Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 99 Matching Results

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[Headstone of Flora Browning]

Description: Photograph of the headstone for Mrs. Flora Browing, buried in the old section of the Palestine City Cemetery Complex. The headstone has an image of an open book and an open curtain above the text which says: "Sacred To The Memory of Mrs. Flora, Consort of G.W. Browing. Born June18, 1908, Died Sept. 12, 1857."
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[House located on the 500 Block N. Sycamore Street]

Description: Photograph of a two-story house painted white with red and blue accents, located on the 500 block of N. Sycamore, in Palestine, Texas. It has some queen Anne-style architectural elements including decorative accents in the gable ends and jigsawn and turned-wood trim on the front porch.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[St. Phillips Episcopal Church - 106 E. Crawford]

Description: Photograph of the front and north side of the St. Phillips Episcopal Church, located at 106 E. Crawford in Palestine, Texas, taken from E. Crawford and N. Sycamore streets. It is a brick building that has windows with pointed arches. There is a taller, square tower on the northwest corner of the building.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[708 S. Sycamore]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of a 2 ½-story frame house located at 708 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. It is painted red with white trim and has Queen Anne-style architecture, including a 3-story corner tower.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[918 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of the front of a one-story, L-plan house located at 918 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is painted blue with white trim and has Queen Anne-style embellishments including carved wooden posts and decorations along the front porch and shingling on the front gable end.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[722 S. Magnolia - Lucas - Davey House]

Description: Photograph of the front and south sides of the "Lucas-Davey House," a two-story Queen Anne-style home located at 722 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is painted green with red and gray trim, and has red-brick accents around the foundation. Distinctive features include the asymmetrical massing, a richness in details and materials and superb craftsmanship.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[715 S. Magnolia]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of a modified L-plan house located at 715 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is painted off-white with green accents and has a distinctive hipped roof and gabled extensions. The house has some Queen Anne-style embellishments including the use of shingles in the gable ends and a dormer window and also has some Classical Revival-style features including small Doric-like columns and simple balustrade on the wrap-around front porch.
Date: 1992-02~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[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
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[216 S. Magnolia]

Description: Close-up photograph of a white, two-story house located at 216 S. Magnolia, Palestine, Texas. There is some decorative woodwork along the eaves and corners of the house, and there is a green awning over the front porch.
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Pennybacker-Campbell-Wommack House]

Description: Close-up photograph of the historic marker for the Pennybacker-Campbell-Wommack House located at 814 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. Text: "Silk Stocking Row" Victorian residence built in 1890. Noted as family home of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker (1861-1938), teacher, author of widely-used school History of Texas, first Texan president General Federation Women's Clubs. Purchased 1900 by Thomas M. Campbell (1856-1923), famous lawyer, banker, governor of Texas in 1907-1911. Enlarged by Gov. Cam… more
Date: 1991~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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