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[I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home]

Description: The International and Great Northern Railroad Immigrants Home. Built to give people moving to this part of Texas a place to live until their house was built. A play on the part of the railroad to encourage settlers to immigrate to Texas right after the railroad was built in the late 1880's and early 1890's.
Date: 1890~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[First Presbyterian Church - 410 Avenue A]

Description: Copy print of the front of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 410 Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a brick building with stone accents that has a Gothic architecture design including leaded stained glass and Tiffany memorial windows. There is a tall spire above the tower on the left side of the building. A note on the original photograph says "Palestine, Tex. Photo by Geo.A. McDonald." A note under the original photograph says "M-15 Presbyterian Church."
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[717 S. Sycamore]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of a two-story frame house located in 717 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. It has Queen Anne-style details on the porch woodwoork and gable ends with Italianate-style influences (including round-arched upper sashes on the second floor windows, and pedimented architraves).
Date: 1979~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a suit, speaking into a microphone on the steps of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. There are people seated on the steps and standing on the ground watching. Part of the building's Classical Revival-style architecture is visible in the upper part of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Dogwood Tree in Front of the Howard House - 1011 N. Perry]

Description: Photograph of a blooming Dogwood tree in the front yard of the Howard House, which is located at 1011 N. Perry Street in Palestine. The house is a one-story, white, antebellum-style house with Greek revival influence including square columns along the front porch. An anchor with a plaque is propped in the front yard.
Date: March 1979
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Detail view of the architecture just south of the entrance on the west side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.
Date: 1980~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
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