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[805 S. Sycamore - George Edward Dilley House]

Description: Photograph of the front (east side) of the "George Edward Dilley House" located at 805 S. Sycamore, in Palesine, Texas. The house is two stories and has a wrap-around porch with decorative woodwork, as well as a mansard roof and a widow's walk with cast iron handrails. The yard is enclosed by a decorative metal fence.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.755041 -95.629940
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[422 S. Magnolia - First United Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of the front and north side of the First United Methodist Church, located at 422 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. The two-story church is made of brick with stone accents and has Gothic Revival-style architecture, including pointed, arched openings and corner towers; the tower on the southwest corner is taller than the rest of the building. To the left of the building, there is a stone wall with arches that match the building's windows, and a decorative wooden gate.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.758936 -95.632374
Partner: Palestine Public Library

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

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), 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 horiz… more
Date: January 1993
Creator: Moore, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.753688 -95.631114
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[100 S. Sycamore - Pearlstone Grocery Company]

Description: 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: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[519 S. Royall]

Description: Photograph of the front of the "Gooch, Gardner, Kolstad House," a white, two-story, brick house located at 519 S. Royall in Palestine, Texas. It has Victorian Italianate architectural embellishments, including the segmental-arched hoodmolds, bracketed eaves, and main entrance with its round-arched portal and hoodmold. Additionally, there are Queen Anne-style aspects, such as the fish-scaled, patterned shingles in the front-facing gable and the complex roof plan.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.755871 -95.628655
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[511 Royall - Reagan / Ferguson House]

Description: This modest, center-passage dwelling presents another good illustration of how many late 19th century homeowners applied stylistic ornamentation to a vernacular house form. This 1-story frame residence has a front-facing gable extension and porch with turned-wood columns and jigsawn brackets, all of which are suggestive of the Queen Anne style. Rear additions are not only relatively unobtrusive to the building’s original appearance, but they also reflect the property’s physical evolution and ar… more
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[421 S. Magnolia - Alexander White Gregg House]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of the "Alexander White Gregg House," a two-story house located at 421 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It has a partially-enclosed front porch and a two-story bay window in the right side of the building. The house has been modified and expanded multiple times, and it was the primary residence of Congressman Alexander White Gregg and his wife during the late 1800s and early 20th century.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.758842 -95.632417
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[619 S. Sycamore - A.R. Howard House]

Description: Close-up photograph of the southwest corner of the "A.R. Howard House," a two-story, Victorian Italianate-style house located at 619 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. This house is noteworthy because of its load-bearing masonry (brick) construction and its segmental-arched openings, bracketed eaves, and low-pitched roof.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.756423 -95.630313
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[1100 Block S. Sycamore]

Description: This photo was taking looking north along S. Sycamore Street. just north of the intersection of Sycamore and Jolly Streets. The houses shown in the picture are (from left to right) 1119 S. Sycamore and 1117 S. Sycamore.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Moore, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[410 Avenue A - First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the front and east side of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 410 Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a red-brick building with white stone accents that has a Gothic architecture design including leaded stained glass and Tiffany memorial windows. There is a tall silver spire above the tower on the corner of the building.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.763032 -95.629237
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[913 E. Calhoun - Mt. Vernon African American Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church]

Description: Photograph of the front and west side of Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, located at 913 E. Calhoun Street, in Palestine, Texas. The brick building is a Gothic Revival-style building that has large towers on two of the corners with steep pyramidal roofs.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.767932 -95.623019
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[310 E. Crawford - Gatewood Shelton Gin Building]

Description: Photograph of one corner of the "Gatewood-Shelton Gin" building, located at 310 E. Crawford in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story metal-clad structure without stylistic ornamentation, that faces north onto E. Crawford Street, just beyond the northern limits of Palestine’s historic downtown
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.764319 -95.629118
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[201 W. Crawford - Denby Bldg]

Description: Photograph of the front and side of the "Denby Building," located at 201 W. Crawford in downtown Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story brick building, classified as a "Two-Part Commercial Block," that has grouped pivoting windows on the upper floors, and side-facing brickwork in the parapet.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.763031 -95.632441
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[213 W. Main - Robinson State Bank Building]

Description: Photograph of the front of the "Robinson State Bank Building" located at 213 W. Main in Palestine, Texas. The building is made of red brick with Romanesque Revival detailing and is classified as a One-Part Commercial Block. It has a rectangular plan with load-bearing masonry construction, a 3-bay façade that displays elaborate brickwork, a large round archway marking the primary entrance, and a stepped, 3-part parapet with corbelling. A neon sign near the entrance says "Rushing Jewelers, Home … more
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762195 -95.633075
Partner: Palestine Public Library

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

Description: Photograph of the front and side of the "Dilley Building," a two-story, brick building located at 401 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: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762196 -95.634608
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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