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[Early Jacksonville Business District]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1917. The long building to the left was the Spear House and then the Pearl Hotel. The tall building in the center foreground was the first home of the First National Bank. A windmill and water tank can be seen on the far right. The Union Baptist Church is on the left, while the Benson Chapel Methodist is on the right. At the far upper right is the Ragsdale home. The building in front of the hotel was the first home of the International … more
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Gober Brothers]

Description: Copy negative of the Gober brothers, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gaines Gober. All of them were involved in business, on Kickapoo St. in Jacksonville. From left to right, they are George Gober, Tom Gober, W. S. "Bill" Gober, Fred Gober, and Hansford Gober.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Early Jacksonville Business District]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1917. The long building to the left was the Spear House and then the Pearl Hotel. The tall building in the center foreground was the first home of the First National Bank. A windmill and water tank can be seen on the far right. The Union Baptist Church is on the left, while the Benson Chapel Methodist is on the right. At the far upper right is the Ragsdale home. The building in front of the hotel was the first home of the International … more
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[First Stone of Jacksonville Public Library]

Description: Copy negative of Mrs. C. A. Childs (nee Minnie Lattimore) bent over to lay the first stone for the Jacksonville Public Library in 1940. The project manager, George Booth, is to the left. The workman standing behind Childs is unidentified. The building in the left background is the old Etex Hotel.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville Business District]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1900. Building on the left was Heidelberg Hotel, while the building on the right was Charles H. Martin's Real Estate agency. The tall building on the left farther south is the First National Bank. The tall building on the right to the south of Martin's was the Ragsdale Brothers Store, with the Opera House on the second floor. The second tall building in the left background was the J. A. Templeton Building. Trees line the street on both … more
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission
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