Description: Two story house known locally as the "Grant House", which was built before 1900.

Description: Photograph of 205 E. Dallas taken from the road. Photo was taken for the Historic Resources Survey of Palestine, Texas 1989-1991.

Description: The 200 block of S. Sycamore is a densely developed residential area containing a significant concentration of 2-story frame houses erected in the 19th century. This house is noteworthy because it survives as a good and relatively intact historic dwelling in this neighborhood. The house has a 2-story porch with ornate jigsawn trim. This house was originally known as 107 Magnolia. The house was built for District Judge William H. Gill in 1893, who lived here until December 1903, when the property was purchased by Mrs. Lula K. Kestler. City directories, however, note that, by 1926, the house was owned and occupied by D.W. and Lula K. Gillespie (perhaps the same woman), and that by 1933 her husband had died and Mrs. Gillespie lived here alone. Directories further reveal that John L. Johnson, an oil field worker, and his wife Lillie lived here during the early 1940s. Katherine L. Mead, acquired the property in 1959, but the property has since changed hands once again.

Description: The Robinson Bank Building is a brick commercial building with Romanesque Revival detailing and is classified as a One-Part Commercial Block. Located near the center of Palestine’s historic downtown, the 1-story building features a rectangular plan with load-bearing masonry construction. It has a 3-bay façade that displays elaborate and finely crafter brickwork and a large round archway, which marks the primary entrance. It also has a stepped 3-part parapet with corbelling which are distinctive architectural elements. Dr. James Isaac Bonner and William Brice Robinson were the two founders of the Robinson Bank. Originally from Alabama, Dr. Bonner was one of the earliest citizens of Freestone County. South Carolina native William Brice Robinson (1850-1905), moved from his home state to Fairfield Texas as a young man, and it was there, while practicing law and teaching school that he met Bonner. In 1879 Robinson married Bonner’s daughter, Sallie Belle Bonner. Around 1880, Bonner and Robinson decided to go into business together and open a public banking facility in nearby Palestine. It is said that they were encouraged to open a banking house by their close friends, the Moody family of Galveston. Construction began on a building for the new bank about 1880 ...

Description: Photograph of the 200 Block W. Crawford taken from the road. Photo was taken for the Historic Resources Survey of Palestine, Texas 1989-1991. A theater was in operation in this building at least as early as 1926-27, according to city directories. At that time it was known as the Best Theatre, but by 1933-34 the name had been changed to the Texas Theater. The city’s other historic theater, the Ritz, was demolished in the 1970s, making the Texas the last remaining historic downtown movie house. A fire in the 1950s forced severe alterations at the ground-level entrance. The theater is in the process of being renovated for use by the Palestine Community Theater Group.