Fayetteville · 1936
Stage station on the Old San Felipe Trail founded by James J. Ross, John Crier, James Cummins - members of Austin's first colony. Nearby resided William J. Russell, participant of the Battle of Velasco. Jerome B.…
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Historical Markers in Fayetteville, Texas
Fayetteville is home to 25 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.
John Rice Jones · 1936
Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois January 8, 1792. Came to Texas in 1831. Served in the army in 1835 until he was chosen postmaster general of the provisional government of Texas, 1836. Appointed postmaster general of the…
View on map ↗Dr. William P. Smith · 1962
A veteran of the Texas War for Independence and regimental surgeon at San Jacinto Erected by the State of Texas 1962
View on map ↗Brethren Church · 1964
Built 1874 by Czech-Moravians. Near site of first Czech Protestant worship service ever held in Texas, in 1855.
View on map ↗Breeding Family Cemetery / First School in Fayette County · 1972
David and Sarah Davis Breeding came to Texas from Kentucky and settled here in 1833 with sons John, Richard L., Napoleon B., Fidelio S., and Benjamin W.; John, Napoleon, and Fidelio Breeding fought in Texas Army during…
View on map ↗Fayette County Precinct No. 2 Courthouse · 1977
Fayetteville citizens raised $600.00 in private funds, received $200.00 in tax money from the County Commissioners' Court, and built this Victorian precinct Courthouse in 1880. A ball held in the new building netted…
View on map ↗The Sladek-Hillman House · 1979
R. J. Sladek, a Bohemian immigrant, built this home about 1896. In 1899 ownership was transferred to Anna Hillman, the widow of Ludwig Hillman, one of the early settlers of the Fayetteville area. She lived in the house…
View on map ↗Sarrazin Store · 1983
German brothers Edward and Leopold Sarrazin, who opened a mercantile store in 1875, moved their business to this building in 1890. They sold groceries, dry goods, and hardware in the front part of the building and had…
View on map ↗Spacek House · 1983
A good example of an evolutionary structure, this home was probably half its current size when it was built in the late 19th century for members of the Forres family. It was occupied by Otto and Laura Forres when a…
View on map ↗Zapp Building · 1983
German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the…
View on map ↗Compton-Zapp House · 1985
This property has been owned by a number of Fayetteville residents over the years, including William Compton, Dr. Jethro Jackson, Antone and Minnie Pohl, and Hugo Zapp, Sr. Dr. Jackson was a charter member of the…
View on map ↗St. John The Baptist Catholic church · 1994
Many Czech and German immigrants settled in this area in the mid-1800s. After many years without the services of a Czech-speaking priest, the Czech community sent Konstantin Chovanec and John Vychopen to ask Galveston…
View on map ↗The Rev. Jindrich Juren · 1994
Jindrich (Henry) Juren was born in Hradiste, Bohemia, on March 20, 1850. A Protestant minister's son, he studied theology at several universities and became fluent in Czech, English, German, French, and Polish. He…
View on map ↗Waldeck Cemetery · 1994
This cemetery has served the Waldeck community of German immigrants for over 100 years. Originally known as Long Prairie, the community met in 1866 to erect a school/church building and to establish a cemetery. Louis…
View on map ↗St. Paul Lutheran Church · 1998
Lutheran worship in this area dates to 1851 when Pastor J. C. Roehm of Basel, Switzerland, organized the first Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas and then began preaching, establishing St. John Lutheran Church of Ross…
View on map ↗Fayetteville Brethren Church Cemetery · 1999
Originally known as the Czech-Moravian Brethren Evangelical Cemetery at Ross Prairie, this site serves Texas' second oldest congregation of the Unity of the Brethren, whose members settled here in the early 1850s. This…
View on map ↗Halamicek Cemetery · 2001
When their infant daughter, Klara, died in 1899, Frank and Josephine Pustejovsky laid her to rest on this land owned by relatives Peter (1857-1927) and Rosina (1859-1919) Krystinek. Later that year, the Krystineks…
View on map ↗Pagel Cemetery · 2005
Gottfried and Friedrike (Dickow) Pagel came to Texas from Pomerania in 1850 with eight children and purchased land in this vicinity in 1852. The following year, Friedrike died shortly after giving birth to her ninth…
View on map ↗Fayetteville SPJST · 2007
The Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, known in English as the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas (SPJST), is a fraternal organization founded by Czech-Texans in 1896 at the Fayette County…
View on map ↗Fayetteville City Cemetery · 2008
This burial ground has served Fayetteville since early in the community's history. The earliest recorded burial, of Cass Fisher, dates to 1851. Other notable burials include surgeon, military leader and public servant…
View on map ↗Gresser Family Cemetery · 2009
2513 State Hwy. 1291
View on map ↗Phillip James Shaver · 2010
North Carolina native Phillip J. Shaver (1814-1875) settled in the Fayette County community of Rutersville c. 1840. Two years later, he joined the Texas Army to defend area settlers from Indians and Mexican soldiers and…
View on map ↗Site of Svrcek Building · 2012
SITE OF SVRCEK BUILDING AN 1890s COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THIS SITE WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY. THE RECTANGULAR PLAN, FRAME CONSTRUCTION BUILDING FEATURED A FALSE FRONT, SUPPORTED AWNING AND DOUBLE DOORS FLANKED…
View on map ↗Site of Svrcek Garage · 2012
SITE OF SVRCEK GARAGE FRANK SVRCEK OWNED A COMMERCIAL BUILDING HERE IN THE 1890s. THE RECTANGULAR FRAME BUILDING WITH STEPPED PARAPET HAD TWO PAIRS OF DOORS, ONE TIN AND THE OTHER WOODEN. WALTER MEINEN’S CHEVROLET…
View on map ↗S.P.J.S.T. Lodge No. 1 · 2013
In 1897, the S.P.J.S.T. Supreme Lodge formed in La Grange with 25 lodges. Lodge no. 1 in Fayetteville voted to purchase land and in Oct. 1910, construction of a hall and two ancillary buildings was complete. The…
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