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[Aerial View of Palestine]

Description: Aerial view of Palestine looking west from the courthouse, down Avenue A toward Spring Street.
Date: unknown

[Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the southwest corner of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof and there are awnings on all of the windows.
Date: 1950~
Location: 31.764653 -95.626665

[Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of N. Perry and E. Crawford streets. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.
Date: 1991
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.764507 -95.625791

[The Anderson County Jail]

Description: This is a photograph of the second Anderson County Jail. The jail was built on the southwest corner of the courthouse square in 1879-80. It was, at the time, the most architecturally advanced building on the square of Palestine. Its clock tower, rising one floor beyond the two-story sheriff’s office and jail, could be seen all the way to New Town, the part of town near the railroad depot. The jail was used until 1931, when it was considered inadequate for county needs. It was torn down and a mo… more
Date: unknown

[Blue House in Palestine]

Description: Photograph of the front of a one-story cottage painted blue with white trim, located in Palestine, Texas. Trees are visible in the front yard, in the foreground.
Date: 1990~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver

[Cottage on S. Magnolia Street]

Description: Photograph of the front of a white, one-story, L-shaped cottage located at 922 S. Magnolia Street in Palestine, Texas. It has a wrap-around front porch and decorative woodwork around the eaves of a dormer window.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.753030 -95.630900

[Cunningham House]

Description: Photograph of the front of a two-story, Victorian-style house painted yellow with white trim, located in Palestine, Texas. It was once occupied by the Cunningham Family.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver

[Dilley Foundry Office Bldg - 601 S. May]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the Dilley Foundry Office Building, located at 601 S. May in Palestine, Texas. It is a one-story frame building, resembling a center-passage house There is a porch running the length of the south side of the house that has decorative jigsawn woodwork.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.756954 -95.633483

[G.E. Dilley Building - 401 W. Main]

Description: Photograph of the front of the "Dilley Building," a two-story, brick building located at 401 and 403 W. Main in Palestine, Texas. It has a rectangular plan and load-bearing masonry walls with Victorian Italianate-style details, including an elaborately detailed parapet on the façade and the segmental-arched hoodmolds on the second floors of the south and east elevations. It is classified as a Two-Part Commercial Block building, and is part of Palestine’s central business district.
Date: 1992
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.762144 -95.634778

[Gas Station - W. Oak]

Description: Photograph of a gas station located on W. Oak Street in Palestine, Texas.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore

[Gaught House - 107 E. Kolstad]

Description: Close-up photograph of the front and west side of the "Gaught House," a two-story, red-brick house located at 107 E. Kolstad in Palestine, Texas. There is a double staircase leading to the raised front porch, which has ionic columns.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.766930 -95.631872

[George Anderson Wright]

Description: Headshot portrait of George Anderson Wright (August 9, 1845-November 5, 1935), the son of William and Jennie Winn Wright. Wright is wearing a dark suit and tie with a light-colored shirt; his hair is white/gray and he has a trimmed beard and moustache. He is looking over his left shoulder, facing the camera. Wright was a businessman and was involved in politics; he served as mayor of Palestine, Texas for several terms.
Date: 1920~/1930~

[I&GN Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of part of the front of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: 1991
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.753187 -95.631029

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: 1940~
Location: 31.753581 -95.631114

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of part of the front of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: February 1992
Location: 31.753187 -95.631029

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of part of the front of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: 1970~
Location: 31.753187 -95.631029

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Description: Copy negative of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home), visible on the right side of the image. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the ho… more
Date: 1960~
Location: 31.753688 -95.631114

[Hous at 818 N. Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of a one-story, modified L-plan house painted pink with white trim, located at 818 N. Tennessee in Palestine, Texas. The wrap-around front porch has Doric-like columns and a small fence.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.767196 -95.636104

[House 48001]

Description: Photograph of the front of the "Freeland-Lyne House," a white, two-story, Four Square-style house located at 503 S. Crockett in Palestine, Texas. This dwelling features Classical Revival detailing that is seen most prominently on the porch.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.756450 -95.624871

[House at 204 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of a two-story, light-colored house with white trim, located at 204 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It has Queen Anne-style architecture including decorative wordwork around the front porches on both stories, and shingling in the front gable; it also has a stained-glass window in an upper-story window. Cars parked on the street, in front of the house.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.760469 -95.632481

[House at 408 S. Sycamore]

Description: Photograph of the front and part of the south side of a blue, one-story frame house with white accents, located at 408 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. The house has some Queen Anne-style details, including cut-away corners on the side bay and decorative woodwork around the front porch; it also has stained-glass windows in the upper, dormer window. Part of a neighboring house and a stone fence are visible on the right of the image.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.758609 -95.630763

[House at 605 S. Royall]

Description: Photograph of the front of a white, two-story, Queen Anne-style frame house located at 605 S. Royall in Palestine, Texas. Architectural details include the vertical emphasis, the jigsawn- and turned-wood porch trim, and a steep, hipped roof. It also has partially-enclosed side porches.
Date: unknown
Location: 31.755539 -95.628569

[House at 1248 S. Royall]

Description: Photograph of the front of a white, two-story, Four Square-style frame house located at 1248 S. Royall in Palestine, Texas. It has a wrap-around porch with double columns on red-brick piers. A tree is in the foreground, to the right of the front walk.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.745429 -95.625484
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