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[City of Beaumont Plaque]

Description: Photograph of a plaque mounted on a rock. The plaque reads: "City of Beaumont. Named in honor of Mary Dewleigh Borlace Warren Beaumont by her husband Henry Millard who laid out the town in 1835 on a site known as Tevis's bluff. Incorporated in 1838".
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Plaque at Jefferson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a historic landmark plaque at the Jefferson County Courthouse. It reads: "Jefferson County Courthouse. The first county building constructed at this site was a jailhouse completed in 1838, two years after the organization of Jefferson County. Located on land acquired from Nancy Tevis, a pioneer settler of the area, it also housed county offices and courts. When the commissioners court outgrew the facility, sessions were held in private homes. The first courthouse here was complete… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Plaque on Propeller Monument]

Description: Photograph of a plaque on the side of a monument, with a propeller from an American tanker Osprey on the right of the monument. The plaque reads: "Propeller from Tanker American Osprey on loan from U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. Port of Beaumont Board of Commissioners. C. A. "Pete" Shelton, President, H. M. "Henry" Nix, Vice President, Nell Clark, Louis M. Broussard, Jr., Lee E. Smith, Georgine Guillory, David C. Fisher, Executive Port Director. Designed and built by… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Plaque About Walking Beam]

Description: Photograph of a plaque about a walking beam from the U.S.S. Clifton. It reads: "Walking Beam From U.S.S. Clifton. On Sept. 8th, 1863, a Federal force of 22 gunboats and steamships, with 15,000 men on board, attacked the Confederate fort at Sabine Pass, Texas, defended by the Davis guards of 42 men, Lieutenant Dick Dowling in command. The Federals were driven off with the loss of the steamers Clifton and Sachem, 42 men killed and 400 captured, including Com. Crawford. This defeat stopped an inva… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Plaque by Lake]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Historical Commission plaque about the status of Beaumont as a lumber mill city in the nineteenth century. A lake is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[San Jacinto Life Insurance Plaque]

Description: Photograph of a plaque mounted on the wall of a building in Beaumont, Texas. It reads: "Dedicated to the institution of life insurance, the greatest beneficence conceived by man. San Jacinto Life Insurance Co. April 21, A.D. 1922."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Tyrrell Public Library Plaque]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Historical Commission plaque about the Tyrrell Public Library. The plaque reads: "Built in 1903 as the First Baptist Church, this limestone structure replaced a red brick church on the same site. Architect of the Romanesque Revival style edifice was A. N. Dawson and contractor was G. D. Patterson. in 1923, when the Baptist congregation moved to larger facilities, Capt. William C. Tyrrell purchased the building and donated it to the city for use as a public library. It now … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Public Library Plaque]

Description: Photograph of a plaque on the Tyrrell Public Library in Beaumont, Texas. It reads: "Tyrrell Public Library. Donated to the city of Beaumont A.D. 1923 by W. C. Tyrrell in commemoration of the life and virtues of his beloved wife Helen F. Tyrrell".
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.082117 -94.096789
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Metal Plaque on Building]

Description: Photograph of a metal plaque mounted on the wall of a building. It reads: "This property has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior".
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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