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Greenville
Markers
Hunt
County
Created April 11, 1846, organized July 13, 1846. Named for General Memucan
Hunt, Minister to the United States for the Texas Republic.
(1936 Texas Centennial Marker)
Southwest corner of courthouse lawn, Stonewall and Washington Streets
Mrs.
Lallie P. Briscoe Carlisle
Fist woman to hold an elective public office in Texas; Hunt County Clerk,
1902.
(1965 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in East Mount Cemetery
Greenville
Electric Light Plant
First municipally-owned electric plant in Texas; built in 1891.
(1965 Texas Historical Marker)
Marker in lobby of steam turbine plant, 3/10 mile east of US Hwy 69 N
St.
Paul's Episcopal Church
Oldest church building in Greenville at time of marker placement. Original
building at 3215 Stonewall Street has been razed.
(1966 Texas Historical Marker)
Marker presently in new church building, FM 1570
Captain
Ben D. Martin
Civil War captain and early mayor of Greenville.
(1968 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in East Mount Cemetery
John
L. Southall
Peace officer killed in line of duty.
(1968 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in East Mount Cemetery
Bourland-Stevens-Samuel
House
Erected in 1883 using part of Stevens' house built in 1854.
(1969 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
1916 Stonewall Street
General
Hal C. Horton House
Erected in 1885; first two-story solid brick house in Greenville.
(1969 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
3925 Moulton Street
Greenville
Herald
Oldest existing business institution in Hunt County; founded 1869.
(1969 Texas Historical Marker)
2305 King Street
The
Greenville Cotton Compress
Once the world's largest inland press and holder of world's record for
number of bales pressed in a 10-hour day (2,073 bales).
(1971 Texas Historical Marker)
1409 Lee Street
Wesley
College
Methodist junior college started in 1905 in Terrell; moved to Greenville
in 1912; closed in 1938. Administration building burned in 2002.
(1971 Texas Historical Marker)
6000 Sayle Street
The
First Railroad in Hunt County
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (M.K.T.) Depot where first train arrived
on October 1, 1880.
(1972 Texas Historical Marker)
3102 Lee Street
First
Baptist Church
Congregation formed in 1858 with 19 charter members.
(1973 Texas Historical Marker)
2703 Wesley Street
Site
of Texas Holiness University - Peniel
Founded 1899.
(1974 Texas Historical Marker)
1009 Rees Street (US Hwy 69) Peniel
The
Old Greenville Post Office
Official Hunt County postal system established in 1847; Neo-Classical
building erected in 1910. Audie Murphy enlisted in the Army here.
(1975 Texas Historical Marker, National Register)
3716 Lee Street
Seven
Courthouses of Hunt County
First one, a log cabin, was built in 1847. Present courthouse, the seventh,
was dedicated on April 11, 1929.
(1982 Texas Historical Marker)
Northwest corner of courthouse lawn, Stonewall and Lee Streets
Wesley
United Methodist Church
Organized in 1850; early worship services held under twin oaks at Bourland
and St. John Streets and in county courthouse.
(1984 Texas Historical Marker)
5302 US Hwy 69 S
Greenville
Building & Loan
Second oldest savings institution in Texas when marked; later closed.
(1986 Texas Historical Marker)
2900 Lee Street
Camp
House
A Classical Revival home built in 1914.
(1987 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register)
2620 Church Street
Central
Christian Church
Congregation organized in 1879. Present Gothic Revival building with towers
and art glass windows completed in 1899.
(1989 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register)
2611 Wesley Street
Grace
Presbyterian Church
Congregation organized as Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1863. Original
building across from present Municipal Building on Washington Street.
Name changed in 1908. Present structure, with Cecil Casebier art glass
windows, built in 1966.
(1993 Texas Historical Marker)
1914 Joe Ramsey Boulevard
Majors
Field
World War II Army Air Corps training base. Named for first Hunt County
war fatality, Truett Majors. Now Greenville Municipal Airport.
(1995 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 2101 south of FM 1570
Hunt
County Courthouse
Classical Revival to Art Deco transitional architecture. Dedicated April
11, 1929 on 83rd anniversary of county creation. Centered in public square
in original town site.
(1995 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register)
Northwest corner of courthouse lawn, Stonewall and Lee Streets
Kavanaugh
United Methodist Church
Founded as a mission Sunday School in 1892. Present building dedicated
in 1924.
(1995 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
"Katy"
Depot
Victorian eclectic depot built in 1896. Served as passenger station until
1965.
(1997 National Register)
3102 Lee Street
Germany
House
Simplified Second Empire home built in 1886 for merchant and civic leader
Joseph Germany.
(1999 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
3403 Lee Street
City
of Greenville
Named for Texas War for Independence veteran Thomas J. Green, Greenville
was founded as Hunt County seat, first platted in 1846. Final transfer
of deed for townsite donation by McQuinney Howell Wright in 1850.
(2001 Texas Historical Marker)
Municipal Building, 2821 Washington Street
Library
Movement in Greenville
Started by Women's Review Club in 1897. Became City supported public library
housed in Carnegie Library building until 1954. Current building occupied
in 1996. Named for local historian W. Walworth Harrison.
(2002 Texas Historical Marker)
W. Walworth Harrison Public Library, #1 Lou Finney Lane
Ende-Gaillard
House
The oldest house in Greenville, the Ende-Gaillard house was built by Fred
Ende for wife, Amelia. Later owned by the Ende's daughter Louise and husband,
Dr. David Gaillard. House moved to Graham Park from original site to avoid
demolition, later moved to American Cotton Museum grounds.
(2002 Texas Historical Marker)
Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, Paul Mathews Blvd., IH-30 at Exit
95
Greenville
Exchange Bank
Greenville's first bank, moved to this site in 1927. Bank building housed
professional offices. Closed in 1985. The building reopened as government
offices after renovation completed in 2003. Renamed Paul Mathews Exchange
Building for former bank president on the occasion of Mathews 100th birthday
on January 3, 2004.
(2003 Hunt County Local History Marker)
SW corner Stonewall & Lee Streets
Phillips
Field/Majors Stadium
Site of Greenville High School's first football field, later a minor league
baseball stadium where the Greenville Majors beat the New York Yankees
in an exhibition game.
(2003 Texas Historical Marker)
Houston Street between Jordan & Henry Streets
Commerce
Markers
Josiah
Hart Jackson
Founder of Cow Hill, forerunner of Commerce.
(1967 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in Rosemound Cemetery
East
Texas State University
Founded as Mayo School in 1894; Sam Rayburn is most famous alumnus. Became
Texas A & M University-Commerce in 1996.
(1967 Texas Historical Marker)
SH 50 at West entrance to campus
Birthplace
of General Claire Chennault
Leader of famous "Flying Tigers" of China in World War II.
(1968 Texas Historical Marker)
1501 Monroe Street
Centennial
of Methodism in Commerce
An 1881 union of Mt. Zion and Lebanon congregations began Methodism's
active participation in community development.
(1981 Texas Historical Marker)
American Legion Bruce
B. Williams Post #1
First American Legion Post in Texas; established in 1919; named for first
Commerce serviceman killed in World War I.
(1982 Texas Historical Marker)
Jernigin's
Store
Site of early mercantile store owned by William Jernigin, responsible
for naming city of Commerce.
(1982 Texas Historical Marker)
1210 Park Street
First
Baptist Church
Organized in 1883; present building constructed in 1913.
(1983 Texas Historical Marker)
Washington and Sycamore Streets
City
of Commerce
Incorporated in 1885; settlement began in 1853 as a village called Cow
Hill.
(1985 Texas Historical Marker)
Main Street on the square
First
Christian Church
First services held during the 1850s.
(1985 Texas Historical Marker)
Park and Sycamore Streets
Early
Public Schools
A school has been located on site since 1883 when the first public school
opened.
(1986 Texas Historical Marker)
1600 Church Street
First
Presbyterian Church
Congregation formed in 1888; present building constructed in 1913.
(1988 Texas Historical Marker)
1428 Caddo Street
Commerce
Post Office
Georgian Revival building served as U.S. Post Office 1918-71; Commerce
Public Library since 1972.
(1991 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
1210 Park Street
Lebanon
Cemetery
Began in early 1860s; site of a school, church and cemetery by 1871. Only
the cemetery remains.
(1991 Texas Historical Marker)
M.L. King Street, .6 miles east of city limits
Commerce
Churches
Site of 1893 Missionary Baptist Church; home to five different churches
since 1893. Trinity Lutheran Church worships in original structure and
1924 addition.
(1995 Texas Historical Marker)
1502 Monroe Street
President's
House (Heritage House)
Home of three ETSU presidents from 1929 to 1967. Site of receptions hosting
visiting celebrities and campus museum.
(1997 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register)
Texas A & M University-Commerce campus, Social Sciences Oval
Mayo
Hall (history)
1936 men's dormitory, home to winning athletic teams, also housed
army trainees during WW II. Building remains unchanged since construction.
(National Register)
Texas A & M University-Commerce campus, corner Monroe & Stonewall
Sts.
Hunt County Markers
Central
National Road
Built by the Republic of Texas in 1844 from Red River to present Dallas.
(Private, state-approved DAR Marker)
US Hwy 69 at FM 2194, Kellogg
Home
of Thomas N. Waul (Cherry Hill)
Leader of Waul's Texas Legion in Confederate Army.
(1963 Civil War Marker)
County road south of FM 2736, east of Greenville
William
Lane
First Anglo-American born in Hunt County.
(1965 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in Bethel Cemetery, ¼ mile east of SH 34
Harrell
Camp Ground
Early Methodist camp meeting ground established 1850 by Richard Harrell.
(1966 Texas Historical Marker)
US hwy 69 at Cow Leach Fork of Sabine River, ½ mile north of Kingston
Judge
James Hooker
Prominent pioneer; one of five Town Commissioners named in legislative
act creating Hunt County.
(1966 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in Hooker Ridge Cemetery, FM 513, 5 miles south of Lone Oak
Scatter
Branch Church
Unusual joint operation of Methodists and Baptists; late 1800s.
(1967 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 2874, 2.6 miles north of Neylandville
Old
National Road Crossing
Marks first crossing of South Sulphur River by Central National Road built
by the Republic of Texas in 1844.
(1967 Texas Historical Marker)
SH 34, 3 miles south of Wolfe City
Concord
Baptist Church
Organized in 1844, oldest institution in Hunt County.
(1967 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 118, 6 miles northeast of Greenville in Jacobia
Fourth
Sunday Singing Society
A monthly musical "convention" founded in 1885 or 1890 by Scatterbranch
Church members.
(1968 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 2874, 2.6 miles north of Neylandville
Henry/Emerson
College
Senior college founded in 1892; renamed Emerson College in 1903 for poet
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(1968 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 513, Campbell
The
Colony Line Road
Followed north line of Mercer's Colony (present Washington Street) through
Greenville in pioneer days.
(1968 Texas Historical Marker)
US Hwy 380, 5 miles west of county courthouse
Lake
Tawakoni
Impounded for water supply and recreation in 1960 by Sabine River Authority.
Boasts Texas' Longest Inland Bridge.
(1970 Texas Historical Marker)
SH 35, marker at west end of causeway
Lone
Oak Baptist Church
Organized in 1858. Present building is congregation's third building at
this site.
(1970, modified 1982 Texas Historical Marker)
McBride and Olive Streets, Lone Oak
Merit
Methodist Church
Organized in 1871. Early services held in Merit School. At time of marker
placement, congregation still included descendents of original members.
(1971 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 36 in Merit
Captain
Henry W. Wade
Civil War cavalry captain in Confederate Army; served as a delegate from
Hunt County to Constitutional Convention framing present Texas Constitution
in 1875; grandfather of noted Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade.
(1971 Texas Historical Grave Marker)
Gravesite in Wade Cemetery, SH 34, Quinlan
Site
of Wolfe's Mill
Forerunner of present Wolfe City; settlement grew up around grist mill
built by Lemuel Wolfe.
(1971 Texas Historical Marker)
402 South Mill Street, Wolfe City
Headwaters
of Sabine River
Origin of Cow Leach Fork, named for Indian chief in residence at the time
settlers arrived.
(1971 Texas Historical Marker)
US Hwy 69, 2 miles northwest of Celeste
Birthplace
of Audie Murphy
Most decorated combat soldier of World War II.
(1973 Texas Historical Marker)
US Hwy 69, 1½ miles south of Kingston
Home
Town of Audie Murphy
Murphy lived in Celeste during his youth.
(1973 Texas Historical Marker)
US Hwy 69, at east edge of Celeste
Mt.
Carmel Cemetery
Established early 1850s on 4 acres purchased by George Williams. First
burial in 1852.
(1975 Texas Historical Marker)
SH 11, .7 miles southeast of Wolfe City
Sonora
Cemetery
Established 1872; encompassed 7 acres by 1880; still in use.
(1983 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 1563 at community road, Fairlie
White
Rock Community
Originally named Tidwell Creek, it was a stop on the Sherman-Jefferson
Trail.
(1986 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 1566, 1 mile west of SH 34, White Rock
White
Rock Baptist Church
Organized in 1872 as Pleasant View Baptist Church; moved to White Rock
in 1901; present structure built in 1925.
(1986 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 1566, 1 mile west of SH 34, White Rock
White
Rock Methodist Church
Organized in 1880, the congregation met in schoolhouse until 1889. Present
building replaced earlier one destroyed by 1907 storm.
(1986 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 1566, 1 mile west of SH 34, White Rock
Birthplace
of Mack Harrell
Metropolitan Opera star who established Aspen Music Festival.
(1987 Texas Historical Marker)
606 Sanger, Celeste
First
Baptist Church of Celeste
Organized in 1887 with the founding of the town.
(1988 Texas Historical Marker)
Corner of Third and Cockrell Streets, Celeste
Lone
Oak Methodist Church
Congregation formed in 1854; present building completed in 1889.
(1988 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark)
Main Street, 2 blocks west of US 69, Lone Oak
St.
Paul School
Begun at St. Paul Baptist Church, the school became a major educational
center for African Americans throughout the area; absorbed by Commerce
ISD in 1965.
(1989 Texas Historical Marker)
City Hall, Neylandville
City
of Quinlan
Settled 1892 as stop on Texas Midland Railroad; incorporated 1896.
(1995 Texas Historical Marker)
Main Street at City Hall Quinlan
Graham
Point Cemetery
Pioneer cemetery established ca. 1860. Served Graham Point and Union Valley
for more than 100 years.
(1996 Texas Historical Marker)
CR 2317, Graham Point
Kingston
Baptist Church
Organized in 1880 when town was created along MKT Railroad.
(1996 Texas Historical Marker)
US 69 at FM 3427, Kingston
Town
of Roberts
Founded in 1882 as a stop on Houston and Texas Central Railroad; station
removed in 1894. Town destroyed by fire in 1895.
(1998 Texas Historical Marker)
SH 34 at Bus 34, Quinlan
Caney
Cemetery
Established 1904 on donated land including former family burial plot dating
to 1895. Some original Bois D'Arc markers remain.
(1998 Texas Historical Marker)
CR 3107 south of Campbell
Clinton
Cemetery
Established 1850s in Massayville, later renamed Clinton for Cotton Belt
Railway official. Earliest burial 1859.
(1998 Texas Historical Marker)
CR 2720, 3.4 miles north of Caddo Mills
Stewart
Cemetery
Early pioneer cemetery. Earliest legible marker dated 1863. Includes graves
of State Rep. Louis Lankford, several Confederate veterans.
(1999 Texas Historical Marker, Texas Historic Cemetery)
FM 1568, 2 miles south of Commerce
Shady
Grove Community
Founded in the final days of the Civil War, school and community were
named for the large group of shade trees on site.
(1999 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 499, 7½ miles east of Greenville
Humboldt
Cemetery
Founded on land donated for church and cemetery in 1890. Earliest grave
dates to 1876.
(2000 Texas Historical Marker)
FM 2736, 9 miles northeast of Greenville
Lee Cemetery
Established
about 1860.
(2000 Historic Texas Cemetery Marker)
Hwy. 78 south from Leonard, left on Fannin CR 5065 to intersection of
Hunt CR 1139 & 1137, right on CR 1137 1.5 miles
I.O.O.F.
Cemetery
Caddo Mills I.O.O.F. Lodge purchased burial ground for use as cemetery
in 1902. Earliest recorded burial in 1893.
(2001 Texas Historical Marker)
1 mile south of Caddo Mills on Hwy. 66, 1 mile west on Hwy. 6
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