Historical Markers of Texas

8181 Antioch Cemetery and Old Antioch Church of Christ off FM 1497 near Hickory Creek This church and cemetery, dating back to the first years of Texas statehood, were established between 1846 and 1848. The church, First Church of ... 8182 Atkinson-Morris House 802 Fitzhugh Ave. Built about 1890 by Jethro D. Atkinson, bank director and owner of Paris' first shoe store. Bought 1910 by social leaders, Dr. Eugene Felder Morris ...

8184 Biardstown School Biardstown Community Center, FM 1497 about 10 mi. south of Paris The history of schools in Biardstown is closely associated with the Biard family, early settlers of the area. The first school in the community was ... 8190 Burial Site of John S. Chisum Washington St. next to rail crossing, Paris (1824-1884) Cattle baron whose herds, moving from east to west Texas and into New Mexico, expanded into one of the greatest cattle spreads in the ...

8186 Camp Maxey Entrance #5, off US 271 about 9 miles north of Paris Recognizing in 1940 that hosting peacetime draftees might revive the county's economy, the city of Paris sent a request for the army to build a training ... 17581 Campbell Cemetery Paris vicinity, Loop 286 SW to Hwy 137 S, FM 1506 W toward Ambia, N on CR 22910, ¼ mi. on right CAMPBELL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1843 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2012 8211 Capt. Wm. E. Moore Home 950 Moore St. Old Southern style homestead, 1871. 1 1/2 stories. Built by soldier, statesman, citizen, Capt. Wm. E. Moore and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Neal. During ... 8188 Central National Road of the Republic of Texas US 82, west city limits of Paris in roadside park Designed as a military highway, intended to make linkage with United States military road built to the north of the Red River in the 1820s. This ... 8189 Central Presbyterian Church 309 S. Church St. This congregation, established during the Republic of Texas period, was organized as the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on November 4, 1844, ... 18904 Church of the Holy Cross, Episcopal The marker will be place facing Church Street on the southeast corner of the property. 23262 Culbertson Fountain marker pending marker pending

15570 Dr. Patrick W. Birmingham Biardstown

24158 Emberson-Brown Funeral Home marker pending marker pending 17580 Evergreen Cemetery near the northeast corner of the cemetery, close to 5th Street NE entrance The Evergreen Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable citizens of Paris and Lamar County. Due to the steady growth of the area, the ... 8192 Ewing House 135 4th St. NW Originated as a log cabin, built 1852 by Robert Glass. Later extended to 10 rooms; is called "House of Seven Gables," or old home of Mrs. Sallie ...

8194 First Baptist Church of Blossom 200 S. Young St. Organized in 1873 by the Rev. Sam Anderson. Early services were held in a log schoolhouse, and baptisms conducted in ponds or cotton gin pools. The ... 13063 First Baptist Church of Paris 207 S. Church St. In 1854, the Rev. Willis M. Pickett and six charter members formed the Union Baptist Church of Paris. Remaining in its original location, the church ... 22728 First Coca-Cola Served in Texas marker pending marker pending 23287 First Federal Community Bank marker pending marker pending 8195 First National Bank of Paris Main & Lamar Organized and opened for business at its present location in 1886 by William J. McDonald (1844-1926), Civil War veteran and lawyer. Earlier he had ... 8197 First Presbyterian Church 410 W. Kaufman St. Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary ... 8196 First United Methodist Church of Paris 3rd and Lamar The beginning of this congregation can be traced to 1843, when the Rev. James Graham organized the First Methodist Church in the area. It later took ... 8198 Fulton's Trading Post Arthur City --

23495 George W. Wright marker pending marker pending 8228 George Washington Stell, Sr. Shady Grove Cemetery off FM 905, 9 mi. south of Paris (1793 - Dec. 12, 1870) A veteran of the War of 1812, Virginia native George W. Stell, Sr. came to Texas in the late 1830s. A farmer, surveyor, and ... 23853 Gibraltar Hotel 265 South Main St. In 1912, recognizing the need for an additional hotel in Paris, A.A. Lesueur Jr., R.L. Murphy, W.R. Wood, W.A. Bell and J.S. Patrick incorporated ...

8200 Hayes House 901 S. Main John M. Hayes (1869-1918) constructed this three-story frame residence soon after he purchased the property in 1906. A businessman, Hayes managed ... 16733 Hickory Grove Black Cemetery HTC-2010 This historic burial ground is the resting place of former slaves, freedmen and descendants of African Americans who came here in the 1800s. Samuel ... 8201 Hickory Grove Cemetery SH 137 about 5 mi. west of Roxton Widespread settlement of this area of Lamar County began in the late 1840s and early 1850s. By 1852 the Hickory Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, ... 8208 Home of Sam Bell Maxey Sam Bell Maxey State Historic Site grounds, SW corner S. Church and E. Washington streets, W side S of E. Washington Street Native Kentuckian. West Point graduate. Brevetted for gallantry in Mexican War. District attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee ... 24702 Home of Sam Bell Maxey Sam Bell Maxey State Historic Site grounds, SW corner S. Church and E. Washington streets, E side facing Church St. -- (RTHL medallion)

8183 J. M. Biard House Biardstown On 1845 Republic of Texas land grant. House built 1854 by J. M. Biard, settler from Alabama, founder of Biardstown. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ... 8199 J. W. Harrison & Son Restricted access/ inside office off S. Church St. John Winn Harrison (1865-1940) came to Paris from Alabama in 1886. Working as a carpenter for several years, he formed a construction company in ... 8187 James Henry Campbell Home Blossom Tennessee native James Henry Campbell (1830-1918) moved to Texas in 1856 with his wife, Julia Emeline (Perkins), and their children. One of the first ... 22464 Jefferies Wagon Yard North end of Lamar County Courthouse Parking Lot which is bounded by North Main Street, Graham Street and NW 1st Street 12008 John James Culbertson West side of city plaza, downtown Paris (March 16, 1853 - September 27, 1932) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, John James Culbertson grew up in large northeastern cities. He married Emily Lou ... 8207 Judge Wm. Henry Lightfoot House Church and Washington St. Built 1876 by Judge Wm. Henry Lightfoot, veteran of Forrest's Cavalry in Civil War; law partner of Gen. (and U. S. Senator) Sam B. Maxey. Lumber ...

8204 Lamar County west city limits of Paris in roadside park Created December 17, 1840 from Red River County. Organized in 1841. Named in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, 1798-1859. Father of Texas education. President ... 12313 Lamar County Courthouse 119 N. Main St. The March 1916 fire that left downtown Paris in ruins ravaged Lamar County's massive 1897 Romanesque courthouse and tower, once thought indestructible. ... 8206 Lamar County Fair Fairgrounds, NE 6th St. Five Paris businessmen founded the Lamar County Fair Association in 1911: Guy S. Caldwell (1875-1937), C. J. Musselman (1884-1951), John C. Gibbons ... 8205 Lamar County, C. S. A. Main and 1st St. on Houston at Courthouse Of uneasy border of Indian Territory in the Civil War. A military transport center, on the Old Central National Road surveyed in 1844 by the Republic ... 12011 Lee Cemetery 2.5 mi SW of Roxton on FM 38; W on CR 26320; N on CR 26310; E on CR 26300 to dead end; N to cemetery entrance Herbert J. Lee of Virginia moved to this area by 1859. One-year-old Georgiannia W. Derrick died in 1860 and was buried on the Lee property. Herbert ... 14432 Lee Cemetery Roxton 12012 Lightfoot-Coleman House 746 S. Church St. Alabama native Henry William Lightfoot a Confederate veteran of Forrest's Cavalry, came to Paris in 1872 as a law partner of Sam Bell Maxey. Two ...

8210 McCuistion Home 730 Clarksville Built 1858 as story and a half home by early doctor, A. S. Johnson. Remodelled 1907. Occupied in 1916 by Dr. L. P. McCuistion (1869-1947), 57 years ... 8212 Moore's Springs Cemetery off US 271 on CR 12140, 2 mi. east of Paris Levin Vinson Moore (1809-1899) brought his family to this area from Tennessee in 1836. They established a farmstead near a natural spring, and soon ... 8215 Mount Vernon CR 12600, near southern intersection with FM 1497 (6.4 miles from center of Paris) Here on 100 acres donated by Mathias Click was the second county seat of Lamar County -- Mount Vernon -- where court was held June, 1843, to April, ... 18249 Mt. Canaan Baptist Church 60 Sycamore Street Following emancipation, several Paris black free men and women formed informal congregations to practice their new spiritual rights. These former ... 16147 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery between Pattonville and Deport off of US 271, about .5 mi. S of CR 153000 that leads to cemetery The trustees of the Mt. Pleasant Church purchased this property from the McGill Community School for one dollar in 1895. Many burials here pre-date ...

8213 Old Cemetery of Paris south of W. Cherry Street, at base of water tower -- about 40 feet west of 5th Street SW The old city cemetery is located on land once owned by George Washington Wright (1809-1877), founder of the city of Paris. The oldest grave here ... 8232 Old Sumner Cemetery private property -- 23263 Origin of 1896 Paris Fire marker pending marker pending 18466 Origin of the Paris Fire of 1916 Within 50 yards south of the approximate location. On March 21, 1916, a fire swept through Paris that consumed 264 acres and 1,440 buildings and killed three people. Property loss was estimated at ...

8214 Paris 200 block NW 3rd St. This site marks the first call for survey of the city of Paris, Republic of Texas, 1844. Geo. W. Wright, early settler, soldier in Texas War for ... 17903 Paris Cotton Compress northwest corner 1st St SW and W Hearne Ave In the early 1880s, cotton began to dominate Texas agriculture as a principal cash crop, with over two million cultivated acres producing 800,000 ... 8217 Paris Fire Department 107 E. Kaufman Fire protection in Paris dates to the early 1870s, when a group of businessmen led by Willet Babcock organized a volunteer fire company. Known as ... 23566 Paris Grocer Company marker pending marker pending 12013 Paris Junior College 2400 Clarksville Street Henry P. Mayer, a member of the Paris Independent School District Board of Education, proposed the establishment of a junior college in Paris in ... 8218 Paris Lodge No. 27, A. F. & A. M. SH 24 / 19, 1 mi. south of Paris The 1845 charter establishing Paris Lodge No. 27 was the last charter issued by the Grand Lodge of Texas during the Republic of Texas period. The ... 23490 Paris Post Office marker pending marker pending 8219 Paris Public Schools 3rd and Lamar Although attempts to provide a public school system in Paris were made as early as 1877, it was not until 1884 that the system as it is known today ... 23838 Plaza Theatre 36 North Plaza Built in 1916, the Parisian Theatre was remodeled and renamed the Plaza Theatre in 1926. The exterior was a modern American adaptation of the Spanish-Moorish ... 8231 Pleasant Grove FM 1184 abvout 1.5 mi. east of Howland Built 1857 by settler from Kentucky, Jas. Shelby (Sheb) Williams, and wife Mary. Lumber was dressed on site. Sills and studs, hand-hewn of heart ... 8221 Providence Baptist Church 2.5 mi. north of Loop 286 on FM 195, Paris This small rural church was organized in 1868 by John A. Fuller with about twelve members. Early worship services were held at the Methodist church ...

24159 R.F. Scott Building marker pending marker pending 22663 Reno Historic African American Cemetery N side of US 82 (Lamar Rd.), 400 feet W of Anderson Rd. and 300 feet N of US 82 on private property Established 1888. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2017 8185 Robert Cooke Buckner at First Baptist Church (January 3, 1833 - April 9, 1919) Outstanding Baptist minister. Born in Tennessee, he moved to Texas 1859, and became pastor of this congregation ... 8222 Rockford Church and Cemetery 5 mi. SE of Biardstown Before April 1864 church was founded by Cumberland Presbyterians, with the Rev. W. W. Havanaugh as pastor. Congregation affiliated in 1925 with Presbyterian ...

22448 Sanitarium of Paris / McCuistion Community Hospital Southwest corner of 8th Southwest and Bonham Streets 8225 Scott Mansion 425 S. Church St. This Paris landmark was built between 1908 and 1910 for the family of prominent businessman Rufus Fenner Scott, Sr. (1848-1932). Designed by German-born ... 12853 Shady Grove Cemetery CR 13550 at CR 14400; From Paris Loop 286, take FM 905 SE to CR 13550, left (NE), approx. 1 mi. Shady Grove Cemetery According to an account by Dr. J.E. Fuller (1862-1940), as reported by local historian Ed H. McCuistion (1867-1946) in a 1921 ... 8193 Site of First Anglo-American Settlement in Lamar County Powderly Legend tells of French and Spanish forts before the families of J. W. G. Pierson, Luke and John Roberts, and the Mason brothers settled here in 1820. ... 8203 Site of Lafayette At the end of Yoder Road, north from FM 79 Site of Lafayette -- First county seat of Lamar County - A clapboard courthouse was built by John Lovejoy on 40 acres donated by John Watson - Here ... 8226 Site of Shelton's Fort CR 24050 off FM 2675, about 4 mi. SE of Roxton In 1837 Jesse Shelton (1782-1855) built a log house and stockade at this site. It served as a way station for pioneer travelers and a stronghold ... 8227 Smiley-Woodfin Native Prairie Grassland US 82, 0.4 mi. W of FM 38 This meadow, approximately 2100 acres, is the largest section of native grassland existing in Texas. It was originally part of a prairie system that ... 8223 St. Joseph's Hospital 820 Clarksville St. In 1911 the Catholic bishop of Dallas, Joseph Patrick Lynch (1872-1954), beseeched the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word to administer St. ... 8224 St. Paul Baptist Church Booth and 2nd St. NE Organized 1867; one of founding churches (1872), Zion District Baptist Association. Original pastor, the Rev. Elisha Barnes (1811-95), served 20 ...

8220 The Historic Persimmon Grove and Capt. Hill's Military Camp 6 mi. north of Petty via US 82 and FM 38 Up to 1860, pioneers found here a grand 100-square-mile prairie overgrown with high grass. The grove of persimmons 100 yards west of this spot formed ... 8216 The Paris Fire, 1916 Main and Grand Although Paris was founded in the mid-1840s, many of its historic structures were lost in a fire that destroyed almost half the town in 1916. The ... 13023 Travis Clack Henderson Evergreen Cemetery One of eight children, Travis Clack Henderson was born in Alabama on June 24, 1836 to John Henry and Minerva Bernard Henderson. In 1856, he moved ... 8229 Tridens Prairie SW corner FM 38 and US 82 In 1841, when Zacharia Westfall was granted 1280 acres of land in this area, much of the northeastern region of Texas was covered with natural prairies. ...

13688 Union Station Paris, 1100 W. Kaufman Attempts to bring rail service to Lamar County began in the mid-1800s, but a line did not reach the city of Paris until one was built to the south ...

8230 Wilburn Family Home private property - call CHC for information On land deeded Dec. 9, 1856, to John Wilburn (d. about 1864), who with help of slaves built this house by an ever-flowing spring while his family ... 23527 William J. McDonald marker pending marker pending 14599 Williams, Sheb, Home Howland 14804 Williams, Wm. M. (Buckskin) Paris