Historical Markers in Plano, Texas

Muncey Massacre · 1976

McBain Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey settled in this vicinity in 1840 and 1842. While hunting in late 1844, William Rice and Leonard Searcy came to Muncey's hut and found the savagely slain bodies of Jameson, Muncey, Mrs.…

The Ammie Wilson House · 1978

Hunter T. and Mary A. Farrell built this Victorian home in 1891. It typified the substantial houses of the late 19th century in this agricultural community. In 1934 Mrs. Farrell gave her daughter Ammie Wilson…

Liberty Baptist Church · 1979

Settlers met for worship in Henry Cook's remote log cabin known as "Lonesome House". Liberty Baptist Church was formed on Feb. 16, 1850. Elder Eli Witt served until 1856 as the first pastor. In a few years the…

Rowlett Creek Cemetery · 1979

In 1836 Dr. Daniel Rowlett (1786-1848), a Kentuckian, came to Texas with his wife and six other families. Rowlett, a physician, lawyer, surveyor, and politician, settled near present Bonham. He located much of his large…

Plano Cemetery · 1980

This graveyard was part of the Peters Colony land grant of Joseph Klepper (d. 1884). He immigrated to Collin county from Illinois about 1845. The burial site contains graves of five Peters colonists, their families, and…

Shiloh Baptist Church · 1988

This congregation was organized in 1884 as the Mt. Zion Colored Baptist Church. Led by the Rev. Z.T. Stuart, the charter members were Ammon Drake, Lula Drake, Minnie Drake Stuart, and Kanzetta Bowen. Located at this…

Texas Electric Railway Station · 1990

Built in 1908 by the Texas Traction Company (Texas Electric Railway after a merger in 1917), this station served passengers and freight customers of the company's North Texas routes. The wood frame passenger depot and…

First Methodist Church of Plano · 1992

According to oral history sources, this congregation traces its history to 1846 or 1847, when a group of thirteen people met together in the home of Peters' colonists Joseph and Elizabeth Russell to organize a Methodist…

Plano National Bank/I.O.O.F. Lodge Building · 1993

After a building they shared was destroyed by fire in 1895, the Plano National Bank (est. 1887) and the I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows) Lodge (est. 1870) erected this commercial building here in 1896. In 1936 the structure was…

First Baptist Church of Plano · 1994

This congregation, established as the Spring Creek Baptist Church in 1852, built its first sanctuary on Spring Creek about two miles south of here of land owned by Jacob Routh. Formally organized in 1853, the…

First Christian Church of Plano · 1996

Kentucky natives William and Ruth Forman moved to Texas in 1846, and acquired land that included the future location of Plano. The Forman's daughter Letitia married George Barnett in 1853. The Barnetts bought land…

Plano Mutual Cemetery · 1996

Among the earliest graveyards in Collin county, this cemetery traces its beginnings to 1852 when Dr. Lillie was buried on land belonging to his uncle William Forman. A Kentucky native, Forman came to Texas about 1850…

Young Cemetery · 1996

Sam Young (1814-1891) and Patience Cornell Young (1814-1847) came to Collin county from Illinois in 1842. More Illinois settlers came to the area in 1845. Young bought land from the Baccus Land survey and founded a…

First Presbyterian Church of Plano · 1997

Plano High School and Gymnasium · 2006

The Plano Institute opened on this site in 1882 before a public school system existed in Plano. In 1891, city officials bought the school and took over operations. Later schools built here included one in 1924 which…

Young Cemetery · 2009

South of S.H. 121 between Independence and Custer Roads, ensconced north of #3 green of Ridgeview Ranch Golf Course

Bowman Cemetery · 2013

BOWMAN CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1868 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2008

Collinsworth Cemetery · 2013

COLLINSWORTH CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1895 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2002

Mathews General Store · 2013

This was one of several brick buildings erected on Mechanic Street after an October 1895 fire. S. J. And Nancy Mathews came to Plano in 1893 and opened a store across the street before relocating here in 1906. Mathews…

Old City Cemetery · 2013

HTC Medallion HTC - 2002

Fred Schimelpfenig Building · 2014

This building was built in 1884 by the Sanger Brothers and was made into the most prosperous dry goods store in Plano by Frederick Schimelpfenig. Schimelpfenig ran the store until the fire of 1895 and was mayor of Plano…

W. D. McFarlin Building · 2014

This building was purchased by W.D. McFarlin in 1885 and is considered one of the oldest brick buildings in Plano. A fire in 1895 destroyed the original building and McFarlin rebuilt the building out of brick. One year…

Saigling House · 2018

The Houston & Texas Central Railroad brought access to agricultural markets and growth to Plano in the 1870s. Celestine (Pillot) (1854-1932) and Charles Frederick (C.F.) (1840-1906) Saigling moved from Houston to Plano…

Aldridge House · 2019

LOCATED IN HAGGARD PARK, PLANO’S FIRST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCALLY-DESIGNATED HERITAGE DISTRICT, THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1918 FOR CHARLES “C.C.” ALDRIDGE (1873-1950), HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH A. (ARMSTRONG)…