Historical Markers in Granger, Texas

United Methodist Church · 1970

Granger High School · 1991

Established in 1887, the Granger Common School District built three earlier school buildings (1887, 1906 and 1914) on this site before this structure was erected in 1924-25. A good example of institutional design of the…

Young House · 1991

Constructed in 1901 for the A. A. Young family, this residence exhibits elements of the Classical Revival and Beaux Arts styles of architecture. Its eclectic details and architectural features include large dormers,…

Granger Brethren Church · 1992

Czech Protestant immigrants began settling in this area in the early 1880s. Many of them established family farms in the rich farmland surrounding Granger. The Czechs' first organized worship service was held in a…

Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church · 1993

The Czechs/Moravians who settled here in the early 1880s initially worshiped in each others' homes or traveled 12 miles to Taylor, site of the nearest Catholic church. As their informal congregation grew so did the…

Granger City Hall (Farmers State Bank) · 1994

Erected in 1908-09, this building originally housed Farmers State Bank, the second banking institution founded in Granger. The bank closed in 1926 and the building became the Granger City Hall in 1929. An architectural…

Macedonia Cemetery · 1994

According to local tradition a congregation known as the O'Possum Creek Church built an all-faiths sanctuary in this area as early as 1858. During the 1860s the Macedonia community began to develop as English and German…

A. A. & Mary Spacek House · 1999

Designed by architect William Flick, this house was built between 1921 and 1923 for Arnold Adolph (A. A.) Spacek and his wife Mary Julia (Cervenka). A. A. Spacek (1896-1952) was a locally prominent grocer, banker and…

Brick Streets in Granger · 2001

Area landowners A. S. Fischer and W. C. Belcher platted the townsite of Granger in 1884, in anticipation of its potential to develop along the rail line that had been laid two years previously. The town plan called for…

Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic School · 2001

In 1899, eight years after the founding of Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, its Czech/Moravian parishioners established a school for their children. In 1901 the Sisters of Divine Providence began their long…

Site of Moravia School · 2003

Site of Moravia School In the mid-nineteenth century, Moravian immigrants began moving into Central Texas, attracted by fertile soils and the hope for better lives. One who settled here was Pavel Machu (1834-1907), a…

Friendship Community · 2006

Beneath the waters of Granger Lake, constructed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s, lies the site of an early agricultural settlement known as Allison and later as Friendship. Brothers Elihu Creswell Allison…

Machu Cemetery · 2012

MACHU CEMETERY PAVEL AND ROZINA (TRLICA) MACHU SETTLED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN 1878 AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY BEGAN IN 1883 WHEN MACHU HELPED A WOMAN BURY HER HUSBAND…