Historical Markers of Texas

51 A. C. Schreiner, Jr. Home 405 Water Street, Kerrville Prominent Kerrville rancher, businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader Charles A. Schreiner built the original part of this house in 1897 as ... 15777 Apelt Armadillo Farm Center Point, approx. 6 mi. E on SH 27 to 111 Legacy Lane In the late 1890s, Charles Apelt (1862-1944) opened a unique commercial enterprise at this site. Apelt, a German immigrant, came to Comfort in 1887 ...

18779 Barnett Chapel Methodist Church 710 Paschal Street, facing Paschal This is the oldest African American church in Kerr county. In 1896, Jim and Josephine Barnett were instrumental in organizing the first religious ... 18621 Beitel Lumberyard 425 Clay Street When the SA&AP Railroad made Kerrville the last stop on their line, Frank J. Beitel, owner of several lumberyards in San Antonio, bought land in ... 527 Brown Cemetery from Kerrville take SH 27 3 miles; turn N onto Spur 100 - continue to cemetery During the late 1840s, Joshua D. Brown (1816-1876) traveled from Gonzales and established a cypress shingle mill on the site of what is now Kerrville. ...

11992 Cade House Cade Loop Road, 1.3 mi. S of SH 39 Alabama native Guilford Marion Cade (1821-1887) was a doctor in the Confederate Army prior to his moving to Texas in 1865. He and his family moved ... 680 Camp Verde Barracks Off Camp Verde Rd. on private property. RTHL medallion only 681 Camp Verde General Store and Post Office From Kerrville, take SH 173 S approximately 13 miles to Camp Verde. Store is located near intersection with FM 480. Mercantile business opened 1857 as Williams Community Store, serving trade around Camp Verde Army Post (site of U.S. War Department's 1857-69 camel ... 682 Camps Verde, C.S.A. S side Camp Verde Rd. E., picnic area 150 feet E of SH 173, 350 feet N of Verde Creek and 0.2 mi. N of FM 480 ["11 mi. southeast" refers to original marker location in Kerrville] Texas frontier regiment outpost was established 1862, 11 mi. southeast and near old U.S. post Camp Verde. Part of Red River-Rio Grande line of posts ... 710 Captain Charles Schreiner 216 Earl Garrett Street, Kerrville (1838 - 1927) Enterprising businessman. Born in France. Moved (1852) to U.S. with parents. Served with distinction in Texas Rangers, 1854-1857. Fought ... 711 Captain Charles Schreiner Home 216 Earl Garrett Street, Kerrville -- 724 Captain Joseph A. Tivy from Kerrville take FM 1341 2 miles east to junction with road to Tivy Mountain - marker is at junction In 1837 Joseph A. Tivy (1818-92) and his two sisters came to Texas from Canada. After serving as a Texas Ranger, Tivy joined his sisters in the California ... 786 Center Point Cemetery from Center Point, take FM 480 approximately .5 miles to cemetery The earliest known settlers in this area were Mrs. Elizabeth Denton and her children and slaves, who arrived in 1852. They were joined in 1858 by ... 18239 Center Point Christian Church 100 Church St., Center Point TX, on China St. side. The Center Point Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been a part of the community and surrounding area for more than 135 years. The church ... 16951 Center Point School Center Point, 215 China Street Prior to the settlement of the community of Zanzenburg and Center Point, school was taught in shacks and homes. From 1873-1875, B.F. Johnson taught ... 787 Center Point United Methodist Church 118 Church Street, Center Point In 1852, before there was a town here, Mrs. Henrietta Rees and her children came from Tennessee. Soon, she arranged for Methodist circuit riders ... 846 Christian Dietert Mill 800 block of Water Street, Kerrville German millwright Christian Dietert built mills at Comfort and Fredericksburg before moving here in 1857. With the assistance of a young German miller ... 1138 Cypress Creek Cemetery Cypress Creek community, off Lazy Valley Rd. on private property The oldest documented grave in this cemetery is that of Laura Steves Boerner (d. 1861), whose husband, Wilhelm Boerner, was killed at the Battle ...

13503 Divide School 14.5 mi. W of Mountain Home on SH 41; on campus of school and school district offices The first school classes held in this vicinity began in 1882, in the home of a hired teacher. The only two area families with children paid the instructor's ... 18323 Doyle Colored School 110 W. Barnett St. The Doyle School began as an African American school in 1909. The African American community raised $53 to move the frame building of the former ...

1352 Early Settlers of Kerr County Kerr County Courthouse grounds, southwest entrance facing Main Street (The Shingle Makers) The earliest permanent settler at this point on the Guadalupe was Joshua D. Brown (1816-74), a native of Kentucky who came to ... 15082 Education in Hunt Hunt School, near entrance, W side of School Rd. opposite Dutch Ln. Established about 1915, the Hunt School combined the earlier rural schools of the North and South Forks of the Guadalupe River that served the children ...

1644 First Baptist Church of Kerrville 625 Washington Street, Kerrville Kerrville Baptist Church was organized in June 1887 with eleven charter members. Seven years later the name was changed to First Baptist Church of ... 1704 First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Kerrville 1900 Goat Creek Rd. Moved from 1180 Junction Hwy Apr. 2007. In the early 1880s a small group of pioneer Kerrville women collected funds to build a Union church, and a small sanctuary was completed in 1885. ... 1840 First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville 800 Jefferson Presbyterians in Kerrville shared a Union Church with other denominations before a congregation was formally organized in 1888. A small wooden church ... 14483 First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville (sanctuary) Kerrville 1863 First School House from Mountain Home take SH 41 approximately 15.2 miles to Y.O. Ranch - marker located at visitor's complex Built in 1852 by J. L. O'Conner at Center Point with cypress logs (12 by 14 inches) cut from nearby Guadalupe River. Mortar was a hand-mixed solution ...

22747 Garrett Insurance Agency 212 S. Sidney Baker St. marker pending 23254 Gate of Heaven - Kerrville State Hospital Cemetery Marker pending. To be located Behind Kerrville State Hospital. marker pending 17515 Gatlin Site Thompson Drive intersection with Saddlewood Blvd. The construction of the new Spur 98 bridge across the Guadalupe River in Kerrville in 2004 was the catalyst for an archeological investigation yielding ... 22418 Glen Rest Cemetery inside the center gate ON OCTOBER 15, 1894, A GROUP OF KERRVILLE CITIZENS ESTABLISHED GLEN REST AS A COMMUNITY CEMETERY NEAR THE GUADALUPE RIVER. S.H. REMSCHEL SOLD A ... 15837 Great Western Cattle Trail Harper Road (FM 783) north of Kerrville, east side, across from Valle Vista Dr. In 1874, rancher John T. Lytle founded the Great Western Cattle Trail, which became the primary route through which cattle came to northern U.S. ... 2309 Gus F. Schreiner Home Riverhill Country Club - The Riverhill Mansion In 1883 wealthy rancher and banker Charles Schreiner bought this land. His son Gus F. (1866-1962) later acquired the property. In 1901 Gus and his ... 14000 Guthrie Building 241 Earl Garrett Street In continuous use since 1887, this building is one of the oldest in Kerr County. It is named for newspaper publisher Robert Guthrie, who was born ...

17715 H-E-B near sidewalk, close to Hays Street Charles C. Butt, his wife, Florence (Thornton), and their children moved to San Antonio from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1904. The following year they ... 2436 Henderson Cemetery (Two miles north) from Ingram take SH 27 2 miles NW to marker at junction with Henderson Branch Road Howard Henderson (1842-1908) came to Texas in 1857. He was a survivor of the Civil War Battle of the Nueces in 1862, in which he and other Unionists ... 2462 Hermann Sons Home for the Aged from Comfort take SH 27 W, past Kendall/Kerr County Line - turn S onto first southbound road -. Marker set in stone in yard of large building on hill. A fraternal group originally for persons of German descent, the Sons of Hermann grew rapidly after the founding of the first Texas lodge in 1860-61. ... 13037 Hunt 1580 block of SH 39; MARKER REPORTED MISSING 8.13.25 Farmers and ranchers settled along the North and South Forks of the Guadalupe River in the late 1850s, forming the Japonica and Pebble communities. ... 2598 Hunt Japonica Cemetery Ranch rd. 1340 right-of-way, 1.5 mi NW of Hunt The oldest legible tombstone in this cemetery is that of George T. Henry. It is dated 1872, sixteen years after the formal organization of Kerr county. ...

2639 Indian Sites on Cypress Creek Cypress Creek community, off FM 1341 on private property. Named "Sturdy Oak Farm" for an ancient live oak, this property has belonged to the Lich family since 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Perry Lich became the ...

12322 James Kerr Kerr County Courthouse grounds, southwest entrance facing Main Street. (1790-1850) Kentucky native James Kerr, the son of a Baptist minister, was reared in Missouri. Kerr fought in the War of 1812 and was later sheriff ...

18623 Kennedy-Peterson House NW side Earl Garrett St., between Barnett and Myrta streets This home was built in 1914 for seven-term Texas State Representative and Speaker of the House Austin Milton Kennedy (1866-1914), who moved here ... 2929 Kerr County Kerr County Courthouse grounds, southwest entrance facing Main Street Formed from Bexar County - Created January 26, 1856 - Organized March 22, 1856. Named in honor of James Kerr, 1790-1850; the first American settler ... 2932 Kerrville Kerrville City Hall, SE corner Sidney Baker St. (SH 16) and Main St., SE side facing Peterson Plaza Kerr County was formally created on January 26, 1856, and named for Republic of Texas soldier and pioneer James Kerr. Among the first settlers in ... 15410 Kerrville Daily Times 429 Jefferson St. Several newspapers have served the residents of Kerr County since its organization. Most of these have ceased to publish but one, the Kerrville Daily ... 14213 Kerrville First United Methodist Church Kerrville 2933 Kerrville Lodge No. 697, A.F. & A.M. 119 Methodist Encampment Road Organized by Masons affiliated with Rising Star Lodge in nearby Center Point, Kerrville Lodge No. 697 was chartered on December 11, 1890. The 21 ... 2934 Kerrville Mountain Sun 516 Quinlin, Kerrville The "Kerrville Mountain Sun" can trace its history to an 1870s publication known as "The Frontiersman." Later called "The News," "The Eye," and "The ... 14386 Kerrville Telephone Company Water St., NE side in alley between Earl Garrett and Washington streets A.C. Schriner and D.H. Comparette, Sr., started the Kerrville telephone exchange in 1896 with a handshake and $1,000. The first connection was between ...

22757 Live Oak Ranch South side of Live Oak Road NW, north of the old jailhouse. Marker pending. marker pending

14522 Mary Ann Kent Byas Chambers Morriss Nichols Cemetery. Marker is at grave in west section of the cemetery. Early Texas pioneer Mary Ann Kent was born in Missouri (Calloway Co.) in 1827 to Andrew and Elizabeth (Zumwalt) Kent. Their family moved to Texas ... 14261 Masonic Building 211 Earl Garrett St. This locally quarried limestone building is a good example of late Italianate-style architecture. The façade features rough and smooth-dressed stone, ... 22417 Methodist Encampment Community northeast corner, McAllen & Methodist Encampment Road 17882 Mosty Brothers Nursery Southeast corner of FM 1350 and Mosty Lane, Centerpoint, TX MOSTY BROTHERS NURSERY A son of Belgian immigrants, Leander A. Mosty worked as a cattle driver and broker in Kansas before migrating to Kerr County ... 17312 Mount Olive Baptist Church Kerrville, 121 West McFarland Drive ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER 1902 BY REVEREND G. W. MERRIWEATHER OF SAN ANTONIO, THE MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CONGREGATION FIRST MET IN A SMALL SCHOOLHOUSE ...

16547 N.O. Reynolds Elm Pass Rd., 100 feet SE of FM 480 (E of Center Point Cemetery) Lieutenant Nelson Orcelus Reynolds was a noted Texas lawman. Born in 1846 in Pennsylvania, Reynolds served in the Union army during the Civil War. ... 3593 Nichols Cemetery Nichols Cemetery, S side SH 27, 100 feet E of cemetery entrance at Nichols Cemetery Rd. Born about 1805, Rowland Nichols settled in Kerr County where he served as county commissioner. Upon his death at the hands of Indians, Nichols was ... 16312 Notre Dame Catholic Church Water Street at Washington Ave. Originally organized in 1892 as a mission named St. Mary of the Assumption, it became a parish church in 1911 under Father Henry Michael Kemper. ... 17552 Notre Dame Catholic School Kerrville NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL Fourteen visiting priests served St. Mary’s Catholic Mission Church until 1911, when it became a parish church and Father ...

3753 Old Ingram Old Ingram Loop, S side, W of Indian Creek Rd. Settlers began arriving in this vicinity prior to the Civil War. In 1879 the Reverend J. C. W. Ingram, a Church of Christ minister from California, ... 15842 Old Spanish Trail 1075 Junction Highway The Old Spanish Trail was a significant route from San Antonio through Bandera Pass, Camp Verde, Kerrville, Ingram and Mountain Home. For centuries, ... 20166 One Mile to Ruins of Camp Verde Camp Verde Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855; headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, ... 15351 Order of the Eastern Star, Kerrville Chapter #24 Kerrville

16257 Penateka Comanches Camp Verde Park, Southeast intersection of SH 173 and East Verde Creek Road The Penateka, or “honey eaters,” were the southernmost band of Comanches; their range extended from the Edwards Plateau to the beginnings of central ...

4240 Remount Station from Mountain Home, take SH 41 approximately 15.2 miles to the Y.O. Ranch - marker located at visitor's complex Built during the 1850s in Waring by an unknown settler. Constructed with elm logs measuring eight inches wide. Offered food and lodging to stagecoach ... 4275 Rising Star Lodge No. 429, A.F. & A.M. located on San Antonio Street, just S of the Guadalupe River in Center Point Chartered on June 5, 1875, this lodge was first located in a building which was destroyed by fire in 1900, along with all the lodge records. Meetings ... 4340 Roggenbucke Homestead on private property - west from Comfort post office to Front Street to North Creek Road Prussian immigrants Oscar and Louise (Weiss) Von Roggenbucke were among the first settlers in the Comfort area, arriving in 1855. They bought this ...

4486 Saint Peter's Episcopal Church 956 Main Street, Kerrville Pioneer Episcopalians worshiped at the Kerr County Courthouse in 1881. In 1884-88, they erected a small frame Gothic church. The Rev. J. E. Hole ... 18622 San Antonio & Aransas Pass Passenger Train Depot 615 Schreiner In 1887, Kerrville was chosen as the last stop on the SA&AP Railroad. A wood depot was erected four blocks west of here to accommodate the large ... 11995 Schreiner College (Schreiner Institute) 2100 Memorial Blvd. Kerrville leaders began to envision a college in the early days of the 20th century. Negotiations with the Presbyterian Synod of Texas were pursued ... 13132 Schumacher Crossing on the Guadalupe River 1 mi. east of Hunt on SH 39, east of river bridge Christian Schumacher emigrated with his family from Germany to Texas in 1845, the year he was born. He came to Kerr County in 1880, later marrying ... 17951 Scott and Josephine Carr Schreiner 425 Water Street Whitfield Scott Schreiner (1888-1969) and Josephine Carr Schreiner (1893-1984) lived on Water Street in a home designed by Atlee B. Ayres. Scott ... 4722 Site of Animal Health Discovery USDA -- US Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Knipling-Bushland Research Center, on restricted access/private property. In this building (at Menard) during late 1930s, Dr. Edward F. Knipling (b. 1909) advanced theory screwworms might be eradicated by releasing sterile ... 4748 Site of Camp Verde From Kerrville take SH 173 S approximately 13 miles to Camp Verde. Marker is on farm road .5 miles W of Camp Verde Store. Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855; headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, ... 11994 Site of Reservation School Lower Reservation Road, N side 1.0 mi. W of FM 479 As settlement in Kerr County began to spread to outlying areas at the end of the 19th century, neighbors gradually formed schools in which to educate ... 4886 Site of Sherman's Mill from Ingram take SH 39 2 miles W; MARKER REPORTED MISSING 8.14.25. A pioneer Kerr County water-powered mill located near Kelly Creek-Guadalupe River confluence. It ground corn, sawed lumber, ginned cotton. Built ... 4920 Site of Zanzenberg from Center Point take SH 27 approximately .5 mile east to marker site Home of Dr. Charles De Ganahl (1824-1883), a signer of the Texas Articles of Secession in 1861 and Army Surgeon for the Confederate States of America. ... 15810 Starkey Cemetery NW of entrance to 1180 Junction Highway (SH 27), 300 feet NW of Commerce St. and 100 feet NE of Junction Highway This burial ground began as a family plot for the James Monroe and Martha Adeline (Rees) Starkey family. The first burial was for their son, Jones ... 5131 Stoneleigh Ranch Off Stoneleigh Rd. on private property. Missouri native George L. Leigh (d. 1901) moved to Kerr County in 1878 for health reasons. He opened a mercantile establishment in Center Point (3.5 ... 5150 Sunset Cemetery from Kerrville take SH 27 West approximately 17 miles - head south on first road after crossing creek The earliest marked graves in this cemetery are those of James and Susan Dowdy's four children. They were killed by Indians in 1878, soon after the ...

13248 Texas Lions Camp SH 27 just past Veterans Pkwy, on Lions Camp property Located on land once owned by Kerrville founder Joshua Brown, this has been the site of rehabilitative facilities since the 1920s, when the American ... 5312 The Comparette Home 1001 Jefferson Street, Kerrville, Medallion reported vandalized 2.4.2020 This Victorian house was built in the Tivy Addition by S. W. and Laura Smith in 1890. After several other ownerships, Dr. R. H. P. Wright, a prominent ... 5318 The Cypress Creek School Cypress Creek community, Stoneleigh Rd., W side 150 feet S of Lazy Valley Rd./Faltin Rd. N, 250 feet W of FM 1341 Pioneer German settlers of the Cypressville community, later known as Cypress Creek, formed a school district in 1879. The original frame schoolhouse ... 5324 The Dowdy Tragedy of 1878 SH 27, roadside pulloff on the S side, 2.2 mi. SE of Mountain Home, 300 feet SE of Tecaboca Rd. W The pioneer family of Susan (1830-1913) and James Dowdy (1818-1900) moved from Goliad to Kerr County in 1878 and settled on Johnson Creek. Shortly ... 17751 The Famous Door Café 215 West Barnett Street The Famous Door served the African American community in Kerrville for seventy years as a café, grocery store, and most prominently, as a dance hall. ... 5392 The Original Building of Tivy School Kerrville Captain Joseph A. Tivy, a Canadian born in 1818, settled in Kerr County about 1870. He served as Kerrville's first mayor and as a Texas legislator. ... 5394 The Pampell Opera House 701 Water Street, Kerrville Originally a frame structure, this building was completed about 1895. It housed the M. V. Gregory Hotel and Store when local merchant John L. Pampell ... 5576 Turtle Creek School and Cemetery from Kerrville take FM 1273 south to school and cemetery This schoolhouse and nearby burial ground originally served the pioneer settlers of the Turtle Creek area. The oldest marked grave is that of Miles ...

5774 Wharton Cemetery from Center Point, take SH 187 4 miles northwest to Wharton Road One of the earliest settlers in Kerr County, William Watson Wharton (1799-1871) purchased 640 acres when he came here in 1857 with his wife Thankful ... 12604 Woolls Building 318 San Antonio St. One of Center Point's oldest existing commercial structures, the Woolls Building was constructed in 1873-75 to house the mercantile business of George ...

5921 Y.O. Ranch from Mountain Home take SH 41 16 miles west to entrance of Y.O. Ranch Charles Armand Schreiner (1838-1927), a native of Alsace-Lorraine, immigrated to Texas with his family in 1852. He joined the Texas Rangers at age ...

12827 Zion Lutheran Church 624 Barnett Zion Lutheran Church This congregation has roots in worship services conducted in family homes as early as 1898 and was organized in 1901 with seven ...