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[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762144 -95.634778

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.753688 -95.631114

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.758609 -95.630763
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