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13645 Beach Road S 9th Ave at S Gulfway Dr (SH 87) The Beach Road is the coastal section of the Texas Highway 87 system. Stretching along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Pass through Chambers County ... 10493 Beaumont City Hall County seat of Jefferson County. Settled in 1825 as Tevis Bluff; incorporated as Beaumont Dec. 16, 1838. Early trading post, riverboat port, lumber, ... 10494 Beaumont Babe Zaharias Museum - 1750 I-10 Westbound side -- 10513 Beaumont Enterprise 380 Walnut at Main Near this site on November 6, 1880, the first "Beaumont Enterprise" came off the press. The newspaper, founded by John W. Leonard, is one of southeast ... 10496 Beaumont: Lumber Mill City of the Nineteenth Century 700 Crockett Street, relocated March 2025 Beaumont, situated in forests, was a timber town at birth, and marked this site "Steam Mill Square" on its original plat. By 1840, Lucien Hopson ... 15932 Beauxart Gardens 8900 Block of Central Drive Named for its location between Beaumont and Port Arthur, Beauxart Gardens was developed during the Great Depression by the U.S. Government as a federal ... 10538 Benjamin Johnson Sabine Pass Cemetery, off SH 870 (1815-1872) Born in Louisiana; settled in Texas in 1832. Fought in victorious Texas Army at Bexar, Dec. 1835; in Capt. James Gillaspie's company, ... 10586 Birthplace of Babe Didrikson Zaharias 2232 Seventh St. (June 26, 1911 - September 27, 1956) One of seven children, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Hannah Marie (d. ... 24461 Blanchette Cemetery marker pending marker pending 16386 Blind Willie Johnson Approximately 50 to 100 feet south of the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 10 and the east right-of-way line of Forrest Street,on the property of Pilgrim's Rest Baptist Church Willie Johnson was born near Independence, Texas, in 1897 to Willie and Mary (Fields) Johnson. His family moved to Marlin when Johnson was a young ... 14513 Boudreaux House .5 mi. E of SH 124 on Broussard Cemetery Rd., S of Fannett Built by A. Mobray for Sevan Broussard, 1859. Occupied continuously by family. "Dog-trot" style, typical of period.

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23298 C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Home 2240 Calder Ave. This home connects two major early Beaumont industries: lumber and oil. William Hardee Turner (1869-1933) and his wife, Florence (Stovall) Turner ... 13429 Capture of the USS Morning Light and USS Velocity 1 mi. off US 87 at Sabine Pass Battleground State Park and Historic Site After Texas seceded from the Union at the onset of the Civil War, the state's ports were included in a Union blockade of the South. The proximity ... 10534 Caroline Gilbert Hinchee House 1814 Park St. at Irma St. A descendant of a distinguished pioneer Connecticut family, Caroline "Carrie" Gilbert (1863-1913) was born in Beaumont. Educated at leading art institutions, ... 17106 Central Baptist Church Grace Baptist Church. Marker was originally installed at Central Baptist Church, 4545 SH 73 in Port Arthur. On October 14, 1912, fifteen members of Port Arthur's First Baptist Church, including Rev. J. Warren Bates, left and organized Central Baptist ... 10498 Central Fire Station 400 Walnut at Mulberry This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, ... 10495 City of Beaumont Eastbound US 90, west of Beaumont at intersection with Kieth St. City of Beaumont, Named in Honor of Mary Dewleigh Borlace Warren Beaumont by Her Husband, Henry Millard Who Laid Out the Town in 1835 on a Site Known ... 10546 City of Nederland in front of Dutch windmill replica in Tex Ritter Park Settled by Dutch immigrants in 1897; named for their native Netherlands, which in the 1890s suffered overcrowding, wornout soil, and scant hope for ... 10500 City of Sabine and Sabine Pass Sabine Pass Lions Park - 7th and Broadway The first known settlers in this area were John McGaffey and Thomas Courts, who arrived in 1832. Sam Houston assisted Manuel de los Santos Coy in ... 10515 Clubhouse of the Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur 1924 Lakeshore Dr. In 1923, twenty-five years after their founding, the Port Arthur Federated Women's Clubs began planning for construction of their own clubhouse. ... 15458 Commodore Leon Smith Sabine Pass 17107 Community Retirement Home Procter Street, W side between 3rd and 4th avenues In 1944, a group of citizens discussed establishment of a retirement home in Port Arthur. Federated Mission Society members from several churches ... 10503 Congregation Temple Emanuel Broadway at Forrest St. The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at ...

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10558 Federal Fatalities at the Battle of Sabine Pass Sabine Pass Battleground State Historical Park Federal Fatalities at the Battle of Sabine Pass The battle at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863 was a victory for Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling and ... 10514 Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur 1924 Lakeshore Dr. The Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur is a league of sixteen individual clubs which represent a variety of interests and public service projects. ... 10516 First Baptist Church of Beaumont Beaumont's First Baptist Church. SW corner N. Major Dr. and Folsom Dr. Marker is on S side of entrance drive. Relocated in 2022 from previous location at Calder and Willow streets. The Rev. J.W.D. Creath and the Rev. J.H. Fant organized this church in 1872. Baptist and Methodist congregations joined in 1877 to erect a frame ... 10517 First Baptist Church of Nederland 1911 Nederland Ave. This congregation grew out of a revival held by a Baptist minister in the local Dutch Reformed Church. Seven charter members met in March 1907 to ... 16350 First Baptist Church of Port Neches 1900 Magnolia Ave. This Baptist church, the first in Port Neches, organized in October of 1910. Twelve charter members held Baptist services in a one-room schoolhouse. ... 10518 First Christian Church of Beaumont 5290 N. Caldwood Dr. at Berkshire Dallas evangelist A. J. Bush heeded the call of a local group of Christians and conducted a number of religious meetings in the area in 1894. A structure ... 10521 First National Bank Building 495 Orleans St. Founded on April 9, 1889, the First National Bank of Beaumont enjoyed an economic revitalization in the 1930s after the area's second major oil boom. ... 10522 First Security National Bank marker located in lobby Oldest bank between Houston and the Louisiana border. Organized on April 9, 1889, with capital of $100,000, as First National Bank of Beaumont, it ... 10523 First United Methodist Church of Beaumont First United Methodist Church of Beaumont. Marker faces Calder Ave., S side between Willow and Pearl streets. In 1839, Methodist Missionary Samuel A. Williams (1810-66) conducted first religious service in Beaumont, followed in 1840 by another Methodist minister, ... 10524 First United Methodist Church of Port Neches 1826 Nall St. Before 1881 Methodists in Port Neches, then known as Grigsby's Bluff, were served by occasional circuit Riders who preached in private homes. On ... 10526 Fort Manhassett Sabine Pass Battleground, State Historical Park To protect Texas against Federal invasion during the Civil War, Confederate General John B. Magruder ordered the construction of a fort at this site ... 17600 Fort Sabine Bert Karrer Lions Community Park, NW corner Broadway St. and S. 6th Ave. During the Civil War, the Sabine Pass Channel was a strategic gateway to the interior of eastern Texas and western Louisiana, control of which was ... 12784 Francis John (Frank) Trost (June 24, 1868 - August 4, 1944) 747 Procter Francis John (Frank) Trost (June 24, 1868 - August 4, 1944) Frank Trost, the photographer of record on the day the Lucas Gusher erupted in the Spindletop ... 10527 French Trading Post 2995 French Rd. at Arbor Rd. Built 1845 by John J. French (1799-1889), merchant and tanner who came from Connecticut and New York to Texas in 1830s. Served as home and store, ...

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24072 Pandit Mehar Chand SE side Crockett St. between Holmes Avenue and Archie Street Born in Mahilpur, Punjab, India, on May 18, 1894, Pandit Mehar “P.M.” Chand was an early Asian Beaumont resident and business owner. After moving ... 24201 Pear Orchard Cemetery Hegele St. Pear Orchard Cemetery. Established 1955. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2024 10551 Pivoto-Robinson Cemetery off FM 1009, .7 mi. south of US 90 in Nome Joseph Pivoto (1811-1876) came to Texas in the 1830s and worked as a rancher. He married Seraphine Anna Dubois (1797-1901) and moved his family here ... 10552 Pivoto-Robinson House off US 1009, .7 mi. south of US 90 in Nome A pioneer area cattleman of the 1830s, Joseph Pivoto (1811-76) wed Seraphine Anna (Dubois) (1797-1901) of Louisiana and brought her here in 1848. ... 10575 Police Chief Reid Tevis Magnolia Cemetery, 2200 Pine St. (April 1, 1878 - April 15, 1925) Began lifetime career as a police officer at age 19. Was chief of detectives for Beaumont Police Department many ... 10553 Pompeiian Villa 1953 Lakeshore Dr. The last remaining landmark of the "dream city" planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house ... 14688 Port Arthur College 1500 Procter John W. Gates founded Port Arthur College in 1909 as a nonprofit, non-sectarian, vocational school focusing on stenography, accounting and communications. ... 15011 Port Arthur College Radio Tower Port Arthur 12783 Port Arthur-Beaumont Interurban Railway 320 Austin Avenue Port Arthur-Beaumont Interurban Railway Electric railways known as Interurbans existed in Texas from 1901 until the 1940s to provide frequent opportunities ... 10554 Port of Beaumont at Franklin Dr. at entrance to Port of Beaumont The city of Beaumont, 41 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, was served from its founding in 1837 by schooners and sternwheelers navigating the ... 16418 Prater Cemetery 5550 Eastex Freeway (Highway 69 North) Prater Cemetery is a small family cemetery in what was once known as the Rosedale community of north Jefferson County. Edwin Prater, founder of the ... 11948 Presbyterian Church of the Covenant Providence Church, 5315 N. Twin City Highway (SH 347) (marker was originally placed at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 1645 Jefferson Drive, Port Arthur, and relocated to this site in 2010) The First Presbyterian Church of Port Arthur ws organized with 18 charter members on February 18, 1900, by the Rev. F. E. Robbins of the First Presbyterian ...

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11949 Sabine Pass Cemetery 5100 Cemetery Road The oldest continually used cemetery in Jefferson County, This graveyard has served the citizens of the Sabine Pass area since the 1840s. The earliest ... 14028 Sabine-Neches Canal Rose Hill Park at the intersection of Woodworth Blvd. and Lakeshore Dr. Situated between Port Arthur and Lake Sabine and drainages of the Sabine and Neches Rivers, the Sabine-Neches Canal is a vital route for commerce ... 10560 Saint Anthony's Cathedral 700 Jefferson Street Traveling priests visited this area as early as the 1850s, conducting Catholic services outdoors, in homes, and later in the town Temperance Hall. ... 10561 Sanders House 479 Pine St. Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. ... 10502 Site of Collier's Ferry Collier's Ferry Park, Pine St. 0.5 mi. NE of E. Lucas Dr. at Neches River Main crossing on Old Jasper Road and alternate crossing on Opelousas Trail from Liberty through Beaumont to Louisiana. Used as early as 1750, route ... 10520 Site of First Mercantile Building 1166 Boston Ave. As agent for the Port Arthur Land Company, Dutch immigrant G. W. Kilsdonk, Jr., worked to encourage people from his native Holland to settle in this ... 10525 Site of Fort Griffin Sabine Pass Historical Park (1863-1865) Renowned for brilliant Civil War victory, Sept. 8, 1863. Confederates in this form repulsed a fleet seeking to land thousands of Federal ... 10492 Site of Old Aurora In median, Woodworth Blvd just north of Lakeshore Dr.; in storage due to construction; will return upon completion Laid out in 1835 on land grant from government of Mexico to Horatio M. Hanks. At least 160 blocks were planned. After the Texas Revolution, Hanks' ... 10562 Site of Santa Anna in park The Santa Anna townsite was platted in 1835 by surveyor and land speculator David Brown of San Augustine County. It became the center of political ... 10571 Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp NE corner Spindletop Ave. and Ohio St. Marker in storage as of Feb. 2022 pending site construction. Here, from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, ... 10574 Site of the Home of Noah Tevis Main at Crockett -- 11954 Site of World War ll Prisoner of War Camp N. China Road, China, 2.4 mi N of US 90. Marker reported damaged and under repair Jul. 2012. The reduction of the labor force in the United States during World War II prompted the use of prisoners of war as laborers for various agricultural ... 10565 South County Office Building 525 Lakeshore Dr. The growth of the petrochemical industry in the southern part of Jefferson County in the early 1930s resulted in the need for extended county government ... 10566 South Park High School 4500 Highland Built by the South Park Independent School District in 1922-1923, this structure also housed classes of South Park Junior College for ten years. ... 15372 Southeast Texas Regional Airport 6000 Airline Dr. Originally named Jefferson County Airport, this facility has served area residents since the World War II era. Jefferson County Commissioners purchased ... 10567 Spaight's 11th Battalion Broadway, between S. 5th Ave. and S. 6th Ave. Commanded by Col. Ashley W. Spaight, the 11th Battalion of Texas Volunteers, Confederate States Army, was nicknamed the "Swamp Angels." Tracing its ... 10568 Spanish-American War Fortifications Sabine Pass Battleground As tension mounted between the United States and Spain during the late 1890s, U. S. Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper of Texas recommended the ... 10569 Sparks Settlement Cemetery in traffic mall of DeQueen Blvd. at 2500 blk. of Lakeshore Dr. John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine ... 10570 Spell Cemetery 5900 Caswell Rd. The land on which this graveyard is located was designated a family cemetery in 1873 by the Marble family. The earliest known burial is that of Martha ... 13118 Spindletop to Port Arthur Oil Pipeline Corridor Spur 93 (W. Port Arthur Rd.), E side between 60th and Canal streets. Marker reported missing May 2018. On January 10, 1901, the landscape of Texas changed forever. On that day, the Lucas Gusher came through at the Spindletop oilfield, discovered on ... 24100 Sprott Hospital Cartwright Street, N side E of San Antonio Street In 1944, African American physicians and brothers Dr. Edward D. Sprott, Jr. and Dr. Curtis B. Sprott founded Sprott Hospital in order to provide ... 23352 St. Elizabeth Catholic Community marker pending marker pending 18716 St. Paul United Methodist Church Lts 13 thru Lt 18 Res 18 Resv In 1915, Reverend S.D. Hackett introduced Methodism to the historic westside of Port Arthur, creating Hackett Chapel, a black Methodist church, with ...

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23942 Temple to the Brave 1356 Pennsylvania Ave. In the 1920s, the local Col. George Moffett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) conceived of a grand memorial to show appreciation ... 10556 Tex Ritter Oak Bluff Memorial Park, 101 Block St. (January 12, 1905 - January 2, 1974) Western singing star Woodward Maurice ("Tex") Ritter was born in Panola County, Texas. After attending college, ... 12334 Texas Company Refinery at Port Arthur (Port Arthur Works) Savannah Ave. at 25th St., Port Arthur The Beaumont-Port Arthur area was booming at the turn of the 20th century after the January 10, 1901, discovery of oil at Spindletop. The Texas Fuel ... 10576 Texas' First Rice Mill 1800 Pecos St. Beaumont Rice Mill, founded 1892 by J. E. Broussard, was developed after first commercial planting of rice in Texas in 1863. Earlier crops, due to ... 10501 The Clubhouse, The Woman's Club of Beaumont 575 Magnolia at Calder Early meetings of the Woman's Reading Club, now the Woman's Club of Beaumont, were conducted in area homes, churches, and public buildings until ... 16295 The Hughen School Hughen Center, SW corner 9th Ave. and Bob Hope Way (28th St.) Since 1937, the Hughen School and other related facilities have provided assistance to individuals with disabilities. The school grew out of a vision ... 16026 The Kansas City Southern Railway in Port Arthur 401 Houston Ave. The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, ... 10540 The Lucas Gusher on University St. between Florida St. and US 287/US 96/ US 69 Discovery well of the Spindletop Oil Field and the first important well on the Gulf Coast. It blew in on Jan. 10, 1901, flowing 100,000 barrels of ... 13440 The Mayumi Legacy 15500 Boondocks Rd. The modern Texas rice industry was shaped in part by the Mayumi brothers, who arrived here from Japan in the early twentieth century. Rice had been ... 22758 The Methodist Church in China SW corner Houston St. and W. Washington Ave. In the late nineteenth century, the Methodist movement spread across the region through travelling preachers, also known as circuit riders. With ... 12562 The Port Arthur Refinery on SH 87, 0.2 miles southwest of Avenue I, Port Arthur The eruption of the Lucas Gusher at the Spindletop Oil Field in January 1901 established Texas as a major oil source and signaled the beginning of ... 10581 The Woman's Club of Beaumont 575 Magnolia at Calder On January 18, 1895, Mrs. Hal W. Greer hosted a meeting at her home which resulted in the formation of this club. Present were Mrs. Greer's friends ... 10583 The Woodworth House Rose Hill Park, NE corner Woodworth Boulevard and Lakeshore Drive. Two markers both titled The Woodworth House, one on the house and another at the sidewalk. [RTHL medallion and plate on house] (Rose Hill) J.H. Baxter of the Griffing Lumber Company built this residence in 1906 for R.H. Woodworth (d. 1923). ... 10577 Travis Street Substation at Edison Plaza and Travis St. Substation Museum When Gulf States Utilities Company built this Travis Street substation building in 1929, a new era of progress began in Beaumont and all of southeast ... 11953 Trinity Lutheran Church Peace Lutheran Church. Marker relocated in 2022 from 2400 Fifth Street in Port Arthur. Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the first German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied ... 10578 Tyrrell Public Library Tyrrell Historical Library, Pearl St. (U.S. 90) at Forsythe Built in 1903 as the First Baptist Church, this limestone structure replaced a red brick church on the same site. Architect of the Romanesque Revival ...