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TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS

MCLENNAN COUNTY Historical markers

NUMBER MARKERS IN COUNTY - 230
Have- 208  Need-22
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            Named for Neil McLennan an early settler. County seat is Waco. I'm going to be honest when I was still back in Australian the only thing I knew about Waco was tragedy that occurred in 1993 when the followers of David Korash and police clashed and resulted in the death of more than 80 followers and 4 police.  It did colour the way I viewed Waco or at least what I expected prior to visiting. What I found was a university town, a large rural community with a strong connection to their immigrant roots. Now of course Waco is almost trendy with people lined up to visit Magnolia, due to the popularlity of Chip and Joanna Gaines' TV show,  Fixer Upper. Has this changed the face of Waco? I would have to say in some ways, YES!!! I is still a college town but there are more restaurants, more tourists and it was definately harder to get a  room in my favorite Waco hotel. Hotel Indigo 🙁. The farmers market had a lot of visitors and I'm not sure this would have always been the case. We have eaten in a lot of different restaurants in Waco, including Elite Cafe before it became Magnolia, George's,  where I learnt to appreciate  chicken fried steak.  (see picture below), the famous Health Camp, Ninfa's (which I thought was okay but Steve says it doesn't touch the original location in Houston. Lastly one of my favorite Texas restaurants of all time Diamondbacks. 
     As to the markers, it's hard to know where to start to talk about them. McLennan County feels messy to me. We have been visiting here since the beginning of our hobby in 2005. McLennan County Historical Commission is robust and have added new marker consistedly over the years. There are markers on private property in Goodall Cemetery, Hogle Cabin, Watt Caufield Ranch, the Ross Oak and Site of Torrey's Trading post that we have yet to visit. The Torrey's Trading Post is a centennial marker and apparently the owner has blocked all access, it looks like it may have become a battle of wills as McClennan would dearly love to recolate the marker, which I believe has fallen over. Usually, in our experience, people with markers on private do allow access as long as you ask, it seems undestandable that they want to know who is on their property. These markers we know exist, it's simply as access issue and sometime knowing exactly who to ask. Texans are cautious but also very proud of their history and it is the exception when they don't want to share it. St. Paul's Espiscopal Church had a medallion, which was part of the 1960's mark program, the church does not know where it is. The Aquilla Bridge Truss and Bosque River Crossing of the 1841 Texas Santa Fe Expediton markers were broken off at the pole, I think McLennan may replace them eventually. Giles Homestead burnt down a quite a while ago thus the medallion was lost. Belle Plain is listed in the Texas Historical Commission but I believe and I could be wrong and I think the s just an entry error and does not exist in McLennan County. The Paul Quinn College marker I believe was taken to Dallas where the campus is still active. The marker for Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium, I have no idea where this is, we cpuld not find it at 3000 Herring Avenue. Second Baptist Church of Waco was removed from the site of the old church but has not made it to the site of the new church. H. & T. C. Railroad marker may or may not be missing? There are new markers that we have yet to visit. Here is my last dilemma. There is a book entitled Historical Markers of McLennan County by Charles Scott Adams, the author has died.  The marjority  of markers listed in the authors book are also listed in the Texas Historical Commission atlas but there are some not there, thing is in the last couple of years a couple they have popped up there as well so now I am unsure if they actual geniune markers???? I have written to McLennan County and hope they will be able to clarify. 

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1846 Site of Neill McLennan Home
Albert Turner Clifton House
Alexander McKinza
Alico Building
Aquilla Creek Truss Bridge
Austin Avenue Methodist Church
Austin Avenue United Methodist Church
Bagby House

Battle Cemetery and Community
Baylor University
Belle Plain
Bell's Hill School 
Best Theatre Building
Bold Springs Cemetery
Bosque River Crossing of the 1841 Texas Santa Fe Expedition
Bosqueville Baptist Church
Bosqueville Cemetery
Bosqueville Methodist Church
Brann-Davis Shooting
Brazos River Transmission Electric Cooperative
Bruceville Baptist Church
Bull Hide Creek Iron Bridge
Burleson Quadrangle 
Camp MacArthur, World War I Training Camp
Canaan Baptist Cemetery

Canaan Baptist Church
Carroll Library
Castle Heights
Central Christian Church of Waco
Central Presbyterian Church
Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium
Chalk Bluff Baptist Church
Charles A. Westbrook Plantation
China Spring Cemetery
China Spring Cemetery
China Spring Tabernacle
Church of the Assumption
Cobbs-Walker Cemetery
Columbus Avenue Baptist Church 
Concord Cemetery
Congregation Agudath Jacob
Congregation Rodef Sholom
Crawford

Crawford Cemetery
Crawford Schools
David Smith Kornegay
Deyerle-Fall House
Doris Miller
Downsville Baptist Church
Dr. Andrew Joseph Armstrong and Mary Maxwell Armstrong
Dr. David Richard Wallace
Dr, John Henry Sears
Dr. Rufus Columbus Burleson
Earle-Harrison House
Earle-Napler-Kinnard House
East Terrace
Eddy Methodist Church
Edward Ferdiinant Forsgard 
Elite Cafe
Elk Community
Erath
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery

First Baptist Church of Crawford
First Baptist Church of Eddy
First Baptist Church of Mart
First Baptist Church of Mart
First Baptist Church of McGregor
First Baptist Church of Moody
First Baptist Church of Waco
First Baptist Church of West
First Christian Church of McGregor (Disciples of Christ)
First Lutheran Church 
First United Methodist Church of Crawford
First Presbyterian Church of Waco
First Presbyterian Church of West
First Street Cemetery

First United Methodist Church of Hewitt
First United Methodist Church of Waco
Fletcher Cemetery
Flowers House
Former Site of Saint Peter's Church
Forsgard House
Fort House
Franciscan Monastery
Friedens Cemetery
Friedens Evanglical & Reformed United Church of Christ
General Richard Harrison
Generals Jerome & Felix Robertson
George Harrison Butler House 
George W. Carroll Science Hall 
George W. Truett
Georgia Burleson and Early Female Education at Baylor
Gerald-Harris Shooting
Gholson Cemetery
Giles Homestead
Glenn and Mary Gulledge Crain House
Goodall Cemetery
Governor Patrick Morris Neff
Grand Lodge of Texas A.F & A.M.
Greenwood Cemetery
Groppe Barn
G. W. Carver High School
Hallie Earle, M. D. 
H. & T. C. Railroad
H. J. and Cora Hudson House
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Harris Creek Cemetery
Hebrew Rest
Hewitt Baptist Church
Hill House
Hogle Cabin
Jacob De Cordova
Joel Bunditt Crain
Johnson-Taylor House
John Silas Edens
Kellim Family Cemetery
Kuykendall House
Liberty Grove Cemetery
Lone Oak Cemetery
Lorena Cemetery
Lorena United Methodist Church
Louis Moore
Lusk House
Madison Cooper House
Martin Irons
McGregor
​McGregor Mirror
McLennan County
McLennan County Courthouse
McLennan County Medical Society
Meier Settlement Methodist Church
Moody
Moody Cemetery
Moody United Methodist Church
​Moore Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
Mount Zion United Methodist Church
Naler Cemetery
Neil McLennan
New Hope Baptist Church 
Oakwood Cemetery
Old Harrison
Old Main
Old Perry Cemetery
Old Site of Texas Christian University
Old Walker Homestead
Ole Canuteson
Patton Baptist Church
Paul Quinn College
Proctor Springs
Providence Sanitarium 
R. E. B. Baylor
Riesel
Robertson
Ross
Rotan-Dosset House
Rotan Drive
Rufus C. Burleson
Saint James United Methodist Church
Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Saint Mary's Cemetery
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption
Samuel Johan Forsgard
Sarah Ann Vouchere Walker 
Second Baptist Church of Waco
Seventh & James Baptist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
Site of A. J. Moore High School
Site of Bruceville Methodist Church
Site of First Church Building in Waco
Site of Old Texas Cotton Palace

Santa Cruz Cemetery 
Site of Waco Boating and Fishing Club
Speegleville Baptist Church
Stanford Chapel Cemetery

St. John United Church of Christ
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t. Martin's Cemetery
St. Mary's School 

St. Paul's Church of Gerald
Stratton-Stricker Building
The Armstrong Browning Library 
The C. C. McCulloch House
The Cottonland Castle 
The Courthouses of McLennan County
The Crash at Crush

The Groppe Building
The Howard House
The Isaac Jackson Teague Property
The Methodist Home 
The Ross Oak
The Sims Cabin
The Sturgis House
The Tabernacle Baptist Church
The Texas Collection
The Texas Rangers and the Fence Cutters
The Waco Suspension Bridge
The Waco Tornado 
The William Cameron House
Thomas Hudson Barron
Toliver Chapel Baptist Church
Torrey's Trading Post No. 2
Tours Community
Waco 
Waco City Waterworks
Waco, County Seat of McLennan County
Waco Lodge No. 92, A.F. & A.M.
Waco Springs
Waco Springs, Site of  the Waco Indian Village
Waco State Home
Waco Theatre
Waco University
Watson Feed Store
Watt Caufield Ranch
Welborn-Bostick Home
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
​Wesley United Methodist Church 
West
West Brethren Church
White Hall Cemetery
White Rock Cemetery
W. H. Janes House
William Cameron Park 
William McKendree Lambdin
Willow Grove  Community Cemetery 
Wortham Bend Cemetery
Youngblood Memorial Presbyterian Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Zion United Church of Christ
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  • Texas Historical Markers
  • Greenbrier Cemetery
  • Wilson Chapel Methodist Church
  • Marian Anderson High School
  • Alfred M. Hallmark
  • Frank Mulder Gossett
  • No 57: Old San Antonio Road
  • Zephyr Cemetery
  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Zephyr Presbyterian Church
  • Burkett Pecan Tree
  • Hittson Ranch
  • Callahan City Cemetery
  • Admiral Baptist Church
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Ross Cemetery
  • Callahan County
  • The Prew House
  • Brooke Smith
  • Minnie Fisher Cunningham
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • Dodge
  • Site of Andrew Female College
  • Glendale Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Parish
  • Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
  • B. T. Brown House
  • German Methodist Church/First Fire Station
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • Homesite of W. F. Heller, Pioneer Farmer
  • The Bosque-Larios Expedition
  • No. 60 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 56 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Texas Central Railroad
  • Center City Community
  • Orla
  • Fairview Cemetery
  • Leon County Courthouse
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Judge H.T. Brown
  • Washington County, C.S.A.
  • Leander
  • Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
  • Jacob Haller House
  • James M. Holt
  • Washington-on-the Brazos
  • Donigan House
  • Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Elite Cafe
  • Joseph Brooks Home
  • Phair Cemetery
  • Robert Justus Kleberg
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