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[100 Block W. Kolstad]

Photo of the 100 block of W. Kolstad. Houses from the left to right are 119, 117, and 115 W. Kolstad.

Date: February 1993

Creator: Goebel, Matt

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[1011 N. Perry - Howard House]

Photograph of the front and side of the "Howard House" located at 1011 N. Perry in Palestine, Texas. The house is a one-story, antebellum-style house with Greek revival influence. There are square columns along the front porch and a brick chimney on the side of the house.

Date: February 1993

Creator: Emrich, Ron

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.769664 -95.626113

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[100 S. Sycamore - Pearlstone Grocery Company]

This building is one of the relatively few historic warehouses to survive in Palestine. The building is indicative of how little stylistic ornamentation was applied to buildings that were used for utilitarian purposes. The building does have paired, double-hung windows set within segmented arches and vertical brick piers that define the bays. The Davidson-Pearlstone Grocery Company was in operation at this site for several years following its formation in 1899. In 1904 local businessman Hyman P… more

Date: February 1993

Creator: Goebel, Matt

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Colonel George R. Howard]

Colonel George Robert Howard was born on June 6, 1818. He married Cornelia Cox and they came to Palestine from Tennessee in 1849. Given the title of Colonel when he organized a company of men during the Civil War, he later served in the Texas Legislature, held several county offices and was Mayor of Palestine from 1886-1887. Colonel Howard was an active merchant in Palestine and in 1855 his store was located on the east side of the courthouse square. Their home, now referred to as “The Howard H… more

Date: 1886

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[The Hodges Dry Goods Company]

The Hodges Dry Goods Company was established in 1885 and the building on Oak Street was built in 1892 by A.B. and D.M. Hodges. The building was 50 by 100 feet. At the corner of Oak and N. Magonlia and it was the first business establishment on Oak Street.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Wagon Advertising Liberty Bonds]

Picture of a wagon with an advertisement for Liberty Bonds parked in front of the Bowden Grocery store in Palestine, Tx. Grandfather of Forrest Bradberry Jr. is driving the wagon. The side of the wagon says, "We are going to win this war, Buy a Liberty Bond."

Date: 1917~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Unidentified Woman Sitting on Front Steps of a House]

Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on the steps of a house. It is not known where this house is located. It may not be in Palestine

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Unidentified House]

Photograph of an unidentified house thought to have been located in Palestine, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine High School late Davey Crockett Jr. High]

Building built about 1925. Was originally Palestine High School and later became Davey Crockett Jr. High when Palestine Middle School was constructed in 1983.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Temple Opera House - Palestine, Texas]

Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.

Date: [1890..1905]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Centenary Methodist Church - Palestine Texas]

Photograph of the first Centenary Methodist Church. It was built around 1884 and was in use until sometime around 1910, when a new building was constructed at 422 S. Magnolia.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Children at Play]

Children at play in front of the old Palestine High School Gym. Note this is not the old Rusk School.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[First Christian Church - Palestine, Texas]

This is a photo of the First Christian Church which is located on Crawford Street in Palestine.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Gatewood Shelton Gin]

Photo of some trucks parked in front of the Gatewood-Shelton cotton gin, showing a whitewashed wooden building on the left and a darker metal building on the right, connected by a pipe.

Date: 1950~/1959~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[The White Way - Spring Street - Palestine, TX.]

The White Way, Spring Street, Palestine, TX. Known as this because of the way the streetlights lining the center of the road lit the way at night. This photo was made from an old post card.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Church - Palestine, Texas]

This is a photo of the First Baptist Church, which is located on Kolstad Street in Palestine.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Hoxie Street - Palestine, Tx]

Photo taken looking west down Hoxie street not long after the turn of the century.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[St. Phillips Episcopal Church]

Photo of the St. Phillips Episcopal church, which was built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine. It was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.

Date: [1870..1909]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Aerial View of Palestine]

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

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Elkhart Tx Main Street]

Photo of Main Street, Elkhart Texas. This whole town burned at one point and when it was rebuilt, all the main buildings were made of brick.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Fire Department Band]

Photo of the Palestine Fire Department Band taken in the Old Town section of Palestine, around the courthouse square around 1890-1900.

Date: [1890..1900]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Main Street, Elkhart, Texas]

Photo of Main Street, Elkhart Texas. This whole town burned at one point and when it was rebuilt, all the main buildings were made of brick.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Young Mens Business Association Bldg]

This building was the home of the Young Mens Business Association, which later became the Palestine Chamber of Commerce. It was located on Spring Street (once known as Front Street) in the "new town" section of Palestine, which was along the railroad tracks. This picture was probably taken in the early 1900's.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library