Fayette County Historical Markers

NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY- 170
Have -153  Need-17
 Fayette County is named for Marquis de la Fayette who was a French aristocrat and close friend of George Washington a military officer in the American Revolutionary War. The county seat is La Grange. 
   When I think of Fayette County, I think of green fields, blue bonnets and Round Top. La Grange is a much bigger town and has more markers but it is Round Top that comes to mind when I think of Fayette County. It could be because its a quaint country town or because of the  annual Antique Fair (which I have yet to visit but badly want to) or the excellent dinner we had a Royers Round Top Cafe which I'm going to take a minute to talk about because I have never quite experienced anything quite like it. We planned our visit to Fayette County on this day, around dinner at Royers because it was something we wanted to do for a while and they are only open Thursday- Saturday for dinner. So at the end of the day we were really hungry and anticipation had been building all day, we sat and ordered entrees but were brought two complimentary starters one was shrimp jalapeno poppers which were delicious. It didn't stop there, I was trying quail for the first time and was brought not only the stuffed quail I ordered but also the grilled quail because the chef wanted me to experience it both ways again the second quail serving  was complimentary, both awesome. Everything was great, I felt like I'd been mistaken for a food critic. I also ordered a glass of wine which was a very generous pour and pie to go (because there was no fitting it in after dinner, they are famous for their pies) which again was on the house. I would encourage anyone to visit Royers because regardless of whether you get any freebies or not, you will leave feeling like you ate a friends house rather than a  restaurant.
  On our first visit we stayed at the Olle Hotel in Flatonia, we had the place to our selves and the owner said to make ourselves at home and it sort felt like an old house rather than a hotel. The only complaint Steve had was that he was awoken very early in the morning by the trains, I slept through them it so they couldn't have been that loud. I would have no trouble staying there again. ​   
The hardest thing about marker hunting in Fayette County is they do have a lot of markers on private property but every time we visit we seem to be able access another of these, it's just been slow going. There are few missing markers Flatonia City Hospital and Opera House is missing its medallion & plate. The First Roadside Park in Texas and the Original Site of First Oil Mill in Texas subject markers have been missing for many years. I have written to the Fayette County Historical Commission to see if there are any plans to replace them. Rabb House burnt down in 1999. The Earthman Farm had their marker stolen and the owner wanted to replace it but the Historical Commission denied the application due to the text on the marker being unsubstantiated (I think it's just not politically correct, but that's just my opinion). The original Lyons Lodge No.195, A. F.& A. M. is now an auto parts store and almost unrecognizable from the first building the medallion & plate is no longer on the building.  In this county there can also be a difference of several years between when the marker appears in the atlas and when its actually is erected. ​
7th December, 2019 - On review, all the old private property markers still prove to be difficult, the Texas Historical Commission lists markers for several markers for cemeteries that were added many years ago but I'm unable to confirm these have been placed, there are some new markers that I believe have been stalled due to lack of foundry. 
31st August, 2024- Fayette County is active and have added several new markers not all have been dedicated. The markers for the First Roadside Park in Texas, the first marker for Lyon's Lodge No. 195, A.M. & A.F.  and Original Site of First Oil Mill in Texas are missing without any plans to replace. The Travis Street Church and the Joseph Biegel House once had markers, so that is why they are listed here, but due to relocation their markers have been removed. The Hamilton Ledbetter House, John Vogt House, Ludwig and Caroline Giese House and Rocky Creek Farm are on private property. As are Stephen Williams, Gresser Family Cemetery, and John Henry Moore.
​         All this to say this is a difficult county to complete though I am proud to say this last visit got us closer and with every review I do learn something new. 
1874 Gus Cranz Mansion 
Asa Hill of Rutersville 
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Beer Office and Bottling Company
Bermuda Valley Farm 
Bernard Scherrer
Bethlehem Church 
Birthplace of the SPJST
Black Jack Springs Cemetery 
Boehnke Cemetery
Bradshaw-Killough House
Brandt Cemetery 
Breeding Family Cemetery / First School in Fayette County 
Brethren Church
Brookfield-Evans-Cremer House
Burham's Ferry 
Carl T. Morene: A Shorthorn Forever
Casino Hall
Cedar Cemetery 
Cedar Creek Cemetery
Cesko Narodni Hrbitov
Christian G. Wertzner
Cistern Public Cemetery
City Library Building
Colonel John H. Moore House
Colony Cemetery 
Col. William F. Upton 
Compton-Zapp House
Connersville Primitive Baptist Church African American Cemetery
Creuzbaur's Battery, C. S. A. - "The Big Guns of Fayette" 
Czech Catholic Union of Texas 
Dawson Memorial
Dr. William P. Smith
Dubina
Early Texas Hotels & Inns 
Earthman Farm 
Father Miguel Muldoon
Fayette County
Fayette County Courthouse
Fayette County, C. S. A. 
Fayette County Jail
Fayette County Poor House and Farm
Fayette County Precinct No. 2 Courthouse
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Brethren Church Cemetery
Fayetteville City Cemetery 
Fayetteville SPJST
First Roadsite Park in Texas
Flatonia
Flatonia Baptist Church 
Flatonia City Hospital and Opera House
Flatonia Methodist Church 
Freyburg Methodist Church
Freyburg United Methodist Church Cemetery
F.W. Flato
Gotcher Trace
Gresser Family Cemetery 
Halamicek Cemetery 
Hamilton Ledbetter House
Hermes House
High Hill Cemetery
 Isaac Lafayette Hill
Jacob Castleman
James Carrell Bell 
James J. Ross
James Seaton Lester
John Henry Moore 
John Rice Jones
John Vogt Homestead
​Joseph Biegel Home                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Joseph C. Robinson
Kallus House 
Kaulbach Home
Konrad Joh Log Cabin 
Kreische Complex
La Fayette Masonic Lodge No. 34
La Grange M-K-T ("Katy") Depot
Lenert House
Ludwig and Caroline Giese House
Lyon's Family Cemetery 
Lyon's Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M. 
Lyon's Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M.
Meerscheidt House
Mier Expedition and Dawson's Men
Monument Hill Tomb
Mulberry Creek Bridge 
Muldoon Community
Nassau Plantation 
Navidad Baptist Cemetery 
Old Anderson Place
Old City Cemetery 
Old Plum Grove Cemetery 
Oldenburg
​Olle Hotel 
Original Site of First Oil Mill in Texas 
​Pagel Cemetery 
Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church 
Phillip James Shaver
Pin Oak Cemetery 
Pitman Cemetery
Plum Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery
Pochmann House 
Psencik Cemetery
Rabb House 
Rabb's Prairie 
Robert Hancock Hunter
Rocky Creek Farm 
Round Top 
Round Top Community 
Rutersville
Rutersville College 
Saints Peter and Paul Old Catholic Cemetery 
Salem Memorial Cemetery 
Samuel Knight Lewis 
Sarrazin Store
Shiege Cigar Factory
Shiege Cigar Factory Manager's House 
Shiege House
Schueddemagen Home 
Schulenburg 
Schulenburg Baptist Church
Schulenburg City Cemetery
Schulenburg Community Cemetery
Shiloh Cemetery
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Simon Peter Ford 
Site of a Twin Blockhouse
Site of First Methodist Annual  Conference in Texas
Site of Former Town of Lyons
Site of Svrcek Building
Site of Svrcek Garage
Site of Wood's Fort
Spacek House 
S. P. J. S. T. Lodge No. #1
Stephen's Chapel Methodist Cemetery
Stephen Williams 
St. James Episcopal Church 
St. James Missionary Baptist Church 
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
St. John The Baptist Catholic Church 
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church 
St. Peter Lutheran Church and Prairie Valley Cemetery 
The Dawson Expedition/Historic Oak 
The Faison House
The First U. S. Postal Rural Mail Route in Texas 
The Menn House 
The Morgan Family of Plum
The Oldest Czech Settlement
The Old Masonic Building
The Reverend Joseph Chromcik
The Rev. Jindrich Juren 
The Sladek-Hillam House
Townsend-Bremer House
Travis Street Methodist Church
Turner Hall 
United Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery 
Waldeck Cemetery
Waldeck Evangelical Lutheran Church 
Wandke House
Webb-Schneider House
Wheeler Building
William B. Bridgers
William Gorham
Willow Springs Road  Bridge
Winchester Cemetery 
Winedale Stagecoach Inn
Woods Prairie Cemetery 
W. S. Robson
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1867
Zapp Building