Jacob Castleman · 1962
A soldier in the War for Texas Independence. A San Jacinto veteran. Erected by the State of Texas 1962
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Historical Markers in Flatonia, Texas
Flatonia is home to 13 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.
Flatonia Methodist Church · 1971
Founded about 1855 as Lane's Chapel by Alabaman settlers, including Texas Declaration of Independence signer William Menefee. Group met in log cabin (about 6 miles NE), then erected church school building (1859) at Pine…
View on map ↗Flatonia · 1973
Market town for rich agricultural area, on one of this state's earliest railroads (chartered 1841 by the Republic of Texas). Situated on land granted in 1840s to rancher William A. Faires. Germans began to settle here…
View on map ↗Flatonia Baptist Church · 1976
Pioneers organized this church in 1874, before incorporation of Flatonia, and erected a frame building in 1878. That was the town's first church, and it was shared with other faiths. The customs of early years included…
View on map ↗Flatonia City Hospital and Opera House · 1983
Dr. George Washington Allen (1849-1903) founded the Flatonia City Hospital in 1896, and this building was completed the following year to serve the medical needs of the growing railroad town. About 1910 the second floor…
View on map ↗Wheeler Building · 1989
This commercial vernacular building was built for W. H. and Emma Wheeler in 1907 by Allen Brothers Construction Company. Built of locally made bricks, the structure exhibits Romanesque revival style influences and…
View on map ↗Colony Cemetery · 1994
The Colony community, settled in the 1870s by former residents of Mississippi, at one time included three churches, several stores, and a post office. John A. and Margaret Young donated land at this site in 1876 for a…
View on map ↗Freyburg Methodist Church · 1994
This church began in the late 1860s when the Rev. Karl Urbantke conducted services in a local store near the town hall. Services were later held in a schoolhouse and in 1879 the congregation raised sufficient funds to…
View on map ↗Pin Oak Cemetery · 2002
The first burials at this site, now unmarked, were for two ailing soldiers who died here following the Battle of Salado Creek near San Antonio in 1842. The oldest marked grave is that of Lee F.T. Cottle (1788-1845).…
View on map ↗Freyburg United Methodist Church Cemetery · 2005
Freyburg United Methodist Church Cemetery Established 1880 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005
View on map ↗Olle Hotel · 2009
218 S. Market Ave.
View on map ↗Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church · 2016
In 1854, Matej (Matthias) Novak (1818-1896), his four children and brother Anton Novak moved to the area and settled along Mulberry Creek in what was then a frontier area known as Hottentot. Other Czech Catholic…
View on map ↗F.W. Flato · 2016
Born on February 22, 1820, in Bremen, Germany, F.W. Flato immigrated to Texas in 1846 and settled in Austin County. Flato and his wife, Sophia Welhausen, moved to southwestern Fayette County by 1866 where they operated…
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