White Deer, TX Oldest business house in White Deer. Moved in 1908 to present location, from old White Deer original townsite, where it was the only supply center for early settlers. Property of J. C. Jackson, Carson County Judge, 1935-1941; Precinct 4 County Commissioner, 1947-1965. Credit: State Of Texas
TX Established October 26, 1848, at Davis Landing by Capt. J.H. La Motte, 1st U.S. Infantry, as Ringgold Barracks. Named in honor of Brevet Major David Ringgold, 4th U.S. Artillery, who died of wounds received at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846. Troops were withdrawn March 3, 1859. Reoccupied December 29, 1859. Abandoned in 1861. Reoccupied [ Read More ]
Brownsville, TX ‘Originally built as a three-story structure in 1912, this building, Cameron County’s second jailhouse, was enlarged with the addition of a 4th floor about 1929. The 1912 structure was designed by prominent architect Atlee B. Ayers and the 1929 addition by Ayers and his son and partner Robert Ayers. The building’s classical revival [ Read More ]
Brownsville, TX This building, associated with the rebuilding of Fort Brown after the Civil War, housed cavalry units until World War I, when it served as a quartermaster warehouse and commissary. Closed after World War II, the building was leased by private industry until purchased by Texas Southmost College. The one-story brick structure features an [ Read More ]
301 S. Ann St., Port Lavaca, TX ‘ Built in 1896 by the firm of Martin, Byrne, and Johnson of Victoria, this structure served as the Calhoun County Jail for more than sixty years. It was the site of the county’s only official execution, carried out in 1914 on the second-story gallows. Interesting features of [ Read More ]
Courthouse Square, Lockhart, TX ‘The first Caldwell County Courthouse was erected on this site in 1848, when the county was organized and named for Mathew Caldwell, a Texas Ranger and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It was replaced in 1858 by a 2-story limestone edifice, measuring 65 feet by 40 feet, with six [ Read More ]
Brazos and Market St., Lockhart, TX ‘Organized in 1848, Caldwell County lost its original log jail in an 1858 fire, then kept prisoners in the Courthouse basement until 1873, when outlaws’ activities called for a strong stone prison. In 1908 Caldwell countains voted 725 to 311 for a $25,000.00 bond issue to erect this castellated [ Read More ]
Burnet, TX ‘Built 1884 of hand-hewn rock. Has apartment for sheriff, who is also jailer. On second floor the county library was founded. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 1966′ Credit: State Of Texas
Main St. (FM 963),Oakalla, TX The first settlers in this rich farm and ranch land arrived in the 1850s. Oakalla Post Office was established May 19, 1879. Schools were private until a cooperative was built which provided classrooms on the second floor. Oakalla boasted a doctor, drugstore, blacksmith shop, and a cotton gin by 1881. [ Read More ]
115 Main St.,Marble Falls, TX ‘Established in 1884, the original Marble Falls Post Office was built south of the Colorado River. William P. Cochran, appointed postmaster in 1901, built this structure in 1910 and leased it to the U. S. Government for use as a post office. It continued to serve as a postal facility [ Read More ]
