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[New Harrison County Courthouse]
The new Harrison County courthouse, built in 1964, is on the west side of the downtown square. On the far right of the image is the registered Arnot House.
[New Harrison County Courthouse]
The newer Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. The four-story modern structure was built at the intersection of W. Houston and S. Wellington streets in 1964. It stands across the street from the old Harrison County Courthouse built in 1900. The old and the new, close together.
[New Library Shows Off Equipment]
One of the new pieces of equipment at Marshall Public Library, c1973, was this laminating machine.
[New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church]
The New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church is located at 501 Middle St. in Marshall. It is a traditionally African-American congregation. The structure is modern brick with an old wood-siding cupola and cross on top. The whole building may have been frame with white siding, with the brick applied over the old exterior walls.
[New Television Equipment Shown at the Library]
A television camera records as Dr. Worden, second from right, demonstrates a television audio-visual setup. Other men in the photo are unidentified.
[Night View of the New Marshall Public Library in 1973]
Night view of the new Marshall Public Library in 1973.
[Nineteenth-Century Religious Leader, Marshall]
Rev. J. H. Hudson was a nineteenth-century religious leader in Marshall. Born in Alabama in 1839, he came to Texas as a slave in 1848, and was reared on a farm near Scottsville [near Marshall]. He never attended school, but was taught his letters and nurtured in his faith by other pastors. He was ordained in 1881. During his career he pastored St. Paul, Bethesda, Pine Bluff, Galilee, James Chapel and Gainesville Baptist churches. He was elected to the Texas legislature, but did not take his seat. He was active in the Texas and Louisiana Baptist Association.
[North Side School, Marshall]
North Side School was the first elementary school in Marshall to be constructed for that purpose. It was built in 1887. The building is no longer in extistence, nor its name. It was replaced by the more modern Robert E. Lee Elementary, which now serves the old "northside" neighborhood.
[Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana]
The Norton Art Gallery is located in Shreveport, Louisiana. An unidentified woman from Marshall is standing in the front drive of the museum.
[Nursing Home in Marshall]
Merritt Plaza Nursing Home is located at 207 W. Merritt St. in Marshall. This photograph was taken c1970-1985.
[Nursing Home in Marshall]
Colonial Park Nursing Home in Marshall was located at 509 S. Grove St. at the time of this photograph, c1984.
[Nursing Home in Marshall]
Marshall Manor Nursing Home is located at 1007 S. Washington Ave. in Marshall. The photograph dates from 1970-1985.
[Officials Announce Challenge Grant for New Library]
Supporters of a new library for Marshall, Texas announced the offer of a challenge grant from the Andrew Norman Foundation. Shown are Mrs. Audrey Kariel and Kenneth Abney. The sign overhead marks the site of the old Marshall Public Library at the corner of West Austin and Franklin streets.
[Old Border Church, Harrison County]
Photograph of Old Border Church located in Harrison County. It is a traditionally African-American congregation.
[Old Cemetery Gate, Harrison County]
Men repair an the gate at Antioch Cemetery in Harrison County. The cemetery is traditionally an African-American site. Mr. U. R. Weisner, local leader, leads the group. Others are unidentified.
[Old Cemetery Gate, Harrison County]
Mr. U. R. Weisner, local leader in the Leigh Community of Harrison County, shows a gate to Antioch Cemetery that needs repair. The cemetery is traditionally an African-American site, owned by a church of the same name.
[Old Grave, Harrison County ]
An unidentified grave is located in the Old Border Cemetery in Harrison County. The cemetery belongs to Old Border Baptist Church in the Jonesville community near Waskom. The church and its cemetery were originally organized by whites in 1866. By the early part of the twentieth century they had become African-American.
[Old Grave, Harrison County]
An old grave in Harrison County. The grave and the cemetery are unidentified.
[Old Grave in Harrison County]
An old grave in a Harrison County cemetery. The grave and cemetery are unidentified.
[Old Harrison County Courthouse]
This building is the old Harrison County Courthouse, the fourth one to serve as the seat of county government and the centerpiece of Marshall. Designed by architect J. Riely Gordon, it was erected in 1900. It has a cruciform plan with an embellished rotunda. Exterior embellishments include pedimented porticoes, pilasters with capitals, and a dramatic dome with eagles and a statue of Lady Justice. In 1926, an addition was constructed. A 21st century renovation has restored the building to its 1926 condition. It will continue its existence as the seat of county government and a museum.
[Old Harrison County Courthouse]
The old Harrison County Courthouse is the fourth, erected in 1900 to replace the third one which burned in 1899. This view is of the north and east facades, during the 1960's or 1970's. Houston St., which circles the square on its east-west route, is in the foreground. Three parking lots adjoin the square on the north, east, and west sides of the courthouse, which accounts for the large number of automobiles. At the extreme left edge of the picture, the corner of the seven-story Hotel Marshall can be seen.
[Old Harrison County Courthouse, Marshall]
This view of the old Harrison County Courthouse, built in 1900, is of the east facade as seen from East Houston Street. A statue of a Confederate soldier (since removed) can be seen in front. At right is the portico in front of the Hotel Marshall. Trees stand in a lawn surrounding the courthouse. Houston Street continues around the courthouse to create a square and then proceeds westward. It bisects the original town on an east-west line. This picture has been reversed. Hotel Marshall is on the south side of Houston, and the one-way signs should point to the right.
[Old Harrison County Courthouse, Marshall]
This view of the year 1900 Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall is of the east facade as seen from East Houston Street. The picture has been reversed; objects described are actually on the opposite side. The courthouse stands in a square which is still considered the center of Marshall. To the left can be seen the modern First National Bank. To the right is a portico fronting Hotel Marshall. Houston Street runs on an east-west axis to bisect the original town plan.
[Old School Building, Marshall]
An old school building in Marshall no longer exists. It is unidentified.
[Old Tombstone]
An old tombstone in a Harrison County cemetery, unidentified, has the following inscription: "E. B. --------- Born January 7, 1831 Deceased May 5, 1858" The stone lies where it fell amid the vegetation.
[Oldest Nursing Home Resident, Mrs. Izoria Malone]
Mrs. Izoria Malone was listed as 113 years old on records at the Harrison County Nursing Home when she was admitted there on January 29, 1974. She was possibly the second oldest resident in a United States nursing home at that time, and was certainly the oldest in the county. She died June, 1976 at the of 115. Article from The Marshall News Messenger newspaper, no date, reprinted in book, The Black Citizen and Democracy: Black Culture in Harrison County, Past, Present, and Future. Marshall Public Library, 1976, p. 86.
[On the Homecoming Court in Marshall]
Asa Johnson, principal of Pemberton High School, escorts his daughter Oleta as she is presented as a member of the homecoming court in Marshall. Mr. Johnson carries an umbrella. Miss Johnson wears a homecoming mum and carries a spray of flowers. The event would have been on the football field at the homecoming game. The date is unknown.
[Opening Marshall's First McDonald's]
At the grand opening of the first McDonald's in Marshall, Texas, Mrs. Audrey Kariel performed the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony as McDonald's officials, John Gehl and Gerald Stiles, look on. Attached to the ribbon were 100 one dollar bills, which were presented to Mrs. Kariel as a donation to the Marshall Public Library building fund. Mrs. Kariel was a member of the library board of trustees and a director of the Friends of a Public Library group that spear-headed the fund drive.
[Opening of Marshall's First McDonald's]
Audrey Kariel performs the ribbon-cutting for the first McDonald's in Marshall, Texas on October 20, 1972. The ribbon held 100 one-dollar bills which were donated to the building fund for the new Marshall Public Library, which opened one year later.
[Organization Donates to Library]
An organization's representative, unidentified, presents a donation to be used for the building of the new Marshall Public Library.
[P. D. Johnson Bungalow in Marshall]
The P. D. Johnson bungalow in Marshall received some changes during the last half of the twentieth century, such as the modern windows in the sun porch and the wrought iron on the front porch. The origin of the house is unknown. It is noted as the long-time residence of Pinky D. Johnson, Marshall educator. She purchased the house with her husband, Charley Johnson. They are known to have lived there during the 1940's and 1950's. After his death, she married Dr. F. E. Williams, and continued to occupy the house until her death in 1963. The house has had several other occupants since that time.
[Paradise Baptist Church]
Paradise Baptist Church is a traditionally African-American congregation in Marshall. It is located approximately four and one-half miles south of the city on the Five Notch Road. The church was organized in 1926, meeting at first in a brush arbor until building. The first building burned and was replaced by one "with many improvements." It is unknown whether the picture shows the first building or the second. The church shown is a small white frame structure standing on brick piers. A gabled porch is over the entrance. A gabled (dog-house) cupola projects from the roof.
[Park School, Marshall]
Park School was an early elementary school for African-American children in Marshall. It was located at 600 Park Street. In 1902, local educator J. H. Moore was authorized by the school board to organize an elementary school for northwest Marshall. Classes began in the Odd Fellows Hall on West Grand Ave. They moved to the brick building on Park St. on Jan. 5, 1903. Moore was principal there for 22 years and was succeeded by L. E. Thompson. During Thompson's leadership, two additional classrooms, an auditorium, and four more rooms were added. P. E. Moon became the third principal in 1950, remaining there until the school was closed in 1954. A new campus named for J. H. Moore replaced Park Elementary, and the old campus no longer exists.
[Patron Checks Out Art Prints]
Jane Harris, library assistant, checks out one of Marshall Public Library's art prints to a patron (unidentified).
[Pemberton High School Choir, Marshall]
This yearbook photo of 1964-65 shows the Pemberton High School Choir in Marshall. Students wear the traditional choir robes with collars. They stand on graded risers. Mr. Johnson was the director at this period. Students in the group are unidentified. Pemberton H. S., an African-American school before integration, was closed in 1988.
[Pemberton High School Club, Marshall]
The Jet Set Club is shown in this photo from the 1964-65 Pemberton High School yearbook. According to the caption, the purpose of the club was to help young women develop physically, mentally, culturally, and socially. The group members and their sponsors are unidentified. Pemberton High School was traditionally African-American until integration, when it became a ninth-grade campus. The school was merged with Marshall High School in 1988 and the plant was sold.
[Pemberton High School Club, Marshall]
One of the clubs at Pemberton High School in Marshall was the Tri-Hi-Y, which was a Christian fellowship. This photograph is from the 1964-65 yearbook. The group , all girls, is standing on the front steps of the school building. Most of the students are unidentified. Three are known: Australen Allen, Joyce Carraway, and Sharon Kay Black.
[Pemberton High School, Marshall]
Students are gathered in the courtyard in front of Pemberton High School in Marshall. The school was traditionally African-American before integration. In 1970 MISD merged grades 10-12 with Marshall High School. Pemberton then housed the ninth grade until 1988, when the ninth grade went to Marshall High School. The campus was then sold to Wiley College. This photo is from the 1964-65 yearbook.
[Pemberton High School Outstanding Students]
Ruby L. McFarlin and Harold Jackson were outstanding students at Pemberton High School in Marshall. They were featured on this yearbook page.
[Pemberton High School Queen and Her Court]
A queen and her court are pictured against a decorative backdrop. The queen, in her tiara, holds a spray of flowers. Two ladies attend her on each side. The event, date, and identity of the court members are unknown. The place was likely Pemberton High School in Marshall.
[Pemberton High School Students, Marshall]
A group of students is gathered in front of Pemberton High School in Marshall. The photograph appears to be from the 1960s. This facade shows the new wing which was added to the front of the old building, creating a courtyard between. Steps shown in front lead directly to Rosborough Springs St. Pemberton became a ninth- grade school in 1970 and was finally merged with Marshall High School in 1988. The building was sold to Wiley College, which is located across the street. Pemberton was named for H. B. Pemberton, the noted African-American educator (1867-1944) who was founder of Central School on Border St., the first public school in Marshall for African-American students. In 1925 Central was moved to the Rosborough Springs site, designated a high school, and renamed in 1941 to honor Pemberton, its first principal.
[Pemberton High School's Miss Pemberton of 1954-55]
Miss Pemberton of 1954-55 is featured in the Pemberton High School yearbook. She is not identified.
[Periodicals Displayed at the New Library]
The new Marshall Public Library Building, which opened in 1973, had a generous magazine and newspaper display area.
[Peter's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Harrison County]
Peter's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church is located on Baldwin Rd (CR 2608) in rural Harrison County. It was organized in 1893. It has a traditionally African-American congregation.
[Phillips Bungalow in Marshall]
This bungalow in Marshall is just one of the many bungalow styles to be found in the city. The location is 1401 Herndon Street at the intersection with Evans Street. Until 1952 it was the home of Dr. Oliver Wendell and Mayme Adams Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a dentist; Mrs. Phillips taught school. She died in 1952; Dr. Phillips died in 1955. The house was vacant for several years until O. W. Phillips Jr. moved there, occupying it until the late 1990's. The house has been unoccupied since then.
[Photograph of Price T. Young]
Photograph of Price T. Young, who i sitting, wearing a dark-colored suit, and visible from the chest up.
[PHS Athletes]
The track team is featured in the 1955 Pemberton High School yearbook. The caption is "Candidates for 1955 Pemberton High School Track Team look on while Coach W. M. Reed explains baton passing to Charles Fisher. Below are the words, "Autographs of Sport Celebrities," with a pair of fingers making the victory sign.
[PHS Band Club]
The Band Club at Pemberton High School in Marshall was featured on a yearbook page. Their purpose was to "explore the field of music."
[PHS Baseball Queen, Narvella Dillard]
The baseball queen is featured on a Pemberton High School yearbook page.
[PHS Baseball Team]
The Pemberton High School Panthers baseball team is featured in this two-page yearbook spread. Names of individuals are illegible. At top left the 28-member squad is shown in uniform with a trophy. At top center the text summarizes the season in which the Panthers captured the district crown. At top right are three contributing batters and at bottom right are two pitchers. The coach's image is at bottom center. To the left is the district schedule. At bottom left are more sluggers and the catcher.
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