Hardin County, Texas
Silsbee is home to 8 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.
Laid out in 1894 as a sawmill town, Silsbee became a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1902. By the end of that year a depot was built, and three years later a Harvey House Hotel opened. Named for entrepreneur Fred…
View on map ↗The Silsbee Ice, Light, and Power Co., bought by Gulf States Utility Co. in 1926, grew rapidly after relocating to this structure in 1930. With a new spur track of the Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Railway in place, the…
View on map ↗Methodist worship services began in Silsbee as part of a mission effort in 1901, when the community was a company town, a part of the lumbering and railroad operations of John Henry Kirby. Early Sunday School classes…
View on map ↗Above Y intersection of Bonner and Railroad Streets
View on map ↗August Knupple, a Prussian who came to Texas in 1846 to farm, established this cemetery on his property around 1870. The earliest marked grave, dating to 1871, is for Henry Robinson, although the burial ground may have…
View on map ↗In 1903, this congregation first worshiped in a railroad car in the newly developed rail and sawmill town of Silsbee. Twelve charter members officially organized Central Baptist Church in 1908 at a meeting in the…
View on map ↗FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH JOHN HENRY KIRBY AND NATHANIEL SILSBEE BEGAN DEVELOPING THE TIMBER RESOURCES OF EAST TEXAS AND BUILT A RAILROAD FROM BEAUMONT NORTHWARD. THE FIRST TERMINAL ON THE RAILROAD, NAMED SILSBEE,…
View on map ↗At the turn of the 20th century, Silsbee became a very busy mill town due to the success of the railroad connecting Silsbee and Beaumont. Many jobs were provided for both white and black settlers. A school dedicated to…
View on map ↗RoadHistorical maps all 15,000+ Texas historical markers and alerts you as you pass them. Free to download.
Keep exploring