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[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

[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

[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

[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

[Jane Pells]

Description: Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1887
Creator: Bailey Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[109 E. Spring]

Description: Photograph of a red-brick building located at 109 W. Spring in Palestine, Texas. The windows have logos for Toledo Finance and a sign over the door says "Toledo Loans." On the left of the building, an alley with a fire escape and part of a white stone building are visible.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.761727 -95.631983
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

[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

[301 S. Magnolia - Bowers Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the north and east sides of the "Bowers Mansion" located at 301 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story house that has Victorian Italiante-style architectural elements (including a small cupola with bracketed eaves and narrow, paired windows), and a two-tiered porch with Queen Anne-style turned- and jigsawn- wood trim. This photo was taken from the corner of south Magnolia and west Bowers streets.
Date: [1878..1955]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.760084 -95.632542
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[1005 N. Queen - P.A. Kolstad House]

Description: This 2-story frame dwelling is indicative of the kind of house many of Palestine’s more affluent families built during the late 19th century. Stylistically, the house is a hybrid of Italianate and Queen Anne styles, both of which were popular in Palestine during the Victorian area. The pedimented architraves above the windows and the bracketed eaves reflect an influence of the Italianate style, while the turned woodwork of the porch is usually associated with Queen Anne architecture. The origin… more
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[James "Jim" Conaway]

Description: James "Jim" Conaway was born 18 August 1830 and died 11 October 1898 and was buried in the East Hill section of the Palestine city cemetery complex. He was the son of James Sr. and Mary Conaway and he never married. This photograph was found, along with a handwritten copy of his will, among the papers of the Conaway family that were donated to the Palestine Public Library some years ago.
Date: unknown
Creator: Yancey, C. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Portrait of Ira Trotter]

Description: Portrait of Ira Trotter as a young man, visible from the chest up and looking toward the left side of the image. He is wearing a dark-colored suit with a light-colored, high-collared shirt and a dark necktie with small polka-dots. The portrait is in an oval-shaped frame.
Date: [1928..1938]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Dickson and Willard - Young relatives of James "Jim" Conaway]

Description: Dickson T. Carrick (b. 1872) and Willard W. Carrick (b. 1875). These two boys were somehow related to James "Jim" Conaway. Raised in, Waxahachie, Texas by their parents, White L. Carrick and Camilla Rozina (Thompson) Carrick. The father died in 1884 and the mother re-married and they moved to Dallas around 1889 or 1890. The boys both died of consumption 2 days apart in 1896 and were buried in Waxahachie. The picture was included in the papers of the Conaway family that were donated to the Pa… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Reid and Devenport Photographers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Andrew L. Bowers]

Description: Andrew L. Bowers was born in 1852 in North Carolina. Upon moving to Texas, his first job was as a day laborer on an iron bridge at Columbus, TX. He was eighteen years of age. At nineteen he was promoted to foreman, with the Delaware Bridge Company. Afterward, he worked for the railroads, steadily climbing their ranks until he reached the position of Superintendent of Construction for the Northwest division, covering the area from Spring to Fort Worth. He eventually left the railroad, resigning … more
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762118 -95.630740
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[William Young Lacy]

Description: William Young Lacy, son of Martin and Dorothy (Dolly) Young Lacy, wa born on March 20, 1814 in Caldwell County, Ky. (His headstone reads that he was born in 1912) He attended college in Kentucky, but when his parents and other family members prepared to move to Texas, he was called home to accompany them. William lived in San Augustine, then moved with his family to Bean’s Saline in what is now southwest Smith County. He served in the Army of the Republic in East Texas and then became a surv… more
Date: 1878
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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