Sand Branch Baptist Church

Organized under a tree near this site on August 27, 1882, the pioneer Sand Branch Baptist Church began with twelve members from the surrounding rural area. Elder C.B. Hukill served as the congregation's first pastor. Early worship services, conducted once ...

Old Rock Baptist Church

Organized as Medina Baptist Church in April 1857 at Mann's Crossing, near Macdona. Until 1866, when members built an arbor here near Old Somerset, the services were held in homes or in a schoolhouse.

Site for meetinghouse and cemetery (2.5 acres ...

Battle of Medina

Texas' bloodiest military engagement -- the Battle of Medina -- may have taken place in this general vicinity in 1813. The early 19th century was a time of political upheaval, and in 1812, while the U.S. was at war with ...

First Baptist Church of Pleasanton

On December 16, 1866, seven charter members met together to organize the First Baptist Church of Pleasanton. They met for worship in a variety of places, including the county courthouse in 1867, a schoolhouse south of town in 1870, and ...

First Baptist Church of Lytle

Dr. J.V.E. Covey and 16 charter members organized this church in April 1893 and held their first meeting under a stand of oak trees. A small frame building was later built, becoming their first permanent church building. Early baptisms were ...

Brite Cemetery

Brite Cemetery has served citizens of Atascosa County since the 1850s. It was formally set aside when Thomas Ransdele Brite passed away in 1859, though the earliest marked burial is that of his infant son, Dan (d. 1854). Thomas Brite ...

Benton City Cemetery

(Established 1870)

First public cemetery in this community, which was famous in early days for its outstanding school, aggressive businesses, and newspaper, the Benton City "Era."

Site was given by James M. Jones, farmer-livestock raiser and leading citizen, whose rock house ...

Folger Stable c.1905

Folger Estate Stable Historic District

Erected by coffee magnate James A Folger II, and designed by Arthur Brown Jr., who designed the San Francisco Opera House and City Hall, the stable is an example of the so-called "Victorian Gothic Style". Famed ...

Johnson-Frazier Building / Cox Produce Company

1914

Johnson-Frazier Building

Fireproof! Rat-proof! Mouse-proof! This is how the Johnson-Frazier Building's earliest occupant, Wichita Fire Proof Storage Co., billed the concrete and brick Goliath when it opened in 1914.

Other businesses were housed there over the years, such as City Transfer and ...

Rabbit Creek House

Built 1852 by Eli S. Lester

The first building in town included a hotel, trading post and two barns.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Church Steet on Main Street.

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