Austin County · 1936
A part of the grant to Stephen F. Austin in 1821, created a municipality under the Mexican government in 1828, became a county of the Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836. Named in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin,…
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Historical Markers in Bellville, Texas
Bellville is home to 30 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Michael Robert Pilley · 1936
A member of the Mier Expedition, 1842. Born in Grantham, England March 30, 1820, died January 4, 1865. (1936)
View on map ↗Bellville Concordia · 1968
(Name adopted in 1938) Singing society organized in home of Fritz Schlecht, at Piney (3.5 mi. E), 1860. Members: Fritz Brandes, Heinrich and Gustav Koch, Joseph and Theo Menke, Herman Mueller, Fritz Schultz. Emil Koch,…
View on map ↗Austin County Jail · 1976
Calling their old jail "unsafe, unfit, and inadequate," the Austin County Court contracted in 1896 with Pauly Jail Building Co. of St. Louis to erect this structure at cost of $19,970. Romanesque Revival style, with…
View on map ↗John Bell Lewis Home · 1979
Influential Austin county resident John Bell Lewis (1845-1920) was born on a plantation near Coffeeville, Alabama. His grandmother Betty Washington Lewis was George Washington's sister. Lewis grew up near present…
View on map ↗Cumings Family Vault · 1981
Rebecca Cumings and her three brothers, James, John, and William, migrated to Texas from Virginia in 1821. As members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony, they were given 20,000 acres here in return for the…
View on map ↗E. O. Finn Building · 1982
Situated on land originally granted by the Mexican government to Austin County pioneer John Nichols, this vernacular Italianate commercial building was constructed in 1896 by E. Oscar Finn and John Thomas Colleton. E.O.…
View on map ↗Harigel House, The · 1984
The son of a Prussian immigrant, Emil H. Harigel, Sr. (1859-1904) opened a hardware, tinware, and stove emporium in Bellville in 1881. Soon after, he constructed this residence for his wife, Nannie Louise (Lovette), and…
View on map ↗Early History of Bellville Methodist Church · 1986
The heritage of Bellville Methodist Church dates to 1822, when Thomas B. Bell came to Texas from Florida with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. He settled in an area west of the Brazos River, and donated…
View on map ↗Site of First Bellville Masonic Lodge Building · 1986
The petition to form a Masonic lodge in Bellville was initiated by members of Chappell Hill Lodge No. 67. Bellville Lodge No. 223 was chartered in 1858. Zimri Hunt, an early Bellville lawyer, served as first Worshipful…
View on map ↗Saint Paul Lutheran Church · 1990
Lutheran clergy served people in this area as early as 1886, but this congregation did not officially begin until 1890. The first worship service was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stern, and Henry Stern deeded…
View on map ↗L. A. and Adelheid Machemehl House · 1992
A significant example of the Craftsman bungalow designed by prominent Houston architect Alfred C. Finn, this house is unusual for its one-and-one-half story form. The residence displays hallmark geometric ornamentation,…
View on map ↗Shelburne-Reinecker House · 1994
This house began as a one story residence built in 1882 by prominent lawyer, stage legislator, and merchant James Henry Shelburne (1845-1904) and his wife Mary Ann Perkins. Their heirs sold the house to William and…
View on map ↗Bellville Turnverein Pavilion · 1996
In the 19th century two organizations, the Bellville Social Club and the Bellville Turnverein Gut Heil, sponsored community-wide social activities. The Social Club purchased this property from Herman Miller in 1883 and…
View on map ↗St. John Lutheran Church · 1996
This congregation was organized in 1896 by seven Bellville families assisted by the Rev. O. W. Hartmann, a faculty member of the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham (1891-1906). Early worship services were held in…
View on map ↗Bellville · 1999
Brothers Thomas and James Bell came to this area from Florida in 1822 with Stephen F. Austin's colony and acquired about 2,000 acres of land in 1837. Thomas Bell offered a portion of his land at this site for a new…
View on map ↗Alexander Glenn Family Graveyard · 2001
Alexander Glenn (1812-1894), and his wife, Sarah Pamplin Shelburne Glenn (1819-1899), came from Georgia and settled in the Mill Creek Forks area before moving to Bellville in 1854. They purchased the Ezra Cleveland…
View on map ↗Buckhorn Cemetery · 2001
Buckhorn Cemetery Established 1880 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001
View on map ↗Oak Knoll Cemetery · 2001
Frederick William (1800-1854) and Marie Louise Starke (1827-1894) Luhn purchased 697 acres here in 1848. When Frederick died in 1854, he was buried on this homestead just east of their log home. A year later, Marie…
View on map ↗Bellville General Hospital · 2002
Bellville General Hospital Bellville was founded as county seat of Austin County in January 1848, on land provided by Thomas Bell, for whom the town was named. The railroad reached Bellville in 1879-80, and the…
View on map ↗Original Site of St. Mary's Episcopal Church · 2002
Original Site of St. Mary's Episcopal Church Anglicans in Bellville began gathering for informal worship services in the 1850s at the home of Bellville attorney Nehemiah Holland. In 1861, Bishop Alexander Gregg held the…
View on map ↗Montgomery Cemetery · 2007
Montgomery Cemetery Established 1850 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007
View on map ↗Pilgrims Rest Cemetery · 2007
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Established 1861 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006
View on map ↗Samuel Chapel Cemetery · 2008
Established circa 1890 Historic Texas cemetery 2007
View on map ↗Frank Cemetery · 2009
FRIEDRICH FRANK (1818-1883), BORN IN GERMANY, SAILED TO AMERICA IN 1852 ABOARD THE SOPHIA ALONG WITH THE WENDT FAMILY TO GALVESTON. UPON ARRIVAL, THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO AUSTIN COUNTY AND BOUGHT LAND. IN 1853, FRIEDRICH…
View on map ↗Machemehl Cemetery · 2012
MICHAEL MACHEMEHL, A MEMBER OF THE GERMAN FORTY-EIGHTERS, CAME TO AMERICA FROM ANNABERG, SAXONY IN 1849 WITH HIS WIFE, MARY BUBASH, AND THEIR SON, JOHANN. LAND PURCHASED BY THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF 800 ACRES AND WAS…
View on map ↗Coshatte Cemetery · 2013
COSHATTE CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1915 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011
View on map ↗Joachim H. Hintz · 2013
Johann Joachim Henrich Frederick (J. H.) Hintz (1841-1920), a native of Zisendorff, Mecklenburg, Germany, immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1855. The Hintzes settled in the Millheim area, and Joachim joined the…
View on map ↗First National Bank of Bellville · 2015
The First National Bank of Bellville, chartered on February 25, 1890, is the oldest bank in Austin County, and one of four national banks in Texas still in existence that were chartered in 1890. The first officers were…
View on map ↗Bellville High School · 2018
Bellville’s 1918 two-story brick schoolhouse served all grades, but by the 1930s had overcrowding and structural problems. An initial application for funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA), a federal New Deal…
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