Prairie ... 6714 Juliette Abbey Peak Fowler Pioneer Cemetery, north side of dallas Convention Center, Ceremonial Dr. Juliette Abbey Peak Fowler (May 8, 1837 - June 4, 1889) After the deaths of her husband and children in the early 1860s, Juliette Peak Fowler lived ... 15591 Junction of the Texas & Pacific and Houston & Texas Central Railroads Pacific Ave, south side between Cesar Chavez and U.S. 75. Marker reported missing Aug. 2017. 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16028 Sachse NE side 5th Street between Alexander Street and Sachse Road Prior to 1886, this area served as farm and ranch land for a handful of settlers. During that year, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad indicated ... 12992 Sachse Cemetery 3033 Sixth Street Sachse Cemetery Established 1899 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003 6856 Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Rowlett 3905 Hickox Rd. Second Catholic church organized in Dallas County, Sacred Heart owes its origins to the devotion of an Irishman, Patrick McEntee (1846 - 1921), who ... 23555 Salem Institutional Baptist Church 3918 Crozier Street, Dallas, TX 75215 James Solomon Sims, a missionary from Melissa, founded this church when he began services in the home of Mary Janie Moore in 1888. In 1891, the Reverends ... 6591 Sam Bass Train Robbery in Heritage Plaza, 200 block of W. Main near flag pole Sam Bass -- with Seab Barnes, Hank Underwood, "Arkansas" Johnson, and Frank Jackson -- held up a Texas & Pacific train here, April 10, 1878. They ... 18223 Samuel David Dealey, Jr. Dallas Samuel David Dealey, Jr., born on September 13, 1906, to Samuel David and Virgie Downing Dealey of Dallas, became one of the most audacious and successful ... 6877 Santa Fe Railroad Depot Garland Landmark Museum, W side N. 6th St. between W. Walnut and Austin streets Constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. Replaced an earlier depot built when ... 6878 Schulze House 303 S. O'Connor Road In 1912 Charles P. Schulze (1877 - 1957) contracted with builder A. Fred Joffre to construct this one-story cypress-clad bungalow as a residence ... 6880 Scyene Road, Old 9500 Blk. Scyene Rd. at Belle Starr Dr. Once a buffalo trail, Scyene Road was one of the earliest roads in Dallas County. It linked the community of Scyene with Dallas, one day's journey ... 17380 Seagoville Enemy Alien Detention Site, WWII Seagoville Federal Correction Institution (near front gate, outside the fence) Seagoville Enemy Alien Detention Station, World War II Shocked by the December 7, 1941, Empire of Japan attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that propelled ... 6881 Shady Grove Cemetery SE corner Shady Grove Road and Hardrock Road In 1877 Louis H. Caster (1826 - 1908) deeded one acre for a community graveyard, church, and schoolhouse. His son-in-law Lewis Dowd gave further ... 6882 Shady Grove Road Bridge S side of E. Irving Blvd., E of E Shady Grove Rd. Marker reported missing Nov. 2012. The Trinity River has played an important part in the history of Dallas County. Early navigation projects were instrumental in the area's economic ... 16727 Shearith Israel Memorial Park 4634 Dolphin Rd. In 1886, the state of Texas approved a charter for congregation Sharis Israel (meaning remnant of israel) and cemetery. The new congregation was ... 12336 Shelton's Bear Creek Cemetery Marker is on Hard Rock Road, E side 100 feet N. of Conflans Road. Cemetery is 0.3 mi. NW with restricted access through private property. African Americans came to this area as slaves of white settlers such as William Haley and William Borah before 1845. The land around this site was ... 6655 Site of Confederate Arms Factory (in front of Veterans Memorial Library) Site of Confederate Arms Factory Established by Joseph H. Sherrard, William L. Killem, Pleasant Taylor and John M. Crockett in 1862 to manufacture ... 6697 Site of First Ferry and Bridge Commerce Street, W side W of Houston Street, Dealey Plaza at south (Cockrell) colonnade (About 300 feet West) First ferry on the Trinity River at Dallas was started here, 1842, by John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877), the founder of Dallas. ... 11674 Site of Galloway Farmstead 18680 IH 635, Mesquite Confederate veteran Benjamin Franklin Galloway (1833-1912) And his wife Eliza (Fletcher) (1852-1883) came to Texas from Tennessee in 1872. Their ... 6813 Site of Peacock Military Academy at Urban Park Elementary School The original Peacock Military Academy was founded in 1894 in San Antonio by Wesley Peacock, a well-known educator and child psychologist. In 1930 ... 6875 Site of Sanger Brothers Department Store Dallas College, El Centro Campus, A Building, SW corner Elm and N. Lamar streets. Marker faces Elm Street. This retail establishment traces its history to 1857, when German native Isaac Sanger opened a small dry goods store in McKinney. Sanger later was ... 6879 Site of Scyene Meeting Place 9500 blk. of Scyene Rd., at Belle Starr Dr. In the 1840s, settlers held public meetings under a tree at this site. Beginning in the 1850s, several successive 2-story frame buildings stood here ... 13143 Site of the Dr. D. W. Gilbert Homestead Irving, 2400 block of West Grauwyler Road Site of the Dr. D. W. Gilbert Homestead Mississippi native Daniel Webster "D.W." Gilbert (1854-1930) was one of three brothers who became Texas doctors. ... 16944 Sons of Hermann in Dallas 3414 Elm Street The national fraternal organization, Sons of Hermann, organized in New York in 1840 to help preserve German traditions while easing the transition ... 6884 South Boulevard-Park Row Historic District marker is mounted on brick pedestal at N corner of South Blvd and Atlanta St. This neighborhood is one of the few remaining intact residential districts which reflect the early twentieth century suburban development of Dallas. ... 6886 South MacArthur Church of Christ Southwest corner S. MacArthur Blvd. and W. Shady Grove Road. Marker reported missing May 2020. Church of Christ worship services were being held in this area as early as 1890. In 1903, a sanctuary was completed on land donated by the town's ... 6885 Southland Cemetery, Old 1200 Blk. of SW Third St. Founded in 1910 by Thomas H. Hall (1867 - 1965), this cemetery was the result of a need to have a burial ground closer to the community than those ... 18769 Southwestern Medical College In the flower bed along the circular drive of the entrance to Parkland Hall on the Old Parkland campus This school was established on May 5, 1943, by Southwestern Medical Foundation to serve Dallas and North Texas. The foundation, organized in 1939 ... 6887 Sowers Cemetery 3115 W. Pioneer Dr. Burial plot was begun in 1868, when a woman and her daughter, whose names have been lost, were interred on the land of Seveir Smalley, a local landowner. ... 13736 Sowers Community Irving ISD Special Education Annex By 1856, Edmund D. and Freelove Sowers, who came to Texas from Illinois, owned land in this vicinity. Along with their neighbors, including Jacob ... 23334 St. John Missionary Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 6857 St. Luke Catholic Church 200 S. MacArthur Blvd. Area Catholic services date from the 1860s, when mass was held in private homes. The Mission of St. Luke was established in 1902, and met temporarily ... 12846 St. Mark's School of Texas 10600 Preston Rd, marker reported damaged by tornado St. Mark's School of Texas St. Mark's School has its foundation in three 20th-century preparatory schools, each of which contributed to its high ... 6861 St. Matthew's Cathedral 5100 Ross Ave. The Rev. George Rottenstein held the first Episcopal service in Dallas in a storehouse on May 25, 1856, and organized this parish on St. Matthew's ... 6874 St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church 335 N. Lancaster-Hutchins Rd. According to oral tradition, this congregation was organized in 1870 by the freed Blacks of the Lancaster community. Land for a church building was ... 17802 St. Paul United Methodist Church In front of church on Routh Street In 1873, several inhabitants of Freedman’s Town, a community of recently freed people just north of the Dallas city limits, met with Methodist ministers ... 6873 St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church 6464 E. Lover's Lane Established on December 1, 1889, this congregation began with five charter members. Led by the Rev. H. Siegfried, the church was organized with the ... 6888 State Fair of Texas State Fair Grounds Founded in 1886, the State Fair of Texas now ranks as the most largely attended State Fair in the U.S. It was begun as a private, nonprofit corporation ... 6889 Steel Dust ML King Dr. & Coliseum Dr. 19th century Texas frontier champion who became foundation sire for the most popular quarter horse strain of the 20th century. A Virginia type horse ... 13912 Stephen J. Hay School 3801 Herschel Ave This site commemorates a significant civic and business leader. Georgia native Stephen J. Hay (1864-1916) migrated to Dallas in 1887 and became an ... 18209 Sunset High School 2120 W. Jefferson Boulevard Designated as a city of Dallas landmark and the sixth oldest high school in Dallas, Sunset High School has served the Oak Cliff Community for 90 ... 6892 Swiss Avenue Dorothy Wallace Savage Park This wide boulevard was a muddy country lane in 1857, when Swiss immigrant Henri Boll named it in honor of his native land. Swiss Avenue was lengthened ...

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6893 Temple Emanu-El Cemetery about 20 yards from street to marker Established by Temple Emanu-el congregation in 1884, this was the second Jewish cemetery in Dallas. The first burials which occurred here were those ... 18318 Tenth Street Historic District Freedmans Town 1216 E. 8th St. The first African Americans to live in Oak Cliff were slaves, brought here by settlers such as William H. Hord in 1845 to work the land. The neighborhood ... 6896 Texas Centennial Exposition Fair Park, on esplanade As plans began to take shape for the Centennial celebration of Texas Independence, a group of Dallas businessmen led by R. L. Thornton, Sr., Fred ... 6894 Texas' First Airmail and Passenger Service Love Field, Herb Kelleher Way at Aviation Place Love Field witnessed two "firsts" in Texas aviation history. National Air Transport (later became United Air Lines) on May 12, 1926, inaugurated ... 6895 Texas School Book Depository Building, Formerly The 411 Elm St This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. ... 17723 Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Constructed in 1931, the Texas Theatre was designed by architect W. Scott Dunne. The "Texas," the largest suburban theater in Texas when it was built, ... 6897 Texas Women in the Civil War, A Tribute to Grand Place, Fair Park Civilian duties of 90,000 Texas men fighting for the Confederacy fell to wives back home in land of few factories and an enemy blockade that cut ... 6898 Texian Land and Emigration Company Farmers Branch City Hall; corner of Pepperwood and W. M. Dodson Pkwy. Site of the first agency, January 1845 Generally known as "Peters' Colony" in honor of William S. Peters who, under a colonization contract secured ... 6590 The Baptist Standard NE corner Lone Star Drive and Panoramic Circle. Marker reported in storage Feb. 2024. Map dot approximate. The history of this denominational publication dates to 1888, when Lewis Holland and John H. Boyet founded "The Baptist News" in Fannin County. It ... 18770 The Crossroads 3923 Cedar Springs Road Despite Dallas's reputation as one of the state's more conservative cities, its LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community was ... 6675 The Daniel Cemetery west side of Bolton Boone Dr., north of W. Danieldale Rd. This burial ground originally served the family of the Rev. Ellison Armistead Daniel, Sr. (1797-1875) and pioneer settlers of southwest Dallas County. ... 6743 The Hord Log Cabin In front of American Legion Post 275 First permanent structure built on the west side of the Trinity River in Dallas, this cabin of hand-hewn logs was erected in 1845 by Judge William ... 6910 The Louis Wagner Home 5320 Live Oak A German immigrant, Louis Wagner (1848 - 1909) became a successful Dallas businessman. In 1884 he and his wife Anna Pretz Wagner built this residence. ... 6778 The Magnolia (Mobil) Building Commerce at Akard Erected in 1921-22, this building housed the offices of Magnolia Petroleum Co., later Mobil Oil Co. It was designed by Sir Alfred C. Bossom (1881 ... 6783 The McNab Grocery NW corner McKinney Ave. and Boll St. Marker is installed inside the building. Map dot approximate. After the Civil War Ahab Bowen acquired this land, then an area of grape vineyards and small farms. In 1891 he sold the lot to J. B. Franklin, who ... 13600 Thomas L. Bradford 2905 Maple Ave Thomas L. Bradford, who built this home by 1907, was a mayor, capitalist and philanthropist. Born in Louisiana in 1869, he moved to Dallas in the ... 6754 Town of Lancaster Public Square, near intersection of E. Cedar and S. Centre Sts. Founded by A. Bledsoe (1801 - 1882), from Kentucky, joined by his son-in-law, Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910), and Mrs. Mildred Parks Rawlins (1789 ... 15415 Train Holdup Mesquite 18159 Travis College Hill Addition Northwest corner of S. 11th Street and W. Avenue C Between 1910 and 1920, the population of Garland increased from about 800 to more than 1,400. Accompanying the growth of the town was a plan by the ... 12378 Trees Cemetery 1500 Santa Fe Trail Crawford Trees (1823-1889) came to Texas in 1845. He and fellow Illinois native Anna Kimmel (1831-1913) were married in 1846. Crawford went to California ... 11828 Trezevant Calhoun Hawpe Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla & Young (September 16, 1820 - August 12, 1863) Georgia native, a widower, moved from Tennessee to Dallas County with his son. He married Electa Underwood ... 6901 Trinity Farms/Rancho Grande Cemetery Lee Hall and Prairie View; at the end of Lee Hall up alleyway, behind houses, facing Arlington Park Rd. This cemetery represents the last remaining physical reminder of the community of people who worked and lived on a vast commercial farm here known ... 6903 Trinity Portland Cement Company Cemetery at Clymer El Camposanto de Cemento Grande De La Compania Trinity Portland The Southwestern States Portland Cement Company was established in this area in 1909. ... 6904 Trinity Presbyterian Church, USA N. Zang Boulevard, W side between W. 5th and W. 6th streets. Marker reported missing Mar. 2021. Map dot approximate. Beginning as a Sunday School in the late 1880s, this congregation was formally organized in 1890 as Oak Cliff Cumberland Presbyterian Church under ... 13405 Tripp Baptist Church 401 E Tripp Rd Pioneers arrived in this area as early as 1845, establishing small settlements that developed over time into the Tripp, Long Creek, Hatterville and ... 15255 Tueria Dell Marshall L. Butler Nelson Cemetery (1883-1960) A native of Texas, Tueria Dell Marshall attended Wiley College and Prairie View Normal. He became a teacher in Dallas and worked at several ... 6905 Turtle Creek Pump Station 3630 Harry Hines Blvd. Constructed in 1909 as a 15 million gallons per day primary pumping station for the city water supply, this brick industrial building was designed ... 6906 Tyler Street United Methodist Church between Tyler and Polk Streets On November 27, 1911, the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, appointed the Rev. J. Leonard Rea (1884 - 1965) to establish ...

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6891 W. A. Strain Home 441 S. Lancaster-Hutchins Road This residence was built for W. A. (1861 - 1907) and Minnie (White) Strain (1867 - 1957), whose pioneer family bought this property in 1846. Begun ... 17296 W. H. Adamson High School Intersection of Storey & 9th streets. IN 1891, THE NEWLY INCORPORATED TOWN OF OAK CLIFF VOTED TO SEEK BIDS ON A SCHOOL BUILDING. THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID AT PATTON (THEN ST. GEORGE) AND ... 6653 W. P. Cochran Homeplace behind church W. P. Cochran Homeplace Once surrounded by cultivated fields, this residence was built for William P. Cochran (1841 - 1906), whose father bought ... 6727 W.W. Glover Cemetery Military Pkwy, S side between Academy Dr. and Donna Dr. Marker is near gate on N side facing Military Pkwy. Early Dallas County settler George W. Glover acquired this land in 1844. The property was first used as a cemetery for the interment of five-year ... 6911 Warner Cemetery east end of block In 1852, Robert and Sarah Dean Warner brought their family to Texas from Ireland. As members of the Peters Colony, they acquired land in this area ... 6912 Warren Angus Ferris Cemetery Warren Angus Ferris Cemetery. St. Francis Ave. and San Leandro St. Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) medallion added to marker post 2019. New York native Warren Angus Ferris (1810 - 1873) spent six years as a trapper and chronicler of the American West before moving to the Republic ... 16180 Webb Chapel Cemetery west side of 12400 Webb Chapel Road, between Selma Lane and Veronica Road, Farmer's Branch; 3 mi north of IH 635 Isaac B. (1802-1880) and Mary H. (1816-1887) Webb and their family came to this area of the Peters Colony in 1844. Within a year, the couple led ... 6913 Western Heights Cemetery 1617 Fort Worth Avenue Located on part of the original William Coombes Survey, burials in this cemetery date to the 1850s. Originally known as Troth, it was formally dedicated ... 6914 Western Heights Church of Christ at Walmsey Founded 1872 after Brig. Gen. Richard M. Gano (1830 - 1913) preached at request of Maj. B. F. Robinson, a Civil War comrade, to settlers from De ... 15044 Wheatland Cemetery 7950 S. Hampton Wheatland Cemetery has served this area since the mid-1800s. Originally named the Branson-Brotherton Cemetery, this burial ground is on property ... 6919 Wheatland Methodist Church 8000 S. Hampton Founded in 1847, year after Texas joined the United States. Known as the oldest Methodist church west of Trinity River. Built on present site, 1859. ... 6920 Wheeler School 400 S. Greenville Ave. Kentuckian William J. (Uncle Billy) Wheeler came to this part of Texas soon after the end of the Civil War. In 1870 he deeded land to the Houston ... 22826 White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories marker pending marker pending 11840 White Rock Chapel 5555 Celestial Road Formed in the Freedman's community of Upper White Rock (settled by former slaves from the nearby Coit, Caruth and Obier plantations), White Rock ... 13064 White Rock Dam, Reservoir and Park White Rock Lake Park, Garland Road at Highland Road Early Dallas residents relied on natural springs, Artesian Wells and the Trinity River for their water. By the early 1900s, these sources began to ... 6921 White Rock Pump Station 2900 White Rock Rd. In response to increased population and extended droughts in the early 1900s, this facility was built to provide an additional water supply for the ... 6761 William B. Lipscomb Elementary School 5801 Worth This school, built in 1920 to relieve the crowded conditions of area schools, was named for early educator William B. Lipscomb. A Tennessee native ... 6855 William Sachse Cemetery 6th and Sachse, on west side of SH 78 in Sachse, 1 mile NE of Garland William Sachse, a native of Prussia, arrived in nearby Collin County in 1845 as a Peters colonist. He became a successful businessman, rancher, and ... 16122 William Sidney Pittman Historic St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, northeast corner N. Good-Latimer Expy and Florence St. Pioneer African American Architect William Sidney Pittman was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 21, 1875. Pittman attended segregated public schools ... 6922 Wilson Block 2922 Swiss Ave. This historic neighborhood is located on land patented in 1838 to Illinois native John Grigsby. Dallas businessman Frederick P. Wilson and his wife ... 6924 Winnetka Heights at intersection of Jefferson Blvd., Montclair, 10th and Windomere Promoted as Dallas' ideal suburb, Winnetka Heights was platted in 1908 on a tract of land that was originally included in the midway addition to ... 6925 Winniford House just south of Lancaster city limits Kentucky native William Johnson Winniford (1827 - 1915) came to Texas as a Peters Colonist in 1845. A participant in California's Gold Rush, he returned ... 15814 Women's Suffrage in Dallas County 100 S. Houston The first organized effort on behalf of women's suffrage in Texas occurred in May 1893, when the Texas Equal Rights Association (TERA), later known ... 6923 Woodrow Wilson High School 100 S. Glasgow Dr. Built in 1927-28 to serve the growing student population in east Dallas, this was the seventh high school in the city. An important example of the ... 13182 WRR Radio Dallas, 1516 First Avenue, Fair Park A pioneering radio station, WRR Radio grew out of tragic events in early-20th century Dallas. In 1912, a large fire in southern Dallas required all ...