Grimes County Historicals Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 100
Have-70 Need- 30
We have spend only a small amount of time in Grimes County and always while staying in a neighboring county. So have only scratched the surface of what this county has to offer. I would love to spend at least one night in Navasota to explore some of the shops, restaurants and take a second look at some of the neat old houses.
21st March, 2020 - Grimes County is named for Jesse Grimes, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The county seat is Anderson. While Anderson is the county seat with the beautiful courthouse pictured to the left, Navasota is the bigger city and has more of the county's historical markers, most being for some of the gorgeous old houses.
I said above, I would like a chance to really explore Navasota and that is still true. We visited the town on the way to Houston to visit Steve's parents, so it was a brief and purposeful trip with no chance to dine, or peruse the stores. In fact, all of our visits to this county have been on the way to or from somewhere else.
On reviewing this county I know some of the markers we have left to capture will be difficult. Some are on rural private properties, if they are still standing at all. There is one in a completely different county that is not even particularly close. There are a couple that are duplicates by different names for example the Allen House is the same as Miss Sally Thompson School Building, this happens in the atlas from time to time. It is far easier to recognize when this happens when in front of a computer at home, than on the road when you are thinking they are two separate entities. The Jesse Youens house is missing its medallion and plate. The Sarah Bradley Dodson 27 x 42 was also missing when we were there. So we will see how many of the 23 we still have to capture we are able get as always, I am hopeful for all of them.
I said above, I would like a chance to really explore Navasota and that is still true. We visited the town on the way to Houston to visit Steve's parents, so it was a brief and purposeful trip with no chance to dine, or peruse the stores. In fact, all of our visits to this county have been on the way to or from somewhere else.
On reviewing this county I know some of the markers we have left to capture will be difficult. Some are on rural private properties, if they are still standing at all. There is one in a completely different county that is not even particularly close. There are a couple that are duplicates by different names for example the Allen House is the same as Miss Sally Thompson School Building, this happens in the atlas from time to time. It is far easier to recognize when this happens when in front of a computer at home, than on the road when you are thinking they are two separate entities. The Jesse Youens house is missing its medallion and plate. The Sarah Bradley Dodson 27 x 42 was also missing when we were there. So we will see how many of the 23 we still have to capture we are able get as always, I am hopeful for all of them.
Allen House
Anderson Baptist Church
Andrew Jackson Montgomery
Andrew Jackson Monygomery
Anthony Drew Kennard
Apolonia Cemetery
B. B. Goodrich House
Bedias First Baptist Church
Blackberry Community
Camp Family Cemetery
Confederate Memorial
Courtney Cemetery
Craig House
Dr. Benjamin Briggs Goodrich
Education in Plantersville
Evans House
Fanthorp Inn
First Baptist Church of Navasota
First National Bank of Anderson
First Presbyterian Church of Navasota
First United Methodist Church of Navasota
Freeman Town
Fuqua Family Cemetery
George Washington Carver High School
Grimes County
Grimes County
Grimes County Bethel Cemetery
Grimes County Courthouse
Grimes County C.S.A.
Harmony Baptist Church and Cemetery
Haynie-Sanders Farm Home
Henry Schumacher Home
Home of Lt. Gov. George D. Neal
H. Schumacher Oil Works
Hughey Chapel Cemetery
Independence Cemetery
Isham Davis Home
James and Missouri Hurry House
Jared Ellison Groce
Jesse Youens Home
John Montgomery
Joseph Brooks Home
Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb
Kenneth Lewis Anderson
La Bahia Trail
Lake Grove Community
Leake Building
Lee Tabernacle Methodist Church
Lynn Grove United Methodist Church
Martins Prairie Cemetery
Martys of the Alamo
McAlpine Cemetery
Michael Moore Kennard
Mickelborough Building
Miss Sally Thompson School Building also listed in Texas Historic Commission Atlas as Allen House
Norwood House
Oakland Baptist Church
Old First National Bank of Navasota
Old Oakland Cemetery
Orphans Friend Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons
Plantersville Baptist Church
Plantersville Baptist Church
Plantersville Cemetery
Primus Kelly
R. B. S. Foster Home
R. B. S. Foster Home
Red Top Cemetery
Richards Colored School
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle
Rueben Bennett House
Robert A. Horlock House
Rosanna Ward Britton Grimes and Jesse Grimes
Saint Paul Episcopal Church
Sangster House
Sarah Bradley Dodson
Sarah Bradley Dodson
Shiro Prebyterian Church
Site of Freeman Inn
Site of Munition Factory
Site of Piedmont Springs Resort
Steinhagen Log Cabin
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Louis Cemetery
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stoneham Cemetery
Stoneham Community Center
Stoneham Methodist Church
Templeman House
The Foster House
The Giesel House
The Lewis J. Wilson Building
The Steele House
The Terrell House
Town of Bedias
Union Grove Baptist Church
Veterans Memorial
Waller Cemetery
Washington Avenue
White Hall School
Zion Cemetery
Anderson Baptist Church
Andrew Jackson Montgomery
Andrew Jackson Monygomery
Anthony Drew Kennard
Apolonia Cemetery
B. B. Goodrich House
Bedias First Baptist Church
Blackberry Community
Camp Family Cemetery
Confederate Memorial
Courtney Cemetery
Craig House
Dr. Benjamin Briggs Goodrich
Education in Plantersville
Evans House
Fanthorp Inn
First Baptist Church of Navasota
First National Bank of Anderson
First Presbyterian Church of Navasota
First United Methodist Church of Navasota
Freeman Town
Fuqua Family Cemetery
George Washington Carver High School
Grimes County
Grimes County
Grimes County Bethel Cemetery
Grimes County Courthouse
Grimes County C.S.A.
Harmony Baptist Church and Cemetery
Haynie-Sanders Farm Home
Henry Schumacher Home
Home of Lt. Gov. George D. Neal
H. Schumacher Oil Works
Hughey Chapel Cemetery
Independence Cemetery
Isham Davis Home
James and Missouri Hurry House
Jared Ellison Groce
Jesse Youens Home
John Montgomery
Joseph Brooks Home
Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb
Kenneth Lewis Anderson
La Bahia Trail
Lake Grove Community
Leake Building
Lee Tabernacle Methodist Church
Lynn Grove United Methodist Church
Martins Prairie Cemetery
Martys of the Alamo
McAlpine Cemetery
Michael Moore Kennard
Mickelborough Building
Miss Sally Thompson School Building also listed in Texas Historic Commission Atlas as Allen House
Norwood House
Oakland Baptist Church
Old First National Bank of Navasota
Old Oakland Cemetery
Orphans Friend Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons
Plantersville Baptist Church
Plantersville Baptist Church
Plantersville Cemetery
Primus Kelly
R. B. S. Foster Home
R. B. S. Foster Home
Red Top Cemetery
Richards Colored School
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle
Rueben Bennett House
Robert A. Horlock House
Rosanna Ward Britton Grimes and Jesse Grimes
Saint Paul Episcopal Church
Sangster House
Sarah Bradley Dodson
Sarah Bradley Dodson
Shiro Prebyterian Church
Site of Freeman Inn
Site of Munition Factory
Site of Piedmont Springs Resort
Steinhagen Log Cabin
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Louis Cemetery
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stoneham Cemetery
Stoneham Community Center
Stoneham Methodist Church
Templeman House
The Foster House
The Giesel House
The Lewis J. Wilson Building
The Steele House
The Terrell House
Town of Bedias
Union Grove Baptist Church
Veterans Memorial
Waller Cemetery
Washington Avenue
White Hall School
Zion Cemetery