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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q7C_the-connally-home_Tyler-TX.html
This residence was built in 1906 for prominent Tyler businessman Walter Connally. Connally's business interests included banking, ownership of a gin equipment firm, and part ownership in a hardware company. After his death in 1918, Connally's wido…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q68_ramey-house_Tyler-TX.html
An important example of turn-of-the-century domestic architecture, the home of Thomas Brown and Mary Josephine (Spencer) Ramey was crafted of virgin cypress and southern heart pine in 1903. The architectural style of the house is typical of the re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZR_butler-college_Tyler-TX.html
Rev. Cornelius Moses Butler and Trustees of the East Texas Baptist Association founded East Texas Baptist Academy in 1905. The Association was created to improve educational opportunities for African American youth in and around the City of Tyler.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZP_whitaker-mcclendon-house_Tyler-TX.html
Built about 1880 for attorney Harrison Moores Whitaker and his wife, Mattie, daughter of Texas Supreme Court Justice Micajah H. Bonner, this is one of the few remaining high Victorian residences in Tyler. The home was purchased by Mattie's sister,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZK_thomas-glover-pollard-sr_Tyler-TX.html
Thomas G. Pollard was an attorney and legislator whose work improved the lives of East Texans. While in college, Pollard married Edna Martin, with whom he reared three children, and was elected as a State Representative (1919-21). After being elec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZJ_womans-building_Tyler-TX.html
The Woman's Building Association, a branch of the Tyler Woman's Forum, was chartered in 1928 to direct the construction of this facility. When completed in 1932, it provided meeting rooms, an auditorium, and a library for the Woman's Forum and oth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU4_site-of-confederate-arms-factory_Tyler-TX.html
Site of
Confederate Arms Factory
Built in 1862
by Short, Biscoe and Company
A contract made in 1862 with
the State of Texas
to furnish 5000 guns
was annulled in 1863,
as needed material and labor
could not be secured.
The equipment was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU3_ordnance-plant_Tyler-TX.html
Founded in 1862 by J.C. Short and Wm.S.N. Biscoe (both gunsmiths) and Col Geo. Yarbrough. In 2-story brick main building, on 125 acre site, contracted to make for State of Texas 5,000 rifles for the arming of troops in the Civil War. After trouble…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU1_chilton-lipstate-taylor-house_Tyler-TX.html
In 1887 Horace and Mary (Grinnan) Chilton acquired land in the Yarbrough addition and soon after started construction on a house for their family. The design, by an unknown architect, is reportedly modeled after Mary's childhood home in Virginia.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMEC_tyler-junior-college_Tyler-TX.html
Tyler Junior College was established in 1926 during the formative years of the junior college movement in Texas. This institution began as an extension of the Tyler public school system with school superintendent G.O. Clough serving as its first p…