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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28E7_former-bank-building-of-giddings-giddings_Brenham-TX.html
A private firm; Brenham's first bank, founded 1866 by lawyer-brothers J. D. and D. C. Giddings. This building was erected 1872 for bank, with Brenham Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons, owning third floor. Bank closed in 1945.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28E6_prairie-lea-cemetery_Brenham-TX.html
Graves in this historic cemetery date from the 1840s, although trustees of the Brenham Cemetery Association did not formally set aside the property until 1871. It came into operation following concern the earlier Masonic Cemetery would soon reach …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245V_farmers-state-bank-and-reinstein-store_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Chappell Hill began as an agricultural community in 1847 but had no bank until a population boom in the early 1900s brought wealth and economic prosperity. Farmers State Bank organized in March 1907 and opened in September of that year with J. J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245U_old-rock-store_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Town's early masonry store, built 1869 by merchant John E. Glass. Has thick sandstone walls, massive hand-hewn and pegged pine timbers, doors and window shutters made with square nails. Tenants have been grocers and the Chappell Hill Post Offi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245Q_burton-farmers-gin-1914_Burton-TX.html
This is the earliest known survivor of an integrated cotton ginning system widely used to process cotton from wagon to bale in a continuous operation. The gin machinery was designed and built in 1914 by the Lummus Cotton Gin Company and can proces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245P_burton-farmers-gin_Burton-TX.html
In December 1913 a group of local farmers met to organize the Burton Farmers Gin Association. This two-story corrugated metal-clad gin building was constructed in 1914. The gin's machinery was steam-powered until 1925, when an oil engine was insta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM244A_washington-county-courthouse_Brenham-TX.html
Built in 1940 with funds granted by the Public Works Administration, this is the fourth courthouse to serve Washington County since its formation in 1835. Constructed during the tenure of County Judge Sam Low, the massive white limestone courthous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225J_site-of-st-paul-rehburg-school_Burton-TX.html
Although the earliest written records of the St. Paul and Rehburg Schools date to 1880 and 1883 respectively, local tradition suggests they originated with informal classes held at the homes of pioneer farmers in this area of Washington County in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM203L_burton-community_Burton-TX.html
John M. Burton (1806-77) of Georgia came to Texas in the 1820s, and to this area in 1834. When the Houston & Texas Central Railroad was being built in 1869, he sold land for townsite. Post office opened Sept. 23, 1870, with Charles Huberich as pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RE7_gideon-lincecum_Burton-TX.html
As a boy Gideon Lincecum moved with his father to various frontier sites in his native Georgia and in Mississippi. It was during this time that he developed insights about natural habitats and cultivated an understanding of Indian culture which la…
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