You searched for City|State|Country: , tx us
Showing results 1 to 10 of 20
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYX_mcnabb-house_Richmond-TX.html
McNabb House. . Phillip Vogel, a German merchant, built this residence in the 1850s. It reflects the simple Greek revival style popular at the time. A. D. McNabb, owner of a saddlery shop, bought the property in 1887. He married Charlien Gloyd, da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYW_fort-bend-county-jail_Richmond-TX.html
Fort Bend County Jail. . Completed in 1897, this structure was the third jail building in Fort Bend County. Built to communicate strength and justice to the area's lawless elements, the imposing Romanesque revival style structure features terra co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY6_mirabeau-buonaparte-lamar_Richmond-TX.html
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar . The Father of Education in Texas . Born in Georgia August 16, 1798 . Founded the Columbus Enquirer . Came to Texas in 1836 . He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto . Served successively as Secretary of Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2Q_st-johns-united-methodist-church_Richmond-TX.html
While Methodist missionaries had served the Richmond area as early as 1824, this congregation was organized January 22, 1839, by the Rev. Jesse Hord. Early members included some of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists. The congregation built th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2O_fort-bend-county-courthouse_Richmond-TX.html
This classical revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed by C. H. Page of Austin and dedicated in 1909. The contractor was the Texas Building Company, also of Austin. Ext…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B29_the-mcfarlane-house_Richmond-TX.html
A native of Scotland, Isaac McFarlane (1840-1900) served with Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War and later became a successful merchant in Richmond. This home was constructed for his family in the early 1880s by local builder Thomas Culsha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SSS_site-of-the-home-of-mirabeau-b-lamar-historical_Richmond-TX.html
Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QM3_first-baptist-church-of-rosenberg_Rosenberg-TX.html
In 1896, three Baptist men organized this church. T.E. Muse served as the first pastor from 1898 to 1900. The 1900 Galveston hurricane destroyed an unfinished church building. Services were held in a nearby church and in a rail car until a schoolh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7F_buffalo-bayou-brazos-colorado_Stafford-TX.html
Planned 1840 to benefit the Republic of Texas by moving rich sugar and cotton crops from plantation areas. Chartered 1841 by 5th Congress of the Republic, in name of Harrisburg Railroad & Trading Company.
H. R. & T. C. did not succeed in build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM196B_site-of-fort-bend_Richmond-TX.html
Built in November 1821 byWilliam Little, WilliamSmithers, Charles Beard,Joseph Polly, and HenryHolster. - Its name wasgiven to the county whencreated in 1837.