Historical Markers of Texas

15262 1869 Independence Day Raid Camp Leroy Shuman. Replaced in 1987. On July 4, 1869, after gathering a herd of horses from the Fort Worth area, a group of eleven Indians rode north and west from the city. They were ...

75 Absalom H. Chivers Cemetery 1050 ft. west of 1300 Block of N. Carroll Ave., Southlake (north of Highland; marker is on private property and is not accessible by road.) This cemetery was established for the family of Absalom H. Chivers, a prosperous farmer and stockman who came here from Mississippi about 1852. With ... 5986 Administration Building Texas Wesleyan College Erected by old Polytechnic College, a coeducational school organized 1890 by Bishop J. S. Key, on site given by A. S. and W. D. Hall and George Tandy. ... 94 Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery entrance, west side of N. University Blvd. between Trinity River and White Settlement Rd. Wishing to have their own cemetery, congregation Ahavath Sholom, the first Jewish congregation in Fort Worth, purchased a six-acre tract from the ... 17042 Alexander Dobkins Family Cemetery near SH 360 Pioneer area settlers Alexander Dobkins (1815-1869) and his wife Mary (1818-1880) migrated to Texas from Tennessee in 1852. Ordained as a minister ... 116 Alfred Madison Hightower 6600 Smithfield Rd., North Richland Hills. Smithfiled Cemetery, (Smithfield at Main) Alfred M. Hightower came to Smithfield from Illinois with his family in 1858 and became a rancher. When the debate over secession arose, Hightower ... 12202 Alice E. Carlson Elementary School 3320 W. Cantey St. Designed by Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson and built in 1927, this building was enlarged twice, once in 1935 with Works Progress Administration ... 124 Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church 116 Elm Street This Tudor Gothic Revival sanctuary was constructed between 1912 and 1914, during the pastorate of the Rev. R.S. Jenkins, for the congregation of ... 125 Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church 116 Elm Street The oldest and largest African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. This church organization was organized about 1870 by the Rev. Moody, pioneer ... 153 Amon Carter Riverside High School and Riverside ISD 3301 Yucca Ave. A community school system known as Trinity Bend existed as early as 1876 in what is now the Riverside neighborhood of Fort Worth. Classes were held ... 154 Amon G. Carter 400 W. 7th, Fort Worth Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country ... 15722 Andrew Hayter Levitt Pavilion, SW corner W. Abram and S. Center streets Reverend Andrew Shannon Hayter (1818-1900) was one of the earliest settlers in this area, and is considered by many to be the "Father of Arlington." ... 169 Ann Waggoner Hall Texas Wesleyan University,Ann Waggoner Fine Arts Building, northeast corner Wesleyan and E. Rosedale streets 14811 Archibald Franklin Leonard Birdville Cemetery A native of Pennsylvania, Archibald Franklin Leonard (1816-1876) moved to Missouri in the 1830s where he married Mary Ann Foster (1822-1904) in 1839. ... 199 Arlington Cemetery Parkdale Cemetery 801 Mary St., Arlington Encompassing more than ten acres of land, Arlington Cemetery includes within its borders several small historic graveyards, including the original ... 200 Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184, A.F. and A.M 4600 Camp Bowie Blvd. Chartered on December 9, 1921, Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184 is located on land donated by Lodge members W.C. Stonestreet and F.H. Sparrow. This ... 23342 Arlington Texas & Pacific Depot and Platform marker pending marker pending 201 Armour and Company Packing House Plaza In 1901, local business leaders G. W. Simpson and L. V. Niles began negotiating with Armour & Co. one of the nation' four largest meatpacking firms, ... 218 Arwine Cemetery south of West Pipeline Road, Hurst Pioneer Daniel Arwine (1830-1887) migrated to Texas from Indiana in 1865. A deputy U.S. Marshall, Arwine deeded six acres for a school, church and ... 219 Ash Creek Baptist Church 300 S. Stewart St. On September 9, 1871, the Rev. J.C. Powers led 48 charter members in organizing Ash Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Guarding against Indians, Rev. ... 220 Ash Creek Cemetery 310 S. Stewart St. The oldest known graves in this community burial ground are those of Dave Morrison (1849-1874) and W. P. Gregg (1833-1874). Dr. James Azle Stewart, ... 229 Atelier Building 209 W. 8th Developer Thomas S. Weaver had this structure built about 1905. Named "Atelier", the French word for an artist's studio, it has housed the offices ... 253 Ayres Cemetery N. Side of Rd., at intersection of Taft & Scott St. In 1861 Benjamin Patton Ayres (ca. 1801-62) and his wife, Emily (Cozart) (ca. 1811-63), bought a 320-acre farm and set aside two acres on this hillside ... 255 Azle Christian Church 117 Church St. This congregation grew from worship services conducted here in the 1880s on land donated by Dr. Azle Stewart, for whom the town was named. Organized ... 256 Azle Schools 301 Church St. According to local tradition, pioneer settler J.G. Reynolds started the first area school in the 1850s. Early classes were held in log cabins and ...

23961 B. D. and Margaret Kennedy House 1312 5th Ave. The earliest owners of this home built in 1910 in the Fields-Welsh Addition were Barney de Jurnett and wife Margaret (Wilson) Kennedy. The couple ... 14340 Baker Funeral Home 301 E. Rosedale Blvd. After working as a Pullman porter for the Santa Fe Railroad, James Nathan Baker, Sr. decided to open a funeral home in 1917 for Cleburne's African ... 286 Baldridge House 5100 Crestline Rd. This property was part of the original Chamerlain-Arlington Heights development of the 1890s. Earl and Florence Baldridge built this elegant residence ... 16963 Bankhead Highway Through Arlington southwest corner Division and Center THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, OFTEN REFERRED TO LOCALLY AS THE “DALLAS PIKE” EAST OF CENTER STREET AND THE “FORT WORTH PIKE” WEST OF THAT ROAD, PLAYED AN ... 310 Barron Field on Oak Grove Rd., 1/10 mi. S. of intersection of Oak Circle & Everman Rd., Everman One of three World War I fight training centers in the Ft. Worth area, Taliaferro Field No. 2 was built on this site in Nov. 1917. First used by ... 346 Bear Creek Cemetery 1400 Minters Chapel Rd. This cemetery was developed adjacent to the site of the Bear Creek Missionary Baptist Church, which was organized in 1853. The earliest marked grave ... 349 Bedford Cemetery 2400 Bedford Rd. Pioneers probably began using this graveyard during the 1860s. Earliest marked grave is that of Elizabeth White Bobo (1866-1871), whose parents came ... 350 Bedford Church of Christ 2401 Bedford Rd. Founded about 1874 by members of Spring Garden Church of Christ, this congregation was originally called New Hope Church of Christ. The first meetinghouse ... 12888 Bedford Reunion 2401 Bedford Rd. Bedford Reunion Settlers from Bedford County, Tennessee, came to this area in the 1870s. Weldon Wiles Bobo opened a store and grist mill, and several ... 374 Benton House 1730 Sixth Ave. Victorian Gingerbread Cottage. Erected by pioneer businessman Meredith A. Benton in 1898, when the 4-lot site was "out in the country," and young ... 387 Beth-el Congregation 207 W. Broadway The beginnings of a Reform Jewish Community in Fort Worth date to 1879, when the Hebrew Benevolent Society opened a Sabbath School, and early services ... 24312 Bethlehem Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 401 Bidault House 1416 Glade Road Constructed of molded concrete blocks, this house was designed and built by French native Anthlem Bidault (1862-1951), a farmer and wine maker. Started ... 12476 Billy Muth Greenwood Memorial Park, Sec. 37 (Meditation) William McKinley (Billy) Muth (1902-1949) made significant contributions to Texas' cultural history. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Muth was a ... 412 Birdville Baptist Church 3145 Carson St Organized late in 1853 by J. Boone, S. Elliott, J. Freeman, W. Giddens, and R. Pickett. After an 1856-64 lapse, ten members reorganized as the United ... 413 Birdville Cemetery Cemetery Rd., off 6100 block of E. Bellknap, Haltom City The oldest marked grave in this pioneer community cemetery is that of Wiley Wilda Potts (Dec. 20, 1822 - Dec. 15, 1852). The one-acre tract, then ... 414 Birdville Church of Christ 3208 Carson St., Haltom City On February 26, 1852, soon after Birdville became the Tarrant County seat, 12 charter members attended this congregation's first worship service. ... 12201 Blackstone Hotel Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone, SE corner Main and E. 5th streets. Marker is inside lobby. The first Art Deco skyscraper in Fort Worth, the Blackstone Hotel was erected in 1929 for wealthy cattleman C. A. "Gus" O'Keefe, who named it after ... 23661 Board and Chorn Drugstore 126 N. Main St. A.J. Hunt first opened a building at this site as a saloon in 1895. When the saloon closed three years later, the building became a series of medical ... 16313 Booker T. Washington School 500 Houston St. SERVING THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS OF ARLINGTON, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SCHOOL WAS A VITAL INSTITUTION IN THE CITY. IT HAD ITS ROOTS IN ARLINGTON’S ... 470 Bourland Cemetery Bourland Rd. Aurelius Delphus Bourland (1840-1904), a North Carolina native and a veteran of the Civil War, bought land here in 1873. A farmer and Primitive Baptist ... 22852 Boykin House 1709 S. Adams marker pending 491 Bransford 408 Shelton Drive, Colleyville A post office with the name Bransford opened in this vicinity in the late 19th century. In 1889 the post office was moved to Red Rock on the route ... 514 Broadway Baptist Church of Ft. Worth 305 W. Broadway, Ft. Worth On December 31, 1882, six men and three women met to organize this congregation. They called the Rev. John Smith Gillispie as their first Pastor. ... 550 Bryce Building 909 Throckmorton, Fort Worth Leading Fort Worth businessman and civic leader William J. Bryce (1861-1944) built this structure in 1910 to house the offices of his construction ... 572 Burke Cemetery Bryant Irvin Road, South of Park, Fort Worth The first known burial in this graveyard was that of Mary (Overton) Burke, widow of Evan H. Burke, who came in 1851 with her children and widowed ...

618 Cable Tool Rig Six Flags over Texas, Boom Town, 2201 Road to Six Flags, Arlington. Drilled the early deep oil wells in Texas. Derrick here is exact replica and has same rigging and tools used in 1920 to drill the Crowley No. 1, ... 638 Calloway Cemetery 12600 Calloway Cemetery Rd., Euless The earliest marked graves in this cemetery are those of two brothers, Richard H. Calloway (1832-1874) and Joseph W. Calloway (1829-1877), who owned ... 17027 Calloway Cemetery 12600 Calloway Cemetery Rd. 650 Camp Bowie Boulevard Veterans Park, 4100 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth In 1917-18, this roadway was the main artery through Camp Bowie, a World War I training center. Narrow strips of asphalt paving flanked streetcar ... 651 Camp Bowie in World War I City Park, 4100 block Camp Bowie Blvd, Ft. Worth Headquarters, 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Established to train Texas National Guard and Oklahoma National Guard, after the U.S. ... 734 Carousel Six Flags Over Texas, 2201 Road to Six Flags, opposite main entry, Arlington Made popular in Texas by traveling shows and carnivals. Arrival of a horse-drawn carousel in a town was a great event. Rides to tunes of the calliope ... 16546 Carroll School Southlake, 1055 N. Carroll Ave. DOVE SCHOOL BEGAN NEARBY IN 1847 AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST SCHOOLS IN TARRANT COUNTY. WHITE’S CHAPEL, SAMS, AND EASTER (LATER UNION) SCHOOLS ALSO SERVED ... 16425 Carver Dixon King Northeast corner of N. Mesquite St. and E. North streets Born on May 18, 1843 in Tennessee, C.D. "Uncle Dutch" King was an early leader in Arlington. He moved to Texas in 1873 and became Arlington's first ... 12203 Castleberry School District 5228 Ohio Garden Road Certified by the State of Texas as a common school district in 1898, the Marine School No. 3 was housed in a small frame structure erected on land ... 762 Cattle Brands East Exchange St., Stockyards, Fort Worth Proof of ownership since 600 B.C.; in Texas since 1821. Registered in counties and burned on hides of cattle. Every owner has individual brand. In ... 804 Chapel Cemetery From Fort Worth take IH 35 17.5 mi north, then go east 0.7 mi on Keller-Haslet Road, then take old Denton Highway north 0.9 mi. This cemetery traces its origin to the settlement here in the mid 1850s of the pioneer families of John A. and Rhoda Raibourn Fanning, Mitchell and ... 806 Chapin School S side of Spur 580, 1/4 mi east of Mary's Creek Bridge The Chapin School was begun for Marys Creek Community in the late 1870s in a log cabin on land deeded by Ivory H. Chapin (2 mi. SE). In 1884 the ... 825 Chase Court Just inside entrance of Chase Court, 1700 block of Hemphill, Fort Worth. When E.E. Chase purchased the property that is now known as Chase Court, the area was some distance from the City of Fort Worth. Chase, a business ... 17067 Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I Veteran's Memorial Park, 4120 Camp Bowie Blvd During World War I, the 36th nfantry division included Choctaw Nation soldiers training at Fort Bowie. These men fought bravely. When they deployed, ... 13792 City of Arlington 101 W. Abram St. The city of Arlington developed along the juncture of two distinct ecological regions, the Blackland Prairie and the Eastern Cross Timbers. The West ... 925 Cobb-Burney House 1598 Sunset Terrace, Ft. Worth. Prominently sited along the bluff of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, this home was built in 1904 for mortgage company president Lyman D. Cobb ... 945 Coliseum 123 East Exchange Ave., Fort Worth Until 1908, The Annual Fort Worth Fat Stock Show was held in a variety of locations. As interest increased in the event and its educational and promotional ... 15733 Colonel Neel E. Kearby City Center, W side S. Center Street between city hall and library Neel E. Kearby was born in Wichita Falls on June 5, 1911 to Dr. John Gallatin Kearby, Jr. and Bessie Lee (Stone) Kearby. He spent much of his childhood ... 14831 Commercial Horticulture in Euless 606 S. Main St. Launched in Euless by pioneer nurserymen, commercial horticulture has been vital to the area's economy since the 1800s. Ideally situated for horticultural ... 1035 Congregation Ahavath Sholom 4050 S Hulen St Recognized as Fort Worth's first Jewish congregation, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, meaning "Love of Peace", was organized in 1892. William Goldstein ... 14057 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Plant No. 4 Lockheed Blvd, east side between Clifford St and White Settlement Rd Prior to WWII, the U.S. aircraft industry focused primarily on producing aircraft for civilian airlines; few manufacturers specialized in military ... 1120 Cross Timbers 2602 Mayfield Rd., Grand Prairie This narrow strip of sandy timberland, called "The Eastern Cross Timbers", separates the Blackland Prairie and the Grand Prairie. It covers about ... 1124 Crowley Cemetery 300 N. Hampton, Crowley This burial ground originally served the early settlers of the Deer Creek area who began moving here about 1848. The earliest marked grave is that ... 18273 Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion 5336 White Settlement Road Samuel “Papa Sam” Cunningham was excavating for gravel at this site in 1918 when he discovered an underground spring. Cunningham built a swimming ... 1130 Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery Mansfield Cemetery, on Burl Ray Rd., Mansfield; 1/10 mile west of intersetion of Burl Ray and FM 917. This site was first used as a burial ground shortly after the Civil War. The earliest legible gravestone is that of Julia Alice (Boisseau) Man (1843-68). ... 17337 Curzon Place South side of Curzon Ave between Winthrop Ave and Westridge Ave A. C. (Clayton) Luther (1896-1982), a Tennessee native, began to develop the area in the early 1930s with residential and commercial buildings. In ...

22637 Daggett's Crossing East of Northside Drive Bridge on south bank of the West Fork of the Trinity River 16543 Dalworthington Gardens Dalworthington Garden, 2600 Roosevelt Drive THE CITY OF DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS BEGAN AS A RESULT OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT’S DEPRESSION-ERA POLICIES. ROOSEVELT SUPPORTED THE “BACK-TO-THE-LAND” ... 1223 Dido Cemetery From Fort Worth, take Business 287 Northwest about 12 miles. Then go west on Peden Rd. for about 3 mi. Then go North on Morris-Dido-Newark Rd, and continue about a mi. to Cemetery on west side of Rd. The earliest marked grave in this cemetery is that of Amanda Thurmond (1878-1879), granddaughter of Dave Thurmond, who in 1848 first settled this ... 14270 Dido School Morris Dido Neward Highway 1220 The Dido community was one of the first established in Tarrant County. In 1848, settlers homesteaded in this part of Peters Colony, establishing ... 16322 Dorris-Brock House Grapevine, 805 N. Main St. DR. WILLIAM E. DORRIS (1832-1905) BROUGHT HIS FAMILY TO GRAPEVINE IN JANUARY 1871 AFTER A THREE-MONTH TRIP FROM STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. DORRIS WAS ... 15744 Douglass and McGar Parks LaGrave Field, Calhoun at Northwest 7th streets From the late 1800's, through the 1920's, during a time of Jim Crow segregation, Douglass and McGar parks served as recreational grounds for African ... 12204 Douglass-Potts House 206 W. North St. Built in 1907 by local contractor Joe O. Crawley, this was the home of city marshall (later chief of police) Wilson M. ("Bud") Douglass and his wife ... 16615 Dove Community Dove and Lonesome Dove roads. Marker reported missing Jan. 2010. The 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes opened this area for new immigrants. In the ensuing ... 1266 Dr. Clay Johnson House #3 Chase Ct., Fort Worth Completed in 1912 for Dr. Clay Johnson, this house was designed by the Fort Worth architectural firm of Waller and Field. The Prairie School influence ... 1269 Dr. George M. Munchus House 1130 E. Terrell Ave. This Craftsman style house was constructed in 1922 for Dr. George Murry Munchus (1887-1952) by locally prominent black contractor George Powell. ... 1272 Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley 5400 Bransford Road, Colleyville; Colleyville City Hall A veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, Dr. L. H. Colley (1843-1924) and his wife, Martha Sabrina (Fowks) (1860-1914), migrated from Missouri ... 1276 Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom 4001 NE 28th, New Trinity Cemetery, west side near Beach St. entrance, Halton City. A native of Kentucky, Riley Andrew Ransom studied medicine at Louisville National Medical College. Upon coming to Gainesville, Texas, during the ...

1333 Earle C. Driskell 1/4 mi South of FM 157 & SH 496 intersection on east side of Rd., Mansfield Born in Indiana in 1883, Earle Claud Driskelll came to Texas with his parents in 1888. Educated as a lawyer, he started his journalism career in ... 1355 Early Site of Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Stockyards Blvd., S side 100 feet E. of Rodeo Plaza Fort Worth became an important trading and supply depot in the 1870s for Texas cattlemen driving herds to Northern markets. With the convergence ... 1369 Eastern Cattle Trail Heritage Park, 100 N. Commerce, Fort Worth. This native stone, dug from the Trinity River Valley, marks the route of the Eastern Cattle Trail, where cattle were driven north on Rusk Street, ... 1385 Eddleman-McFarland House 1110 Penn St., Fort Worth Designed by Howard Messer, this Victorian house was built in 1899 for Sarah C. Ball (1825-1904), widow of Galveston banker George Ball. William H. ... 1449 Eli Smith 6600 Smithfield Road, North Richland Hills, Smithfield Cemetery, (Smithfield at Main) A native of Missouri, Eli Smith moved to Texas in 1859 with his parents. They settled in this part of Tarrant County, and in 1868 Smith married Sarah ... 1453 Elisha Adam Euless 201 North Ector Drive, Euless Elisha Adam Euless (1848-1911) migrated to Texas in 1867 from Bedford county, Tennessee and settled in Tarrant county. In July 1870 Euless married ... 1455 Elizabeth Boulevard Daggett Elementary, entrance to parking lot on NW corner of Page Ave./Elizabeth Blvd. and College Avenue, on historic entrance gates to Ryan Place This Boulevard, named the wife of developer John C. Ryan, was designed as the first phase of a residential district known as Ryan Place. Elaborate ... 1470 Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery, NW corner S. Main St. and Feliks Gwozdz Pl. Marker is near entrance facing S. Main St. Fort Worth civic leader John Peter Smith donated land at this site in 1879 for use as a cemetery to serve the early Jewish residents of the City. ... 13102 Emmanuel Church of God in Christ 513 Indiana St In the heart of Arlington's historic African American community, "The Hill," local residents came together as early as 1895 to form a community church ... 1490 Ephraim Merrill Daggett Corner of 9th & Houston, Ft. Worth Canadian born Ephraim Merrill Daggett was reared on a farm in Indiana. He traded with the Indians at Fort Dearborn (Chicago) in the early 1830s then ... 13560 Estes Cemetery 6 mi E on 2017 Arlington-Webb Britton Road (CR 2017), N of Arlington-Webb Britton Rd and Hanger Lowe Rd intersection Estes Cemetery began as the burial ground for the family of Sarah and James Estes. By the middle of the 1850s, the Estes family had moved to Tarrant ... 1506 Euday Louis Bowman Oakwood Cemetery, Block 24 (Nov. 9, 1886 - May 26, 1949) Fort Worth native Euday Bowman was a ragtime composer. His best known song was the classic "12th Street Rag," which ... 15815 Euless School 605 South Main Street In 1913, patrons of three area elementary schools – Euless and Tarrant in the Euless District and Evatt (Crossroads) in the Evatt District – successfully ... 1515 Everman Cemetery 800 E. Enon St., Everman Settlement of the area, first called Enon, began about 1847. After the railroad was built in 1903, the townspeople relocated to be near the rail ...

17336 Fairfield Gates Apartments Southwest corner of Fairfield Ave and Greenway Ave A. C. (Clayton) Luther purchased large land parcels west of Fort Worth, and in 1942 began building Ridglea Village Shopping Center. Luther, J.T. ... 18473 Fairmount-Southside Historic District Allen Street between 5th Avenue and S. Henderson The Fairmount-Southside Historic District is a predominately residential area in the center of Fort Worth's Historic Southside. Located approximately ... 1556 Fairview_The William J. Bryce House NW corner Bryce Ave. and Eldridge St. A native of Scotland, William J. Bryce (1861-1944) moved to Fort Worth in 1883 and developed a successful brick contracting business. In 1893 he ... 1594 Fielder House 1616 W. Abram, Arlington Local landowner and community leader James Park Fielder (d. 1948) and his wife Mattie (Barnes) (d. 1950) erected this house in 1914, using steel ... 1609 First Baptist Church of Arlington 300 S. Center St., Arlington In the 1870s this church was organized at Johnson Station, an early Tarrant County settlement and stagecoach stop. In 1876 the Texas and Pacific ... 1626 First Baptist Church of Crowley 400 S. Eagle Dr., Crowley Originally a small congregation in a rural setting, this church has evolved through a continuous succession of expansions into a leading suburban ... 1635 First Baptist Church of Grapevine 301 E. Texas, Grapevine Baptist in the Grapevine prairie area began meeting in their own homes as early as 1846. Worship services later were held in a log schoolhouse on ... 1643 First Baptist Church of Keller 350 Loraine St., Keller Founded in 1882 as the Keller Baptist Church, this church was started by twenty former members of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church soon after rail lines ... 12205 First Baptist Church of Kennedale 309 N. Kinney St. Believed to have been organized before 1887, this congregation met for worship in a local schoolhouse and baptized new members in nearby creeks and ... 12507 First Baptist Church of White Settlement 7801 White Settlement Rd. Six charter members established this congregation in 1868 and named it New Prospect Baptist Church. The founding members - Joseph and Melinda Jane ... 1703 First Christian Church 910 S. Collins St., Arlington This congregation traces its origin to a small group of Christians gathered together by the Rev. William H. Wright in the young town of Arlington ... 1710 First Christian Church of Fort Worth First Christian Church - Fort Worth, NW corner Throckmorton and W. 6th streets. Marker faces Throckmorton St. City's pioneer congregation. Organized by the Rev. A.M. Dean, who with hymn book and revolver came in 1855 to the riotous six-year-old hamlet on ... 1731 First Hundred Years of Texas Christian University 2800 S. University, Ft. Worth; Inside Foyer of M.E. Sadler Hall, Texas Christian University, Founded during 19th century Christian Restoration Movement, by Joseph Addison Clark (1815-1901) and sons Addison (1842-1911) and Randolph (1844-1935). ... 1746 First Methodist Church of Azle 200 Church St., Azle The Rev. Will A. Stephens and 15 charter members organized this church in 1895, then purchased a church building from the United Brethren Church ... 14441 First Presbyterian Church (Crowley) Crowley 1833 First Presbyterian Church of Crowley 209 N. Beverly St., Crowley This congregation grew from early brush arbor meetings and a Union Sunday School begun in 1895. The Presbyterians were one of the first denominations ... 1836 First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth 1000 Penn St., Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Presbyterian Church was organized in 1873 with ten charter members. Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, U. S. ("Southern"), the ... 14651 First TV in Texas Fort Worth 16942 First United Methodist Church 800 West 5th St., Fort Worth IN 1853, ITINERANT PASTOR JOHN WESLEY CHALK RODE HORSEBACK THROUGHOUT TARRANT COUNTY, PREACHING IN HOUSES AND PUBLIC SPACES. THE FORT WORTH CIRCUIT’S ... 1881 First United Methodist Church of Arlington 313 N. Center St. This congregation was established soon after the Texas and Pacific Railroad line was laid through Arlington. In 1877 the Rev. J.T. L. Annis was appointed ... 14642 First United Methodist Church of Euless 106 N. Main In the late 1860s, families began moving to this area from Bedford and Coffee Counties, Tennessee, areas steeped in Methodism. Local Methodists believed ... 18367 First United Methodist Church, Grapevine 422 Church St. In 1854, Nathan Hudgins, a circuit riding lay preacher, purchased acreage located in the middle of present-day Grapevine. Reverend Nathan Hudgins ... 1910 Flatiron Building 1000 Houston St., Fort Worth Known in early 1900s as the tallest building in North Texas. Erected 1907 for the renowned Dr. Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College; Chief ... 1920 Florence School Harwood and Precent Line roads, Hurst; near Tarrant County Junior College Campus. In 1890, the forerunner of Florence School in the Tarrant County Common School District No. 34 was called "Green Glade". In 1903 Thomas Richard Sandidge, ... 1921 Florence Shuman Hall 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth Named for charter member of Fort Worth Woman's Club. Early cottage, built here, 1905, was rebuilt by pioneer civic leader, W.R. Edrington, in 1910. ... 1938 Ford Cemetery 602 Fountain Parkway, Grand Prairie Pinkney Harold Ford (1831-1901) was the leader of a Kentucky family who migrated to Texas in 1855. They settled in the area of North Arlington, then ... 1942 Forest Hill Cemetery 5713 Forest Hill Dr., Fort Worth One of the oldest burial grounds in Tarrant County; named for its location and used for many years before record-keeping began. In 1883 landowner ... 1956 Former TSTA Building 410 E. Weatherford, Fort Worth Completed in 1930, this building was constructed to serve as the headquarters of the Texas State Teachers Association. Noted Fort Worth architect ... 2026 Fort Worth "Where the West Begins" 200 W. Belknap, Fort Worth; Northwest corner of Houston & W. Belknap Streets (Northwest of County Courthouse), Fort Worth Founded June 6, 1849, as frontier post of Co. F., 2nd Dragoons, 8th Dept., U.S. Army. The commander, Maj. Ripley Arnold, named camp for his former ... 18383 Fort Worth Army Air Field within Airfield Falls Trailhead Park By January 1941, negotiations between Fort Worth civic advocates, led by Amon G. Carter, and the U.S. Army yielded an agreement to construct an aircraft ... 24120 Fort Worth Association of Federated Women's Club Home (RTHL) (Undertold) marker pending marker pending 17927 Fort Worth Belt Railway Fort Worth Stockyards parking lot, NW corner E. Exchange Avenue and Packers Street. Marker reported damaged Jul. 2022. Beginning in 1904, the Belt Railway serviced the Fort Worth Stock Yards. The arrival of the railroad in Fort Worth in 1876 moved the cow town from ... 2027 Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124 512 W. 4th St., Fort Worth Designed by Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hedrick (1888-1964) and built in 1927-28, this was the headquarters of the Fort Worth Elks Lodge and served ... 23881 Fort Worth Flood of 1949 marker pending marker pending 2028 Fort Worth Library Houston & 9th Streets, Fort Worth Seeking funds for a public library, local woman asked the philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, to donate "the price of a good cigar". He gave $50,000. ... 2029 Fort Worth Livestock Exchange 201 E. Exchange St., Fort Worth Headquarters, one of greatest cattle markets in the world. In late 1860s Fort Worth was stop on cattle trails. Market for West Texas organized 1870s. ... 2030 Fort Worth Main Post Office Buiding 251 W. Lancaster, Ft. Worth Fort Worth Main Post Office Building The Fort Worth post office was established in 1856 with pioneer settler Julian Feild serving as postmaster. ... 23693 Fort Worth Poetry Society 525 Commerce St. The Fort Worth Poetry Society is one of the oldest continuous literary organizations in Texas and helped transform the city to what it is today. ... 2031 Fort Worth Public Market Building 1400 Henderson, Fort Worth Oklahoma City developer John J. Harden had this commercial structure built in 1930 to provide market space for local farmers, vendors, and retail ... 18369 Fort Worth Seaplane Facility Fort Worth On November 22, 1940, Amon G. Carter, owner and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, received a letter from William B. Wheatley, Consolidated ... 2032 Fort Worth Stock Yards Company 131 E. Exchange St., Fort Worth The Fort Worth Stock Yards Company was created in 1893, when Boston capitalist Greenlief W. Simpson led a group of investors in purchasing the Fort ... 2033 Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance 100 block of E. Exchange St., Fort Worth (2 markers on portal columns on either side of street) Spanning Exchange Avenue, this gateway to the Fort Worth Stock Yard was completed in 1910. Constructed by the Topeka Bridge & Land Co. for the Fort ... 2034 Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets 140 E. Exchange St. Ft. Worth Early attempts by the Fort Worth Union Stock Yards Corporation, established in 1887, to persuade Texans to produce more hogs proved unsuccessful. ... 2035 Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns 120 E. Exchange St., Fort Worth; Gateway The Fort Worth Stock Yard Company's wooden horse and mule barns on this site were destroyed by fire on March 14, 1911, opening day of the Feeders ... 2036 Fort Worth Zoological Park 2727 Zoological Park Dr., Fort Worth The oldest continuous Zoo site in Texas, the Fort Worth Zoological Park has provided its visitors with many recreational and educational opportunities ... 17360 Fort Worth's First Flight Fort Worth City Park (currently unnamed), northwest corner of Carroll and Mercedes Streets FORT WORTH’S FIRST FLIGHT IN DECEMBER 1903, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ACHIEVED POWERED FLIGHT, BUT BY 1910, MOST PEOPLE STILL HAD NOT SEEN AN AIRPLANE. ... 2038 Fort Worth-Yuma Mail (Star Post Route No. 31454) Spur 580, 1/8 mi east of Mary's Creek Bridge or 1 1/10 mi west of intersection of Spur 580 & IH 820 By the 1870s remote areas of the frontier not served by the railroads needed mail delivery routes. In response the U.S. Post Office Department, in ... 17361 Founding Fort Worth near Criminal Courts Bldg. Major General William J. Worth was the commanding officer of the eighth military district including Texas and Mexico. His responsibility was to maintain ... 22463 Fountain G. and Mary Oxsheer House 1119 Pennsylvania Avenue 2057 Freese and Nichols, Inc. Burnett Plaza, E side Cherry St. between W. 7th and W. 10th streets, at sidewalk near building entrance Engineer John B. Hawley, designer and builder of Fort Worth's first city water system in 1892, was joined by Simon W. Freese in 1927 and Marvin ... 12206 Friday House 1906 Amber's Circle In 1923, Marion and Willie Maybelle Friday purchased 112.5 acres including this site on which to build a home and pursue their love of farming. Mr. ...

2105 Garvey-Veihl House 769 Samuels Ave. Early landowner Baldwin L. Samuel deeded land in this area to his daughter Mary and her husband Isaac Foster in 1876. The Fosters and their daughter ... 2126 General Edward H. Tarrant 626 Samuels Avenue, Fort Worth; Pioneer Rest Cemetery South Carolina native Edward H. Tarrant enlisted in the Kentucky Militia in 1814 and served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. ... 2127 General Edward H. Tarrant Spur 303, Arlington ( NW side of road, 1/10 mi west of Green Oaks) In this vicinity May 24, 1841 General Edward H. Tarrant with 70 men attacked several indian villages situated along a creek (now called Village Creek) ... 2142 General Thomas N. Waul, C.S.A. Oakwood Cemetery, Block 23 Lot 9 W 1/2, Space 6 A native of South Carolina, Thomas Neville Waul (1813?-1903) practiced law in Mississippi before moving to Texas in 1850. After serving in the Provisional ... 2117 General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849) 800 Main St., Fort Worth; across from Hotel Texas/Radisson (south entrance) in Park During the War of 1812, William Jenkins Worth, a native of Hudson, New York, was aide-de-camp to Generals Morgan Lewis and Winfield Scott. Severely ... 2150 George B. Monnig House 115 W. Broadway, Fort Worth Fort Worth merchant George B. Monnig (1869-1919) and his wife, Lura (1870-1948), acquired this property in 1905 and built a two-story frame house ... 18474 George Herman O'Brien, Jr. West end of Veterans Park on Camp Bowie Blvd. George Herman O’Brien, Jr. was born on Sept. 10, 1926, to local grocer George Herman and Della (Cartwright) O’Brien of Fort Worth, the eldest of ... 2183 Gibbins Cemetery and Homestead Site 2200 N. Davis Dr., Arlington James Gibbins (1817-70) migrated to Texas from Arkansas in 1857. He bought land near present-day Arlington in 1863. Gibbins deeded part of this land ... 2184 Gibson Cemetery South side of Gibson Cemetery Rd., 0.5 mi. E of Bennett Lawson Rd. In 1853 Garrett and James Gibson, along with other family members, came to Tarrant County and established 160-acre homesteads in a settlement that ... 22734 Goforth Cemetery 12598 Kollmeyer Way marker pending 2233 Governor Charles A. Culberson Oakwood Cemetery, Block 23 Lot 2 W 1/2, Space 6 (June 10, 1855 - March 19, 1925) A native of Alabama, Charles A. Culberson grew up in Jefferson, Texas. He married Sallie Harrison (1861-1926) in ... 14515 Grace Lutheran Church 7900 McCart Ave. This congregation was organized formally in 1905 to serve the Swedish-American Lutheran community in Fort Worth. The Rev. Theo Seashore served as ... 18100 Grammer-Pierce House 2232 College Ave This California style craftsman bungalow was built in 1915 by A.H. Richter and his wife, Violet (Murdock) Richter, in what is now the Fairmount Historic ... 2250 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 2144 612 Grove, Fort Worth Organized in 1880, the fraternal organization was an active force in Fort Worth's black community during the early years of the twentieth century. ... 2253 Grapevine 211 Main St., Grapevine Wild mustang grapes growing profusely in this area inspired the name "Grapevine" for this community. Ambrose Foster (1794?-1847) and his wife Susannah ... 2254 Grapevine Cemetery North Dooley Street and Wildwood Cane, Grapevine; Main Gate Samuel D. Coble (1830-1890), joined later by his brother Allen B. Coble (1836-1906), settled here in the 1850s. In 1878 they sold 4.5 acres of land ... 2266 Greater Saint James Baptist Church 210 Harding St., Fort Worth Founded in 1895 by the Rev. J. Francis Robinson and members of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, St. James Baptist Church, first met in the local Y.M.C.A. ... 2305 Gunhild Weber House 1404 S. Adams, Fort Worth This was the first home built in a 1907 subdivision opened by D.T. Bomar and John W. Broad. It shows influences from the West Coast, where Broad ...

13913 Hagar Tucker Oakwood Cemetery, Old Trinity Section, Row 600 Space 12 (1842-1892) Hagar Tucker was the first African American policeman in Fort Worth, notable in 1870s Texas. Born into slavery, he came here from Kentucky ... 23662 Haley's Meat Market marker pending marker pending 2355 Handley Cemetery 1/10 mi S. of Spur 303 at NW end of Lake Arlington Dam. There is no road access to this cemetery. This burial ground originally served the pioneer settlers of the Handley Community, which developed here soon after the Texas and Pacific Railroad ... 13228 Handley Church of Christ 3029 Handley Dr Originally known as Turkey Knob, an early community in this area changed its name after 1876, when the T&P Railroad built a depot and section house ... 2357 Handley United Methodist Church 2924 Handley Dr., Fort Worth This congregation was organized in 1877, shortly after the railroad town of Handley was established. The Rev. J.J. Cannafax, who was the first minister, ... 2387 Harper's Rest Cemetery 1804 Layton Avenue, Haltom City Henry Jackson Harper (1844-1928) brought his family to this area from Tennessee in 1894. This cemetery was begun when the child of a family traveling ... 2394 Harrison Cemetery 8551 Meadowbrock Rd., Fort Worth When first used, this one-acre cemetery belonged to Tarrant County pioneer D.C. Harrison. The earliest known grave is that of Mary E. Harrison (1864-71). ... 18475 Hawkins Cemetery 5301 NB Hwy 287 Access Road Named for Harvey Hawkins (1804-1869), a pioneer settler who came to Texas from Tennessee and first settled in Rusk County, the Hawkins Cemetery is ... 18863 Hawkins Cemetery Arlington HTC medallion only 2431 Hell's Half Acre Near Fort Worth Convention Center, NE side Houston St. between W. Lancaster Ave. and W. Ninth St. A notorious red light district known as Hell's Half Acre developed in this section of Fort Worth after the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway ... 2435 Hemphill Presbyterian Church NE corner Hemphill Street and W. Allen Avenue. See also 1985 subject marker for Hemphill Presbyterian Church (Atlas number 24685). This Neo-Classical auditorium was built in 1925 to serve the increasing membership of Hemphill Presbyterian Church. Dedicated the following year, ... 24685 Hemphill Presbyterian Church NE corner Hemphill Street and W. Allen Avenue. See also 1984 RTHL for Hemphill Presbyterian Church (Atlas number 2435). This congregation grew out of a Sunday School organized in 1889 by Mr. and Mrs. Andy J. Chambers. In 1891, an official Cumberland Presbyterian church, ... 2450 Henry M. Williams Home 4926 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth A native of Georgia, Henry W. Williams (d. 1925) was the founder of the H.W. Williams Wholesale Drug Company and a prominent Fort Worth banker. This ... 2457 Herbert M. Hinckley 3300 block W. Lancaster, Ft.Worth; Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum Engineering innovator who designed this dome for 1936 Texas Centennial. Staked reputation on plan (which uses a unique way of connecting radial arches ... 2497 Hitch Cemetery 1/4 mile S. of SH 183 & 1/4 mil w. of County Line; at dead end of Kings Port Rd., 1/10 mi east of Cambridge Rd., Fort Worth. This cemetery was once part of a large farm owned by Kentucky native William Henry Hitch (1818-1893), who brought his family here from Tennessee ... 2131 Home Town of Texas Confederate General H.P. Mabry Texas Civil War Museum A Georgian. Came to Texas 1851. Admitted to bar. Texas Legislator 1856-60. With Confederate expedition capturing Forts Washita and Arbuckle, Indian ... 2524 Home Town of Texas Confederate Major K.M. Van Zandt Texas Civil War Museum Born in Tennessee. Came to Texas 1939. Was son of Republic of Texas Minister to the United States. K.M. Van Zandt was admitted to the Bar in 1858. ... 2551 Hood Cemetery Coventry Lane at King's Court, Southlake; in Coventry Manor Housing Development, off N. Peytonville Ave. This cemetery was established on the farm of Peters colonist Thomas M. Hood (ca. 1823-1859), who came to Texas from Missouri about 1845. The earliest ... 18384 Horace Seaver Carswell, Jr. within Airfield Falls Trailhead Park Major, United States Army Air Corps Horace Seaver Carswell, Jr. was born on July 18, 1916, to Horace S. and Bertha Rea Carswell of Fort Worth. He ... 2574 Hotel Texas 815 Main St., Fort Worth at main entrance, inside. In 1919 a group of Fort Worth civic leaders began planning for a hotel that would reflect the city's dynamic growth. Their efforts resulted in construction ... 12207 Hudson Cemetery 1.5 mi. S of Kennedale on Business US 287; .75 mi. W on Hudson Cemetery Road When John Dickinson and Winnie (Traylor) Hudson's daughter Ary Mae died in 1878, she was the first person to be buried on the family land. Her twin, ... 20097 Hurst-Euless-Bedford American Legion Post 379 1245 N. Industrial Blvd. 2601 Hutcheson-Smith Home 312 N. Oak St., Arlington Built about 1896, this residence reflects influences of the Queen Anne style, including gingerbread trim. It is located on land owned in the 1890s ...

2609 I. D. Parker Public Cemetery and Homestead 1300 block of Cardinal Drive, Hurst Isaac Duke Parker (1821-1902), son of early Texas politician Isaac Parker (1793-1883), settled near this site in 1853 with his family. During the ... 2610 I. M. Terrell High School 1411 I. M. Terrell Circle South In 1882, the Fort Worth school system opened its first free public school for black students, called "East Ninth Street Colored School." It was moved ... 2614 Ida Saunders Hall 1300 block of Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth Old home of Wm. Edrington Scott (1899-1961), who gave to Fort Worth the unique Scott Theater for all the performing arts. Built in 1903 and bought ... 15252 Indian Creek Cemetery Newark 2658 Isham Cemetery 7100 Block of John T. White Boulevard, Fort Worth; north side of highway, through gate The Rev. W. Marion Isham (1831-1904) and his family came to Tarrant County from Georgia about 1870. Soon after arriving in the area Isham donated ... 2659 Isham Chapel Methodist Church 530 Elm St., Hurst Named for its founding Minister, the Rev. Marion Isham (1831-1904), this congregation was organized in the 1870s with eleven charter members. In ...

2671 J. D. Cooper House 211 Willis St., entrance to Meadowbrook Park. House damaged by fire 1999,possibly moved. RTHL marker may be in Fielder Museum. Built 1878 by J.D. Cooper, early landowner. Colonial design with square nails, wide board floors. Moved here by City. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, ... 2673 J. E. Foust & Sons, Funeral Directors 523 Main, Grapevine John E. Foust (1861-1926) moved to Grapevine in 1880 and started a general merchandise store which stocked coffins. He gradually added other services ... 20200 J.D. Hollis Cemetery marker pending marker pending 2713 James Azle Steward 124 W. Main Street, Azle Tennessee native James Azle Steward came to Texas prior to 1860. He and his wife, Mary E. Fowler Steward, were among the early settlers of this area. ... 2720 James E. Guinn School 1100 Louisiana St., Ft. Worth; (South Freeway at Rosedale) After Fort Worth public schools were organized in the fall of 1882, black students continued to be taught in black churches for more than a year. ... 2728 James M. Benbrook 812 Mercedes St., Benbrook Cemetery, Benbrook In 1876 Indiana native James M. Benbrook brought his family to this settlement, then known as Marinda. A veteran of the Union Army during the Civil ... 2736 James Tracy Morehead Wildwood at N. Dooley, Grapevine; Grapevine Cemetery, north section Virginia native James Tracy Morehead came to Texas with his family in 1852, settling in newly organized Tarrant County. Two years later, he was chosen ... 2741 James-Fujita House 2530 College Ave, Fort Worth Completed in 1915 for Thomas (d. 1935) and Annie James, this home was purchased four years later by Kanetaro Fujita. Fujita served as president of ... 2748 Jellico SH 1709 at SH 1938, next to large dead tree and Jellico Corners Plaza. Robert Emmett Wilson came with his family to this area during the 1880s and built a general store near this site. The name Jellico was chosen for ... 20185 Jesse Chisholm River Legacy Park (was previously on SH 360) Founder of World-Famous Cattle Trail Jesse Chisholm (1805-1868) Represented the Republic of Texas and President Sam Houston in many negotiations ... 16423 John A. Kooken Elementary School Facing west on Center St, south of the N. E. corner of Sanford St. Arlington's North Side School opened in 1907 at the corner of Sanford and Center streets. Grades one through seven attended the new school. The building ... 2791 John C. Collier Home 401 E Elm St This structure was built in 1877 as a residence for the founder of Mansfield Male and Female College, John C. Collier (1834-1928). A native of South ... 2799 John Peter Smith 1100 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, in small park A native of Kentucky, John Peter Smith migrated to Fort Worth in 1853. He worked as a teacher, clerk, and surveyor before his appointment as Deputy ... 2800 John Peter Smith_Oakwood Cemetery Founder Oakwood Cemetery, about 150 feet SE of Grand Ave. entrance (opposite Gould Ave.) Pioneer area settler John Peter Smith (1831-1901), who donated twenty acres for the establishment of this cemetery, came to Fort Worth from Kentucky ... 2834 Johnson Station Cemetery 1100 block W. Mayfield and S. Cooper (FM 157), Arlington Now part of Arlington, this area was established in the 1840s as a ranger station and trading post known as Johnson Station. This cemetery serves ... 2851 Jopling-Melear Log Cabin Knapp Heritage Park. Moved from Middleton Tate Johnson Cemetery, 621 W. Arkansas Ln, in 2003. George Washington Jopling (1833-1903) erected this log cabin in 1863 in the Johnson Station Community for his wife Catherine (Thomas) (1837-1882) ... 20181 Jopling-Melear Log Cabin This cabin was moved from Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds (6 mi. south) in 2003. This cabin was moved from Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds (6 mi. south) in 2003. 20186 Judge Benjamin Franklin Barkley Birdville Cemetery (1822 - 1882) In 1855 Benjamin F. Barkley, a Kentucky physician, with his wife Malinda Elizabeth Duncan (1827-1917) and their children settled on ...

2912 Keller Bear Creek Rd. just east of intersection with US 377, Keller; At park entrance After Texas & Pacific Railroad came through this area, H.W. Wood, a druggist, set aside 40 acres on July 19, 1881, for this townsite. He named the ... 12208 Keller Methodist Church 1025 Johnson Road From 1886, the Christian denominations of Keller and other areas shared their facilities. Pastor W. K. Simpson served the area when the Keller Methodist ... 23356 Kennedale First United Methodist Church 229 W. 4th Street AS ANGLO SETTLERS BEGAN MOVING INTO TARRANT COUNTY AND THE AREA THAT WOULD BECOME KENNEDALE, THEY BROUGHT THEIR METHODIST FAITH WITH THEM. MOST LIKELY, ... 18476 Kennedale Independent School District 120 W. Kennedale Pkwy Known for its farming and brick manufacturing, the town of Kennedale was not officially incorporated until 1947. However, the town's citizens recognized ... 2936 Khleber Miller Van Zandt Oakwood Cemetery, Block 29 Lot 20 W 1/2 (1836-1930) Tennessee native Khleber Miller Van Zandt moved to east Texas as a child. After serving as a major in the 7th Texas Infantry Regiment, ... 2959 Kiowa Raid on Walnut Creek FM 730 R.O.W., east side, south of Sandy Beach Road In April 1867 a band of about sixty Kiowa Indians, led by Chiefs Satank and Satanta, raided the home of William Hamleton on Walnut Creek. Hamleton ... 2967 Knights of Pythias 110 East Third St., Fort Worth. Erected in 1881; rebuilt in 1901, following fire, by noted local architects Sanguinet and Staats. Style similar to North European city hall or medieval ...

22815 Lake Como Cemetery 5801 Helmick Ave. marker pending 3030 Land Title Building 111 W. 4th, Fort Wort Pioneer architects Haggart and Sanguinet designed this brick, sandstone and cast iron building with rounded arched windows and other ornate details. ... 3033 Laneri House 902 S. Jennings Ave., Fort Worth Italian immigrant John B. Laneri moved to Fort Worth in 1883 and became a prominent businessman and civic leader. He founded the O.B. Macaroni Company ... 3035 Lanius House 2420 W. Adams, Fort Worth A native of Bonham, Texas, Clarence Lanius (1880-1947) was a cattleman with ranches in several locations across the state. By 1922 he and his wife, ... 3053 Lawrence Clifton Elliott Greenwood Memorial Park, Sec. 40 (Devotion) (November 16, 1901 - May 15, 1970) Aviation pioneer Lawrence C. Elliot was born in Greenville, Texas. During high school, Elliott exhibited early ...

3197 Mansfield Methodist Church 601 Pleasant Ridge Road, Mansfield This congregation was established in Mansfield in 1885 by 14 charter families who had migrated to Texas from other parts of the U.S. Worship services ... 3198 Mansfield Mill 100 East Broad St., Mansfield Julian Feild (1825-1897) and Ralph Mann (1825-1906) became acquainted in Harrison County, Texas, about 1850. About 1854 they built a mill near the ... 3210 Margaret Meacham Hall 1326 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth Named in honor of Mrs. H.C. Meacham, charter member and many years a Director of Fort Worth Woman's Club. House built, 1905, by J.F. Moore; sold, ... 3214 Marion Loyd Homestead Loyd Park In 1859 brothers Marion (1835-1927) and James Loyd (1837-1922) of Illinois purchased this site. Marion built a log house to which their father John ... 3223 Marrow Bone Spring Marrow Bone Spring Park, corner of Matlock and Arkansas (on walking trail) An Indian habitat in the 1700s or earlier, Marrow Bone Spring in 1843 was visited by President Sam Houston's envoys seeking peace. A trading post ... 3224 Marshall R. Sanguinet House 4729 Collinwood, Fort Worth Noted Fort Worth architect Marshall R. Sanguinet (1859-1936) built this Shingle Style house about 1894, incorporating his earlier residence at this ... 12576 Mary Daggett Lake Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fragrance Garden (Nov. 11, 1880-Mar. 1, 1955) A botanist, musician, author and clubwoman, Fort Worth native Mary Daggett Lake played a prominent role in the civic ... 12209 Masonic Home and School of Texas 3600 Wichita Street The Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Texas, organized in 1837 in the Republic of Texas, was granted a charter by the new State of Texas on April 28, ... 3246 Masonic Temple Association of Fort Worth 1100 Henderson, Fort Worth The Masonic Temple Association was founded as the result of dramatic growth in Fort Worth's Masonic membership during the early part of the twentieth ... 3247 Masonic Temple of Fort Worth 1100 Henderson, Fort Worth This building was constructed for the Masonic Temple Association of Fort Worth provide a single meeting place for all member bodies. Completed in ... 3265 Maxwell-Liston House 712 May. St, Fort Worth This late Queen Anne style residence was built in 1904 by Charles W. Maxwell (1850-1912). A contractor and carpenter by trade, Maxwell lived here ... 18103 Meacham Field Fort Worth Aviation Museum On July 3, 1925, the Fort Worth city council approved a lease on 100 acres of property on Decatur Road for the city’s new municipal airport. It was ... 3310 Meadowbrook Methodist Church Meadowbrook-Poly Methodist Church, SE corner Meadowbrook Dr. and Mt. View Ave. Marker near Mt. View Ave. entrance. This congregation traces its original to the establishment in 1911 of the Sycamore Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Sagamore Hill ... 3359 Middleton Tate Johnson Col. Middleton Tate Johnson Plantation Cemetery and Park The Father of Tarrant County. A member of the Congress of the Republic. Born in South Carolina, 1810. Died at Austin, Texas, May 15, 1866. Johnson ... 3396 Minter's Chapel Cemetery DFW Airport, W. Airfield Drive, .25 mile north Glade Road intersection Soon after lay Minister Green W. Minter (1803-1887) moved here about 1854, he helped organize Minter's Chapel Methodist Church. His son-in-law James ... 3397 Minters Chapel Methodist Church DFW Airport, W. Airfield Drive, .25 mile north Glade Road intersection. Moved from 4334 Heritage Avenue. Four pioneer area families established this congregation about 1854. Early services were conducted in a log cabin on land donated by James Cate for ... 3419 Missouri Colony Located off the access road of Hwy. 121, south of Sandy Lake Rd. and North of Stars and Stripes Way. NE of Grapevine Mills Mall In 1844 related families from Platte County, Missouri, settled in this area. James Gibson, one of the earliest settlers in Tarrant County, owned ... 3422 Mitchell Cemetery 2707 Decatur Ave. 3425 Mitchell-Schoonover Home 600 S. 8th Ave, Ft.Worth James E. Mitchell, a jeweler, demanded a high degree of skilled craftsmanship in the construction of this house. Completed in 1907, it was designed ... 3470 Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer Cemetery SH 26 northbound, between Great Wolf Drive and Bass Pro Drive (Bethel Road), east side of the road. Originally part of the Morgan Hood Survey, this small cemetery (75 ft. SE) has been abandoned for over a century. Its one visible grave is marked ... 3490 Mount Gilead Baptist Church SW corner of Bancroft-Ottinger Road, Keller The earliest religious meetings here began in the late 1840s as part of Lonesome Dove Baptist Church. The Mt. Gilead Congregation was chartered in ... 3492 Mount Gilead Cemetery North side of Bancroft Road at J.T. Ottinger Rd, Keller This burial ground originally served a pioneer settlement of related families who migrated to the area from Missouri in 1847 as members of the Peters ... 12210 Mount Olive Baptist Church 301 W. Sanford St. A small group of African American Tarrant County residents, led by the Rev. Mr. Squires, organized Mount Olive Baptist Church in the summer of 1897. ... 3495 Mount Olivet Cemetery 2205 N. Sylvania, Fort Worth Encompassing almost 130 acres, the Mount Olivet Cemetery was founded in 1907 by Flavious G. McPeak (1858-1933) and his wife, Johnnie Clara Lester ... 3499 Mt. Zion Baptist Church 1101 Evans St., Fort Worth On Dec. 25, 1894, state evangelist the Rev. Frank Tribune organized this Baptist church with five members: Ella and Lee Brooks, Katie Patterson, ...

3549 Narrow Gauge Railway Depot Station, Six Flags over Texas, 2201 Road to Six Flags, Arlington Economical to build, operate and maintain, many narrow gauge railroads were running in Texas between 1853 and 1900. Some were "Taps" (for towns off ... 17960 Nash Farm The nominated property includes all land bounded by West College Street, Ball Street, and Homestead Lane in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas. NASH FARM ESTABLISHED IN 1859, THE NASH FARM CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING AGRARIAN SITES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE REGION ... 3564 Near Site of Azle Post Office 124 W. Main St. Originally named O'Bar, the Azle Post Office opened in 1881. The name was changed in 1883 for Dr. Azle Stewart, who gave land for the townsite. Initially ... 3569 Neil P. Anderson Building 411 West 7th Neil P. Anderson (1847-1912) lived in Fort Worth by 1882. A talented broker, he helped this city set the pace for cotton trading in the inland markets ... 12211 New Hope Baptist Church 6765 Dick Price Rd. The Rev. D. F. Smith and fourteen charter members organized New Hope Baptist Church before 1886, when the congregation joined the Tarrant Baptist ... 14414 New Trinity Cemetery 4001 NE 28th St., Haltom City When the Rev. Greene Fretwell, a former slave, died in 1886, there was no black cemetery in this part of Tarrant County. With donations collected ... 3596 Niles City Packing House Plaza, 500 block of E. Exchage St., Fort Worth Incorporated in 1911, the City of Niles was called the "Richest Little Town in the World" because of its size and the number of large businesses ... 3609 North Side School Knapp Heritage Park. Moved from Middleton Tate Johnson Cemetery, 621 W. Arkansas Ln, in 2003. After Arlington's North Side School at 433 North Center burned in 1909, this board and batten structure was built on the school grounds. Two grades ... 3628 Nugent-Hart House 312 Waxahachie St In the early 1890s Joseph Nugent (1829-1903) and his wife, Christina, built this house, which features late 19th-century Victorian and Eastlake details ...

3659 Oakwood Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery, at Grand Ave. entrance (opposite Gould Ave.) Founded 1879 by John Peter Smith, one of Fort Worth's first settlers, who became a civic leader, mayor, philanthropist. He gave 20 acres to city; ... 3877 Ormer Leslie Locklear Greenwood Memorial Park, Sec. 9-E (October 28, 1891 - August 2, 1920) (grave site 65 feet east) A native of Greenville, Texas, Ormer Leslie Locklear moved to Fort Worth with his family ...

20180 P. A. Watson Log House This cabin was moved from Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds (6 mi. south) in 2003. This cabin was moved from Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds (6 mi. south) in 2003. 3900 P.A. Watson Cemetery 1024 N. Watson Rd. (SH 360), Arlington Mrs. Micajah Goodwin was buried here in 1846, soon after her family came to this area. They constructed a coffin from their wagon bed and burned ... 3901 P.A. Watson Log House Knapp Heritage Park. Moved from Middleton Tate Johnson Cemetery, 621 W. Arkansas Ln, in 2003. After his wife Margaret Ann (Armstrong) died, Patrick Alfred Watson (1810-1894) built this dwelling in 1855 near present Arlington for their six ... 3905 Paddock Viaduct Main St. Bridge, Heritage Park, On footpath under south side. Marker in temporary storage during TxDOT project as of Mar. 2010. Low-water crossing and ferries originally provided the only access across the Trinity River at this location, connecting the downtown area of Fort ... 3938 Parker Cemetery 1300 Block of Cardinal Drive, Hurst Land for cemetery donated by Isaac Duke Parker, Jan. 14, 1901. He was son of Isaac Parker, pioneer politician for whom Parker County was named and ... 3942 Parker Memorial Cemetery FM 121 access road south about 3 miles from Grapevine. Cemetery is on west side of road, 1 block north of Hall-Johnson Road. The first burial here is thought to be that of Christina Driskill (1797-1862), whose son-in-law Isaac Green Parker (1816-1875) owned the land. In ... 14725 Peters Colonists in Tarrant County .1 mile N of Pool Rd., off of Hwy. 26 4001 Peterson Family Cemetery SW corner of parking lot S of 3124 N. Tarrant Pkwy, S side of the road 0.2 mi. E of I-35W. Swedish native John Peterson (1840-1925) came to the United States in 1868. His wife, Thilda (Mossberg) (1848-1912), joined him two years later. ... 4024 Pioneer Birdville Schools 3120 Carson St., Halton City The community of Birdville, named for pioneer Jonathan Bird, became the first seat of Tarrant County in 1851. It continued to hold that position ... 14084 Pioneer Cabin (STOLEN) Fort Worth 4034 Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns (at Mount Gilead Cemetery) Bancroft Road at J.T. Ottinger Rd., Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Keller Scattered throughout many of the pioneer cemeteries in Texas are unusual stone structurers, or burial cairns, built by the early settlers to memorialize ... 4038 Pioneer's Rest Cemetery 600 block Samuels Ave., Pioneer's Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth This burial ground was started in the summer of 1850 upon the deaths of Sophie and Willis Arnold, children of Major Ripley A. Arnold (1817-1853), ... 12212 Pleasant Glade Baptist Church 3708 Glade Road Pleasant Glade Baptist Church, also known as Pleasant Glade Missionary Baptist Church, was organized September 19, 1923, in the historic Pleasant ... 4052 Pleasant Run Baptist Church Marker reported in storage Jun. 2025. The Baptist Church of Christ of Pleasant Run was organized on April 7, 1877, by a presbytery consisting of J.Q. Barnett, L.H. Foster, A.J. Hallford ... 4053 Pleasant Run School 5505 Pleasant Run Road, Colleyville Early settlers have recalled that a log school stood near this site as early as 1870. By 1877, 45 students were enrolled. In 1884, A.J. Colwell deeded ... 4066 Pollock-Capps House 1120 Penn St., Fort Worth Built in 1898 for Dr. Joseph R. Pollock (1856-1941), this mansion was sold to William Capps (1858-1925) and wife Sallie (1864-1946), whose family ... 15871 Polytechnic Cemetery 1000 Bishop 15259 Ponton, Dr. Arvel and Faye, House 1208 Mistletoe Dr. At the time of this home's c. 1920 construction, the Mistletoe Heights neighborhood was emerging as a desirable subdivision for merchants and professionals. ... 22864 Post Oak-Parker Cemetery 1301 Cardinal Lane

14005 Quanah Parker 131 E. Exchange Comanche chief Quanah Parker was a son of two cultures. He was born about 1845 along Elk Creek, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). His Anglo mother was ...

4172 Ralph Man Homestead 604 W. Broad St., Mansfield A native of South Carolina who came to Texas in the 1850s, Ralph Sandiford Mann (1825-1907) was one of the founders of Mansfield. The town was named ... 17028 Raymond C. Morrison Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Shelter House, NE corner facing Rose Ramp Raymond C. Morrison was born on Sep. 13, 1900 in Alworth, Illinois, to Phillip Huntley and Edith Adella (Cleveland) Morrison. On Jun. 9, 1924, he ... 4237 Rehoboth Cemetery Corner of T. O. Harris Rd. and FM 157 (Cooper St.), Arlington The Rehoboth Cemetery began in 1871 with the burial of infant Mary Miller. The cemetery served the community of Sublett, named after John Sublett. ... 4267 Riley Cemetery Intersection of Morning Glory Lane and 3700 block of Brown Trail Drive, Colleyville. (West side of Road) About 1856 Jonathan Riley (b. ca. 1791) brought his family to this area from Kentucky. He received this land grant in 1863. The burial ground began, ... 4281 Riverside Methodist Church 3419 E. Belkap, Fort Worth According to local oral tradition, Riverside Methodist Episcopal Church, South, began in March 1888, when the Rev. C.F. Vance and ten people held ... 22735 Robert David Law Mount Olivet Cemetery. Acacia Lawn, Lot 297, Space 2. About 500 feet W of cemetery entrance on W side of N. Sylvania Ave. Grave is a few feet south of the marker. _Specialist Four, United States Army_ Robert David Law was born on September 15, 1944, to Robert M. and Martha E. (Morris) Law in Fort Worth. He ... 4333 Rodgers Cemetery 1/4 mi. N. of Shady Oak Dr., Little School Rd., on Little School Rd., Kenesdale - on private property Georgia native Thomas F. Rodgers (1835-1906) and his wife Mary (Adams) (1842-1912) came to Texas from Kansas in the late 1850s. A successful farmer ... 4339 Rogers-O'Daniel House 2230 Warner Rd., Fort Worth William Joseph Rogers built this residence after purchasing a 137-acre farm here in 1901. Originally a three-story, Queen Anne style frame structure, ... 4377 Royal Flying Corps Greenwood Memorial Park, Section 5-H In 1917, during World War I, the U.S., British, and Canadian governments entered into a reciprocal agreement to train military pilots for combat ...

17777 Saginaw Cemetery 200 W. McLeroy In the 1890s, John Allebaugh Bowman led 19 people to Tarrant County on a three-week journey from Missouri. John and his brother, Frederick Kline ... 13984 Saginaw School Saginaw Elementary School, SW corner W. McLeroy Blvd. and Bluebonnet St. Jarvis J. Green settled here in 1882 and named the site for his former home of Saginaw, Michigan. The Fort Worth and Denver and Santa Fe railroads ... 17854 Saginaw United Methodist Church Northeast Comer of Bluebonnet & Anderson St. In 1914, Saginaw was a small farming community with a population of 100. The town already had a Baptist church and a Church of Christ that were organized ... 4441 Saint Ignatius Academy Building 1206-12 Throckmorton, Fort Worth The first Catholic School in Fort Worth, St. Ignatius Academy was organized by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur in 1885. The first classes were held ... 4447 Saint John Missionary Baptist Church 3324 House Anderson Rd., Euless In 1874 a small group of former slaves met at the the home of Frank Young and organized this congregation, which originally was named Oak Grove Baptist ... 4453 Saint John's Evangelical and Reform Church 908 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth A United Church of Christ, this congregation was chartered October 1882 under the direction of the Rev. F. Werning, a pioneer missionary from Waco. ... 4456 Saint Joseph Hospital 1401 S. Main Street. In the 1880s Fort Worth was a thriving railroad town. The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company established an infirmary near its headquarters to care ... 4462 Saint Mark United Methodist Church 1200 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth - Archives of The Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church, Texas Wesleyan University This congregation was formed in 1940 by the merger of several historic Fort Worth Methodist Churches. The Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church was ... 4464 Saint Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church 509 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth The first Mass for this Roman Catholic parish was held in 1909 in a small wooden church which burned in 1922. This Romanesque Revival structure was ... 4475 Saint Patrick's Cathedral 1206 Throckmorton, Fort Worth Erected 1888-1892 under the direction of the parish priest, the Rev. Jean M. Guyot, a native of France. Stone for walls was quarried locally. Improvised, ... 4479 Saint Paul Lutheran Church 1800 West Freeway, Fort Worth In 1892 the Rev. Johann Christian Schulenburg (1840-1922), a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod missionary, conducted services in German at the Knights ... 4565 Sandidge-Walker House 2420 College Ave, Fort Worth Cattleman George Sandidge (1873-1965) had this house built about 1921 and sold it four years later to Webb and Gussie Walker. Dr. Walker (1886-1962), ... 4577 Santa Fe Depot 1501 Jones, Fort Worth Built 1899. Beaux Arts design features native stone banding. When intact, north windows of painted glass depicted travel from Pony Express to steam ... 4630 Second Site of the Old Wayside School FM 1220 (Morris Dido Newark Road), just south of W.J. Boaz Road, about 15 miles from downtown Fort Worth Founded 1883 on site in Dozier community, given by W.E. Boswell. Situated 1898-1948 in 2 successive buildings on land given by A.W. Moore. Now in ... 4670 Shelton Building 901 Houston St, Fort Worth This building was constructed in 1900 for Robert G. Johnson, who was acting on behalf of his wards, the children of Albert D. Evans. It was first ... 4709 Sinclair Building Sinclair Building, NW corner Main and E. 5th streets Pioneer oilman Richard O. Dulaney hired noted Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson to design this building. It acquired its name from the Sinclair ... 4724 Site of Arlington Downs Racetrack 2225 East Randol Mill Rd. Wealthy rancher and oilman W. T. Waggoner (1852-1934) developed a stable of fine Thoroughbreds and quarter horses at his ranch here in the 1920s. ... 4728 Site of Bedford School 1801 School Rd. The first Bedford area school met in a log building during the early 1860s. After the Civil War classes were held in a frame structure at Spring ... 4730 Site of Berachah Home and Cemetery UT-Arlington campus, Doug Russell Park. Cemetery and marker are west of W. Nedderman Dr. The Berachah Rescue Society was organized at Waco in 1894 by the Rev. J. T. Upchurch (b. 1870) for the protection of homeless girls and unwed mothers. ... 4731 Site of Bird's Fort Off Bird's Fort Trail. Marker reported in storage Dec. 2021 pending new construction. Map dot approximate. Established in 1840 by Jonathan Bird on the Military Road from Red River to Austin. In its vicinity an important Indian treaty, marking the line ... 4732 Site of Bird's Fort River Legacy Parks (One mile east) In an effort to attract settlers to the region and to provide protection from Indian raids, Gen. Edward H. Tarrant of the Republic ... 11963 Site of Confederate Park FM 1886 (Confederate Park Rd.), south side, west of Copperwood Rd. Local businessman Khleber M. Van Zandt organized the Robert E. Lee camp of the United Confederate Veterans in 1889. By 1900 it boasted more than ... 4801 Site of Fort Worth-Dallas Interurban 6604 E. Rosedale, Fort Worth In 1901 the Texas Legislature authorized the Northern Texas Traction Company of Fort Worth to extend rail service to Dallas. The interurban system, ... 4828 Site of Majestic Theatre 9th & Commerce Sts, Fort Worth At the turn of the century Ft. Worth's live entertainment consisted chiefly of saloon, dance hall, church, and school presentations. Matters changed ... 4839 Site of Mosier Valley School S. side of Mosier Valley, near Knapp/Mosier intersection, near Euless In 1870, former slaves Robert and Dilsie Johnson received a 40-acre tract of land here as a wedding gift from plantation owner Lucy Lee. Soon other ... 12333 Site of Oak Grove Methodist Church 1225 Oak Grove Lane Named for its wooded site at the time of its founding in early 1886, Oak Grove Methodist Church was organized with 30 members and was one of five ... 4877 Site of Randol Mill Precinct Line Road crossing of Trinity River; 100 yards west of bridge. Old mill site is on south bank, on private property. Marker reported missing July 2010. Map dot approximate. In 1856 Archibald F. Leonard (1816-1876) built a dam and grain mill at this site. Hiram Crowley became a partner. The mill became a community center ... 15420 Site of Ray-Manship Cemetery Approximate location. Marker not located as of Aug. 2017. Razed in 1984, the cemetery that once was located at this site contained twelve known burials and numerous unmarked graves of early Tarrant County ... 4881 Site of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church 1206 Throckmorton, Fort Worth Catholics in Fort Worth began meeting together for regular worship services by 1875. They met in private homes, and were served by traveling priests. ... 4893 Site of Tarrant County's First Courthouse, Birdville 6000 block of Broadway, near Birdville High School, Haltom City First (1849-1856) county seat, Tarrant County, with 80 acres for public use. Courthouse foundation was laid on site donated by G. Akers and W. Norris. ... 13486 Site of the First Masonic Hall in Fort Worth Tarrant County College - Trinity River East Campus parking lot, northeast corner of E. Belknap and Jones streets, May be inaccessible for short time: Construction planned in area around marker 9/2021 After many years of debate, Fort Worth researchers identified this site in 1957 as the location of the city's first Masonic lodge. For more than ... 22602 Site of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas marker pending marker pending 4950 Sloan-Journey Expedition of 1838 River Legacy Parks In the spring of 1838, Captains Robert Sloan and Nathaniel T. Journey led a group of about 90 northeast Texas frontiersmen on a punitive expedition ... 4964 Smith-Burnett Home 4910 Crestline Rd, Fort Worth This area of Fort Worth became a fashionable subdivision during the early part of the twentieth century and attracted many prominent residents. In ... 4966 Smithfield Baptist Church 7912 Main St., North Richland Hills This church was organized by 12 charter members in 1895; the Rev. G.W. Green served as first Pastor. A sanctuary was built here in 1902 on town lots ... 4967 Smithfield Cemetery Smithfield Road, just north of intersection with Main Street, North Richland Hills. Eli Smith (1848-79), for whose family the town of Smithfield is named, came from Missouri to Texas about 1859. In the early 1870s he donated part ... 12845 Smithfield Church of Christ 6529 Smithfield Rd Smithfield Church of Christ This congregation can trace its history to October 25, 1888, when J. E. and Mary E. Turner deeded two lots of land in ... 4968 Smithfield Masonic Lodge No. 455 A.F. & A.M. 8007 Main St., North Richland Hills The organizational meeting for this lodge was held on July 13, 1875. Originally known as the Grand Prairie Lodge, the fraternal organization held ... 4969 Smithfield Methodist Church 6701 Smithfield Road, North Richland Hills William and Mary Turner moved from Dallas County to a 300-acre farm near here in 1856. According to local tradition William soon built split log ... 4965 Smith-Frazier Cemetery Ash Street, 1/10 mile N. of intersection of Ash St. and Park St., Azle Fort Worth businessman and philanthropist J.J. Jarvis bought land here in 1871 and built a home on the property in the early 1880s. A benefactor ... 14639 Snider Cemetery Kennedale 4990 Southside Church of Christ 2101 Hemphill, Fort Worth This congregation, initially led by Dr. I.L. Van Zandt and other elders, was established in a fast growing southern area of Fort Worth in 1892. Named ... 4991 Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary SW corner of James Ave. and W. Seminary Dr. Chartered March 14, 1908, for graduate education in Christian ministries. Moved here in 1910 from Waco, Texas. Original 200-acre campus tract and ... 4992 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Will Rogers Memorial Center, Cattle Barn 4, SW corner Burnett-Tandy Dr. and Rip Johnson Dr. Fort Worth Stock Yards Company publicist Charles C. French and local cattleman Charles C. McFarland oranized the first livestock show in north Fort ... 5016 Spring Garden Community Spring Garden Cemetery, Cheek Sparger Rd., 1 mi East of Jackson Drive, Bedford The first permanet settler to this area was Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten of Spring Garden, Missouri, who came here in 1854. In 1865, with Milton Moore, ... 5017 Spring Garden School 2400 Cummings Road, Bedford The concern of area settlers to provide a school for their children resulted in the opening of the Spring Garden School in the fall of 1865. Samuel ... 12917 St. Andrews United Methodist Church of Fort Worth 522 Missouri Ave St. Andrews United Methodist Church of Fort Worth In 1888, under the leadership of the Rev. James W. Moore, 15 men and women organized the St. Andrews ... 12213 St. Jude Catholic Church 500 E. Dallas Street In the late nineteenth century, Father Thomas Hagerty, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waxahachie, traveled by train once each month to celebrate ... 15816 St. Luke United Methodist Church 3200 Denton Hwy. On September 28, 1928, seventeen charter members, under the leadership of the Rev. C.O. Hightower, organized Birdville Methodist Church. Before that ... 23663 Stagecoach Ballroom marker pending marker pending 5167 Swift & Company Packing House Plaza, 500 block of E. Exchange Street, Fort Worth A leading national meatpacking firm by the 1880s, Swift & Co. adopted a practice of opening branch plants nearer the source of supply. Attracted ...

5193 Tannahill Homestead On private property near corner of Spring Creek and Verna roads In 1853 Scottish-born Robert Watt Tannahill (1821-1885) and his wife Mary Catherine (Smallwood) came here from Mississippi. In 1856 Tannahill patented ... 5195 Tarrant County Courthouse Main at Weatherford Streets, Fort Worth Designed by firm of Gunn & Curtis and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This red Texas granite building, in Renaissance ... 5196 Tarrant County Criminal Courts Building 200 W. Belknap, Fort Worth Built in 1917-18, this structure is located on land upon which old Camp Worth was constructed in 1849. The noted Fort Worth architectural firm of ... 5197 Tarrant County State Bank Building 332 S. Main Street, Grapevine Constructed in 1897, this building served as retail space until it was purchased and remodeled by the Tarrant County State Bank in 1921. It became ... 5985 Tarrant, Gen. Edward H. N/A N/A 5198 Tarrant, General Edward H. N/A N/A 5202 Tate Cemetery 4200 block Pleasant Ridge Road Evan Calloway Tate (1832-1885) brought his family to this area from Georgia in 1870, establishing the Tate Springs community. Land for this cemetery ... 5204 Tate Springs Baptist Church Tate Springs Baptist Church, SE corner Little Rd. and W. Pleasant Ridge Rd. Prior to the formation of area churches, worship services were conducted at camp meetings on Village Creek. On Feb. 5, 1882, ten local residents ... 18807 Terrell Heights SE corner of Terrell Avenue and Evans Avenue Platted in the late 1880s and developed around the city's streetcar systems in the early 1900s, the near southeast neighborhood known as Terrell ... 5243 Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Terminal Lancaster & Throckmorton St., Fort Worth A line of the Texas & Pacific Railroad was extended to Fort Worth in 1876 and proved vital to the economic growth of the City. Company officials, ... 5244 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 1301 W. Seventh Street, Fort Worth On February 15, 1877, a large number of stock raisers from northwest Texas assembled in the Young County Courthouse in Graham to address the problem ... 16969 Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Headquarters Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Headquarters Building Garden clubs have been popular for women interested in gardening and landscape design. The clubs have also successfully advanced such statewide efforts ... 12697 Texas in the Civil War: Confederate Veterans Texas Civil War Museum From 1865 until World War I, Civil War veterans were leaders in economic and public life in Texas. Every locality had its United Confederate Veterans ... 5263 Texas Log Cabins University and Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth; West side of Intersection at Log Cabin Village These authentic log cabins, built by pioneers 100 years ago, recall a way of life in early Texas when great courage was required to meet the hardships ... 5272 Texas Spring Palace 100 Block of W. Lancaster, Fort Worth, Al Hayne Park Following a suggestion by General R.A. Cameron, an officer of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway, city promoters developed the idea of an annual exhibition ... 5278 Thannisch Block Building 109 E. Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth The eastern portion of this structure was built in 1906-07 by Col. Thomas Marion Thannisch (1853-1935), one of north Fort Worth's early developers. ... 5280 The 1865 Indian Creek Raid From Fort Worth take US 81/287 northwest about 12 miles. Head northwest on FM 718 about 3.3 miles to Morris-Dido-Newark Road. Head South about 1.7 miles to marker. During the late 1850s Indians on the north Texas frontier became increasingly restive about continued white settlement on their lands. As a result, ... 5326 The Edna Gladney Home Hemphill Street, W side between W Jessamine and Page streets, at Duncan Memorial Hospital. Marker reported missing Sep. 2007. The Rev. Issac Z.T. Morris and his wife began in 1887 to care for orphans and abandoned children in Fort Worth, keeping them in their family home. ... 18806 The Fort Worth Hotel Heritage Park, at the northwest corner of Bluff and Houston streets. Situated in the northwest corner of the public square, the Fort Worth Hotel was the stage coach terminal for travelers arriving at and leaving Fort ... 5345 The Grapevine Sun 332 S. Main St., Grapevine Benjamin R. Wall (1876-1955) started the Grapevine Sun in 1895 at the age of nineteen. It was sold in 1897 to James E. Keeling (1847-1925), a native ... 5349 The Handley Power Plant and Lake Erie 6604 E. Rosedale, Fort Woth The Northern Texas Traction Company built the original plant at this location to generate electrical power for the Fort Worth-Dallas Interurban. ... 13697 The Hill 400 W. Sanford St. in George Stevens Park A roughly five-block area of Arlington known as "The Hill" was the only addition specifically set aside for the city's African American residents. ... 5399 The Peters Colony in Tarrant County SH 26, 1600 feet east of Mustang Road (near Mustang-Panther Stadium) In 1841, W.S. Peters of Kentucky and associates contracted with the Republic of Texas to bring immigrants to this area. By 1848, Peters Colony land ... 5423 The Sanctuary - Gustavaus Adolphus Church 400 Hemphill, Ft. Worth The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Gustavus Adolphus Synod was organized in 1905 to serve Swedish settlers in the City of Fort Worth. In ... 4944 The Six Flags over Texas Six Flags over Texas, pink granite monument inside main gate Flags of six different countries have been raised over Texas. In 1519 the land was claimed for Spain, whose explorers came later in search of silver ... 5444 The University of Texas at Arlington West of UT-Arlington Central Library, next to flagpoles Tracing its history to a series of private schools and military academies, The University of Texas at Arlington has grown with the community to become ... 5463 Thistle Hill, The Cattle Baron's Mansion 1509 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth Designed by Sanguinet & Staats, this Georgian Revival structure was built in 1903 for A.B. Wharton (1878-1963) and his bride Electra (1882-1925), ... 5465 Thomas B. Saunders Family 100 block of E. Exchange St., Fort Worth (Saunders Park) A native of North Carolina, Thomas Bailey Saunders (1816-1902) migrated to Texas in 1850 and started a cattle ranch near Gonzales. After the Civil ... 5468 Thomas Easter Cemetery 2800 block of Southlake Blvd. From Grapevine take Southlake Blvd. about 1 mile east. Marker is located on north side. Virginia native Thomas Easter, born about 1823, migrated to Texas and settled in Tarrant County by 1848. Easter patented a 640-acre tract of land ... 5469 Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House 2404 Medford Ct., East, Fort Worth This Monterrey style house was built in 1927 by prominent Fort Worth contractor Bert B. Adams. One of the first houses built in the fashionable Park ... 22600 Thompson Public Cemetery 6500 block Westworth Blvd. (SH 183), S of shops at SW corner of Westworth Blvd and Fairway Dr. In 1870, Captain Henry J. Thompson, Chief Justice of Jack County, Texas Ranger and Fort Worth Mason, allowed his neighbor and Confederate veteran, ... 17068 Tim Cole Mt. Olivet Cemetery Timothy Brian Cole, born in Brenham in 1960, served in the U.S. Army and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock. While there, Cole was accused ... 15056 Tom B. Yarbrough House Fort Worth 5506 Tomlin Cemetery Tomlin Lane, Arlington; at dead end This cemetery was first used in the 1870s by the Wilkinsons, a pioneer family whose graves are marked by clusters of rock. Members of the Angel family ... 13170 Top O' Hill Terrace Arlington, 3001 W. Division Top O' Hill Terrace Beulah Adams Marshall bought land here along the Bankhead Highway in the early 1920s and opened a tea room, hosting teas and ... 5508 Torian Log Cabin 205 Main St. Grapevine This cabin of hand-hewn logs was built along a creek at the edge of the cross timbers near the pioneer community of Dove. It originally stood on ... 5552 Travis Avenue Baptist Church 700 block W. Berry, Fort Worth A Sunday school was started in 1908 in this development outside the city limits. The group became a Mission of the College Avenue Baptist Church, ... 15235 Tyer Duplex Arlington

17355 University United Methodist Church Northeast corner of W. Berry Street and McCart Avenue (northside of Berry Street, between Forest Park Boulevard and McCart Avenue In 1912, a small Sunday group under the guidance of Reverend Alonzo Monk, Jr. Began to meet in a rental house on Hemphill Street under the name Hemphill ...

5635 Van Zandt Cottage 2900 Crestline Rd. Built in 1860s on stage road to Weatherford, and for generations a haven to travelers during Trinity River floods, this was the country home of Khleber ... 24325 Vickery Inn Motel and Como Courts marker pending marker pending 5654 Village Creek Lakewood Dr., Arlington; Arlington Golf Course, 7th Tee Archeological excavations along the course of this Trinity River tributary have unearthed evidence of several prehistoric villages. Artifacts from ... 22471 Vinnedge-Loicano House 2008 Fairmount Ave. marker pending

16999 Walnut Creek Cemetery from Mansfield, W on 1187, entrance on left, 50 yd. past intersection with Teague Road Established ca. 1881 Historic Texas cemetery – 2009 5723 Watauga Presbyterian Church 6209 Rusk St., Haltom City Founded as Willow Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1850s; reorganized 1867 by William, Mary, and Julia Carlton; M.B. Donald; William, Marthia, ... 5680 WBAP-TV - Channel 5, First Television Station in Texas 3900 Barnett St., Fort Worth Founded by Amon G. Carter, noted publisher of the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram", the first progam--a public appearance, Sept. 27, 1948, by President ... 5759 West Fork Baptist Association 3145 Carson St On Oct. 12-13, 1855, representatives of 12 frontier churches met in the Birdville Baptist Church to form the West Fork Association of United Baptists. ... 5760 West Fork United Presbyterian Church 602 Santerre Rd., Grand Prairie In 1870 the Rev. Andrew Shannon Hayter organized the Good Hope Cumberland Sabbath School to serve the early settlers of the surrounding area. The ... 15766 Westbrook Estate 2232 Winton Terrace West The Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House is a 2 1/2 story Tudor Revival style home constructed in 1928. The house sits on a 1.5 acre blufftop site in ... 5771 Westover Manor 8 Westover Rd., Westover Hills Built in 1929-30 as the flagship for development of Westover Hills, this Norman-Jacobethan revival mansion was selected as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... 12468 White's Chapel Cemetery southeast corner of E. Southlake Blvd. (FM 1709) and S. White Chapel Road According to local legend, this cemetery began about 1851, when a child traveling through this area in a wagon train died and was buried here. The ... 5785 White's Chapel United Methodist Church 185 S. White Chapel Road (at Pine), Southlake Founded by settlers who came by wagon train from Dade County, Ga., 1871. Early services were in home of S. B. Austin, the leader. Austin gave land ... 5815 Willburn Cemetery 3720 Streamwood Rd., Fort Worth Many of the individuals buried in this pioneer cemetery are descendants of Edward Willburn (1805-82) and his wife Nancy (Overton) (ca. 1811-87), ... 5819 William Alfred Sanderson 2500 block of Scott St., Fort Worth; At Ayers Cemetery, on N. Side of Rd. (Sept. 11, 1819 - May 28, 1904) A native of England, William Sanderson came to Texas in 1841. He obtained a Republic of Texas land grant and in 1847 ... 14114 William G. Newby Memorial Building The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, N side Pennsylvania Avenue between S. Ballinger and S. Lake streets Herman Frerichs, a cotton exporter from Bremen, Germany, built this house in 1910-1911. He and his family were on vacation in Germany at the outbreak ... 5833 William John Marsh Greenwood Memorial Park, Sec. 4-D (June 24, 1880 - Feb. 1, 1971) Born near Liverpool, England, William John Marsh was an accomplished organist and musician when he came to Fort Worth ... 5836 William Letchworth Hurst Heritage Village Plaza, S side W. Pipeline Rd. 0.2 mi. W of Precinct Line Rd. (1833-1922) A native of Tennessee, William Letchworth "Uncle Billy" Hurst (1833-1922) served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. As a member ... 5838 William M. Rice 310 S. Stewart St., Azle William M. Rice first came to Texas in 1834 and settled in what is now Nacogdoches County, where he was involved in frontier defense and served as ... 5839 William Madison McDonald Oakwood Cemetery, Old Trinity Section, Row 480 Space 2 (June 22, 1866 - July 4, 1950) Born in Kaufman County, William "Gooseneck Bill" McDonald became active in politics in 1890. His ability to unite ... 5845 William Reeves House 2200 Hemphill, Fort Worth Prominent businessman and philanthropist William Reeves built this home for himself and his wife, Mattie Hosea, in 1907-08. He served as President ... 5848 William Terry Allen Log Cabin White Settlement Historical Museum. N side Hanon Dr., 200 feet E of Mirike Dr. In 1854 young William Allen (1842-1893) came with his family to Tarrant County from Todd County, Kentucky. By 1857 they had settled at this location ... 5854 Wilson Cemetery Lake Ridge Parkway, Grand Prairie; across from entrance of Lynn Creek Park at Lake Joe Pool This pioneer cemetery dates to 1872, when Charles N. Wilson buried his wife and infant child here. Ophelia E. West Wilson (1853-1872) and her newborn ... 5864 Winfield Garage 206 E. 8th St., Fort Worth By 1919 Fort Worth had become a booming commercial center because of the oil and cattle markets. To accommodate this growth, the Winfield Garage ... 5883 Witten Cemetery Jackson Court, cul-de-sac at end of, Colleyville; off 4700 block of Jackson St., Fort Worth This cemetery was established for the family of Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten (1819-91), who came to Texas in 1854. A successful landowner, he also ... 5889 Woman's Club of Fort Worth 1316 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth; Interior Garden Wall Women from eleven social and study groups, some formed before 1900, joined in 1923 to create the Woman's Club of Fort Worth. Miss Anna Shelton, who ... 5899 Woods Chapel Baptist Church 2424 California Ln., Arlington On April 28, 1901, a group of worshippers gathered together in a brush arbor to organize a church congregation. Led by the Rev. Washington Lafayette ... 22639 Woody-Kutch Livestock Commission Company Fort Worth Stockyards, at the rear (north) of the Livestock Exchange Building in front of cattle pens. In 1920, brothers-in-law Joseph Casner Woody (1880-1950) and Jefferson Davis Kutch, Jr. (1890-1990) were both active in the Fort Worth Stock Yards ... 5910 Worth, Gen. William Jenkins N/A N/A 15509 Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery 2041 N. US-287

13585 Zion Missionary Baptist Church 4100 Horne St Founded in 1919, this church has played an important role in the African American community of Lake Como in Fort Worth. The congregation erected ...