Discovering Old Plano an Historic Tour Plano History About the Tour Landmark &Marker Types The community of Plano originated during the early 1840s in the Republic of Texas. Prior to that, the area was inhabited by members of the The Discovering Old Plano Historic Tour highlights many Caddo and Wichita tribes. Most of the early pioneers were small groups of Anglo-American settlers who migrated from Kentucky and Tennessee of the sites and buildings that were signifi cant in the early Sidewalk to the fertile Blackland Prairie of Collin County. They were part of the Peters Colony settlement of north central Texas. years of Plano's history. Two tour routes are provided - one Markers through historic neighborhoods and the other through the Sidewalk Markers are stone plaques located in the sidewalks around downtown that memorialize the location Mail service was established around 1850 and the scattered settlements became a closer community. Plano, a Spanish word for fl at, an apt historic downtown business district. Additional historical description of the area’s topography was suggested as the name of the town. Raising livestock and farming provided the economic base. of buildings and sites that have not survived, but that made sites across the city have also been included that are not a signifi cant contribution to the history of Plano. Churches and schools were built and local businesses began to prosper. In the closing years of the 1850s growth was steady, but came to a part of a designated route. More information on all sites standstill with the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. When the South surrendered in 1865, the men began to return to Plano to pick up their can be found at www.historicplano.org. City of Plano Plano Conservancy run-down farms and persist again. More businesses were opened and new people were attracted to the area. Heritage Resources Wayside Signs

This symbol denotes the item has been offi cially designated This symbol indicates the item has a Wayside Sign. These The arrival of the Houston and Texas Central (H&TC) Railroad in 1872 played a prominent role in shaping the community growth and population. by the City of Plano as an Individually Designated Heritage informational signs have been installed at several locations The city was incorporated in June, 1873 and platted the same year in a traditional grid pattern oriented to the H&TC Railroad tracks. The business Index Resource. These local landmarks may be located within signifi cant to Plano's history by the The Plano Conservancy district pattern that remains in place today was destroyed by fi res in late 1800s. The intense rebuilding efforts resulted in replacing wood-framed or outside of a designated Heritage Resource District. for Historic Preservation. structures with more substantial brick buildings. Other modern alterations occurred during the 1930s and the post-World War II era as well as Map ...... 4 suburbanization that began in the 1950s with the construction of the North Central Expressway, now designated as U. S. Highway 75. Sidewalk Markers ...... 6 National Register of State of Texas Homes ...... 10 Historic Places Historical Markers For the fi rst eighty years of its existence, Plano, Texas was a small town in the southwest corner of Collin County with an economy based on Buildings & Sites...... 15 This symbol denotes the item has been included on the This symbol denotes the item has received a historical National Register of Historic Places by the National Park marker from the Texas Historical Commission as a the area’s production of cotton and grain. Tremendous growth that occurred in the post-World War II era resulted in Plano becoming one of the Churches ...... 18 Cemeteries ...... 20 Service. The Downtown Plano National Register District Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL), Historic Texas fastest-growing cities in Texas and the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Plano is the ninth largest city in the state. Although includes 32 contributing properties. Cemetery (HTC), or subject marker. Plano is now home to numerous national corporations that contribute to North Texas’ vibrant economy, its growth and the nature of its spirit Publications ...... 22 can still be traced back to the fi rst settlers who arrived 175 year ago. \ \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \\ 4 16th St. \\ 3 H Ave. \\ Haggard Park Heritage 13 \ \ 2 Haggard St. \ \\ Resource Overlay District F Ave. \\ 17th St. 19th St. \\ MCDERMOTT With the expanding development in the late 1870’s SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY Citywide Map 8 \\ (Harris St.) 11 \\\ 3 12 and the growing infl ux of talented and industrious \\\ COIT \\ K Ave. OHIO HEDGECOXE G Ave. 4 9 18th Pl. 7 10 \ \\\ people in need of homes “in town,” the Haggard Park (Vance St.) \\ 13 \ \ 1 14 11 5 \\ 5 neighborhood evolved over time from one platted to \ TENNYSON LEGACY 6 \ \ 6 15th St. V \ 17 U 16th St. \\\ accommodate the agrarian characteristics of everyday 1 I Ave. \ \\ US 75 2 H Ave. START (College St.) \ L Ave. \ 14 15 SPRING CREEK 18 life to one representative of an urban lifestyle of the \ 18th St. WILLOW BEND H Ave. \\ (Cleveland Ave.) START/FINISH \ \ \ 15 25 9 10 A \ \ 21st century. What remains immediately discernable B \\ 5 \\ PARKER 7

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\ \ PARK 24 PARKWOOD COIT DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY venues and neighborliness that was the foundation ALMA 6 CUSTER 8 \\\ K Ave. E PRESTON orner of \ 5 L Ave. 4 PARK SE corner of \ T OLD 8 13th & H Ave R 4 INDEPENDENCE \\ S 3 (Main St.) F PLANO 19 of the fi rst settlers of the Peter’s Colony emigration. \ D (Residence St.) 15TH 6 \ 2 MAP \ OHIO P DART Rail\ L 1 PLANO 26 14TH O \ \ \ \ 7 16 PLANO 1 N M K 16th Pl. J 17 13th St. \\\\\\\\ 16 PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE 14th St. SHILOH \\\ 1 Homes Downtown Heritage E end of \ Municipal Ave. 12th Pl \ \\ J Pl. I 18 16th St. \ \\ (Residence St.) 1 - Saigling House Resource Overlay District 12 (College St.) 2 - Mitchell House A Sidewalk \\ G 3 - S.B. Wyatt House Downtown Plano was designated as a Heritage \\\ H 15th Pl. 4 - Aldridge House Markers 5 - Will Schimelpfenig House Buildings 1 Churches \\\ FINISH 15th St. (Campbell St.) 1 A - Haggard Park 6 - Schimelpfenig-Dudley-O'Neal & Sites B - H&TC Railroad Resource District in 2002 to recognize the signifi cance (Mechanic St.) 7 - S.J. Mathews House 1 - Shiloh Baptist Church C - First Municipal Library 19 8 - Lamm House 1 - Merritt Building 2 - First Christian Church D - Plano's Opera Houses this area has held in Plano’s economic development. 9 - R.A. Davis House 2 - Fred Schimelpfenig Building 3 - First Baptist Church E - Biggerstaff Flowers 10 - Mary Schimelpfenig House 3 - Bagwill-Sherrill Building 4 - Liberty Baptist Church F - George House 11 - Olney Davis House 4 - Mathews General Store 5 - First Methodist Church G - Klepper's Wagon Yard From the earliest saloons to present day service 12 - Hughston House 5 - W.D. McFarlin Building 6 - First Presbyterian Church H - Bagwill Home M Ave. 13 - Wall-Robbins House 6 - Plano National Bank/IOOF Lodge I - Plano's First Hospital 3 14 - Forman House 7 - Moore House/Masonic Lodge J - Old City Hall industries and shops, Mechanic and Main Streets (Church St.) 15 - Little Carlisle House 8 - H&TC Railroad Site 1 Cemeteries K - Fire Wells Discovering 16 - Carpenter House 9 - Interurban Station L - McCall Plaza 17 - McCall-Skaggs House 10 - Streets of Historic Plano 1 - Baccus Cemetery M - Shepard Mule Barn (now 15th and K Ave.) have been the center of O Ave. 18 - Schell House 11 - Plano High School/Cox School 2 - Collinsworth Cemetery N - Legend of Mammoth Jack 19 - Hood House 12 - Douglass Community Mural 3 - Young Cemetery O - C.F. Saigling Lumber Co. business and government since Plano’s inception. N Ave. 20 20 - Carlisle House 13 - Rice Field Site 4 - Rowlett Creek Cemetery P - Weld & Neville Cotton Gin 14th St. 21 - Roller House 14 - White Rock Road 5 - Bethany Cemetery Q - Henry B. Carlisle Grocery Old PlanoPlano Historic Historic Map Map 21 (Forman St.) 22 - Salmon House 15 - Shawnee Trail 6 - Leach-Thomas-Perrin Cemetery R - J.T. Stark Grain Warehouse Downtown Plano was added to the National Register 23 23 - Arch Weatherford House 16 - Texas Pool 7 - Bowman Cemetery S - H&TC Railraod Depot Historic Homes Route Sidewalk Marker & 24 - Thornton House 17 - Muncey Incident 8 - Plano Mutual Cemetery T - Alex Schell III Way Historic Buildings Route 22 25 - Wells Homestead 18 - Oak Point Park 9 - Old City Cemetery U - Civic Auditorium of Historic Places in 2017. 26 - Ammie Wilson House 19 - Wildcat Stadium (Williams Field) 10 - L.A. Davis Cemetery V - Plano High School 4 5 04E Biggerstaff Flowers 04I Plano’s First Hospital The garden on this site is a fi tting tribute to the memory of an Dr. Slater Benjamin Wyatt was a member of the fi rst graduation esteemed citizen who did his utmost to help beautify Plano as class in 1905 from Baylor Medical University in Dal las. He well as to guide the growth and development of his community. practiced medicine for 48 years before his death in 1973.

04F George House 04J Old City Hall The threat of demolition of this structure gave rise to the fi rst Plano was incorporated as a town on June 2, 1873, and was major preservation efforts in the city. While local residents were Sidewalk Markers chartered as a general law city. In 1961, Plano adopted home unable to keep the George House within Plano, later efforts were rule making it possible for the City to annex land to grow in size. re-channeled to save the Ammie Wilson house, at the Heritage When this building was replaced in 1965 by the new Municipal Farmstead Museum. This beautiful Victorian home was relocated 04A 04C Center to the north, John Connolly dedicated the building. He Haggard Park First Municipal Library to Old City Park, Dallas. was the fi rst Texas governor to visit Plano. Prior to the 1920s, this area contained several homes and a Gladys Harrington learned that Plano did not have a public library. A - Haggard Park F - George House lumber mill. Present day revitalization of the downtown area has She undertook the effort to establish a library assisted by members 04G B - Houston & Texas Central Railroad increased the need for a community gathering place, bringing to of the Federation of Church Women. Since the opening of the Klepper’s Wagon Yard 04K Fire Wells J - Old City Hall this site renewed energy in the form of musical venues, seasonal The heart of the young business community originated along this Harrington Library in 1969, the public system has expanded to a Plano’s fi rst fi re department on record was a bucket brigade celebrations, numerous weddings, and public art. The heartbeat road. In 1871, Plano’s town population totaled 155 residents. total of fi ve locations. Gladys Harrington will long be remembered called the Eclipse Fire Company, begun in June 1887. Later of our pioneer families resonates strongly in the city’s second Main Street, now known as Avenue K, continued to be the primary for her dedication to civic causes, especially thos e refl ecting that year the city purchased a hand drawn hook and ladder oldest park. route used until North Central Expressway was built in the 1960s. education and arts. wagon made by the O. Davis Hook and Ladder Co. By 1915, the fi re department changed from horse drawn vehicl es to 04B Houston and Texas Central Railroad 04D Plano’s Opera Houses 04H Bagwill Home motorized equipment. Bonuses offered by the cities of Dallas, McKinney, and Sherman In addition to the opera house at this site, another hall was located Bagwill instituted coverage of signifi cant local in formation assured that the H&TC Railroad would pass through Plano due to on the second fl oor of the Commercial Hotel on the east side of the and never tried to interpret national or international news. He 04L McCall Plaza the town’s location. Being a much smaller and less prosperous “jockey lot” where the old Moore House had been. Events such promoted the City of Plano by encouraging “community service” community, Plano could not afford to offer an enticement. In 1878, as parties, dinners, skating and other functions were some of the by businesses and organizations. His daughter, Louise Bagwill Mr. McCall served as principal of Mendenhall Elementary School Sam Bass and his gang staged the fi rst major train robbery on more frequent events held in these community gathering places. Sherrill, continued in her father’s footsteps becoming one of from 1952-1955. Plano’s growth was greatly infl uenced by his this line, which took place in Allen, TX on the H&TC Railroad. the fi rst women newspaper owners in Texas. devoted service.

6 7 04M Shepard Mule Barn 04P Weld & Neville Cotton Gin 04T Alex Schell III Way This barn was the center of activity on second Monday Trades In 1899, Martine L. and Irene Kelly erected a cotton gin in this A.R. "Alex" Schell III was a longtime Plano resident and public Days. People would gather in the “jockey yard” tobid on mules location. At the gin, cotton was pressed into bales for ease of servant. Mr. Schell served two terms with the Plano City Council, and “jockey” prices. In addition to his raising mu les, J.W. transport. Ownership of the cotton gin changed several times acted as Mayor Pro Tem, and represented the city of the North Shepard was connected with cotton gins, cotton oilmills and fl our before the business closed in the 1930’s. Texas Municipal Water District Board of Directors from 1964 until mills. The Shepard ranch was located west of Preston Road, 2010, the longest time of service for any member city. He owned near Park Blvd. The Dallas Morning News wrote “Probably no and operated the A.R. Shell & Son Insurance Agency in the Schell 04Q other man has ever done so much for Plano and South Collin Henry B. Carlisle Grocery Building at 1001 E 15th Street. The portion of J Avenue along (County), furnished work to more people and fed more hungry In 1889, Henry B. and J.M. Carlisle established a business known the side building was renamed to "Alex Schell Way" in 2014. as the Plano Grocery Company near this location. The business less fortunate people than has J.W. Shepard.” grew to become the largest grocery store in Collin County and 04U Civic Auditorium was a favorite gathering place for farmers. The store carried grain, Subscriptions pledged by Plano citizens made possible the 04N Legend of Mammoth Jack hay, cotton, seed, and groceries. The poor economic conditions erection of the original auditorium. The present building on this M - Shepard Mule Barn A mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse to produce the of the great depression forced the business to close in the 1930s. site replaced the Civic Auditorium and was erected as a Works S - Houston & Texas Central Railroad Depot 04S best traits of both animals. Mules are very intelligent animals Q - Henry B. Carlisle Grocery Progress Administration project in 1938. Serving fi rst as the school V - Plano High School and are not really stubborn, but they will not put themselves in gymnasium and auditorium, offi ces for the Plano Independent 04R danger. They have more stamina and can carry more weight J.T. Stark Grain Warehouse School District were later housed here. In 2002, the building was than a horse of equal size which made them better suited for James Thomas Stark was a retail grain dealer and president of renovated and converted to a community theatre. The exterior improved farming machinery of old. One particular aspect where the Stark Grain Elevator Company. His business was the fi rst to was restored to the 1938 design. the mule outshines the horse is high-jumping. bring electricity to Plano in 1899. 04V Plano High School In 1899, the school was separated from the City, and this was the 04O C.F. Saigling Lumber Company 04S H&TC Railroad Depot beginning of the fi rst public school in Plano under the management Charles Frederick Saigling operated a business selling lumber The Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company established of an offi cial Board of Education. Following fi res of wood frame and other building materials along the railroad. The business a restaurant and the Durant Hotel, which fronted west facing the buildings in 1894 and 1903, the Plano Public School opened in was sold to J. T. Elliot in 1895. depot. All passenger trains stopped here, so people could have a about 1903 in a red brick, three-story building in the Spanish meal in the restaurant. The depot closed in 1932 and later served architectural style. In 1924, the “Old Spanish School” was as the Plano Implement Company and the Plano Lumber Yard. replaced with the current structure as the enrollment grew.

8 9 046 Schimelpfenig-Dudley-O'Neal House 049 R.A. Davis House 906 17th Street 906 18th Street (c. 1893) This one and one-half story Folk Victorian farmhouse (1913) R.A. Davis was the son of Olney and Effi e Matthews Davis, was built by Fred Schimelpfenig. Fred’s brother, John W., and his who lived across the street. His father gave him the Colonial wife, Johanna, reared their children in the house. Descendants Revival house, where he and his family lived until 1953. R.A. was of early Plano settlers, the Dudley Family purchased the house involved with the banking business throughout his life, serving as Homes in 1959. On the brink of demolition in 2001, the O’Neal Family president of Farmer’s State Bank. He was also a partner in the 041 Saigling House 044 Aldridge House rescued and renovated the house. The front door and colored Farmer’s Gin Company of Plano and served on the City Council. 902 E 16th Street 1615 H Avenue glass at the east and west windows are original. The house was (1917) Charles Frederick Saigling, a prominent businessman and (1907) This Prairie style house features a horizontal orientations, expanded by a large rear addition. 0410 Mary Schimelpfenig House civic leader, moved his family to Plano in 1881 and established square columns, and porte cochere, which are holdovers from the 914 18th Street the Saigling Lumber Company and Saigling Milling Company. He Craftsman style. Charles Aldridge was an important landowner, (c. 1890) Built as rental property by Fred Schimelpfenig, who 047 S.J. Mathews House later built the fi rst sidewalk in Plano, constructed of lumber, along cotton buyer, school board member, and representative of the 901 17th Street later sold the home to his daughter, this house is Folk Victorian Mechanic and Main Streets (now E 15th Street and K Avenue). Guaranty State Bank. He perfected a special variety of cotton style. Mr. Schimelpfenig owned a prosperous dry goods store, (c. 1888) This vernacular style farmhouse is probably the oldest Saigling House - 1 that was widely planted throughout the Southwest. The Aldridge was involved in the lumber business, developed and built homes, 7Forman - Mathews House House in the neighborhood. The trim on the side of the building suggest 042 Mitchell House family is reported to have been the fi rst with an electric “icebox.” and was involved in the cotton trade. He also served as mayor. Mitchell House - 2 more elaborate original ornamentation. The porch was changed 11Olney-Davis - Olney Davis House House 609 E 16th Street Decorative bracketing under the overhang is a simplifi ed Queen between 1910 and 1929. Mr. Mathews ran a general store in (c. 1891) Simple frame homes such as this one were common Anne form. to early Plano. The house has been owned by the Mitchell 045 Will Schimelpfenig House downtown Plano from 1895 to 1947. His wife was a milliner and sold her creation in her husband’s store. Family since approximately 1933. Located on the east side of 900 17th Street 0411 Olney Davis House the property is a small building believed to have been used as (c. 1901) This vernacular Queen Anne style house with small 901 18th Street a blacksmith’s shop. “clerestory” windows in the half story and square stair balusters 048 Lamm House (1890) This Queen Anne style house originally featured a tower was altered in the 1970s when the original porches were replaced 1709 H Avenue and elaborate “gingerbread” millwork. Around 1915, the house 043 S.B. Wyatt House by one wraparound porch. The home was used as a boarding (c. 1893) This Queen Anne cottage boasts elaborate sunbursts was renovated to stay in fashion, and the tower and spindle 807 E 16th Street house for single, female school teachers who taught at the nearby of the front gable and above the front door, typical features of work were removed. The classic style columns and pediment (c. 1910) This Craftsman style bungalow was built by one of Plano School. Will Schimelpfenig’s future wife, Effi e, lived in the homes of this era. Auguste Lamm was a public weigher, day on the porch were then added. Due to a slight ground swell, the Plano’s early doctors, S.B. Wyatt. The front porch columns house and he lived next door. After their marriage, they lived clerk for H&TC RR, and railroad agent for the Southern Pacifi c. property was referred to as the “House on the Hill,” refl ective of are designed in a unique fashion with a stacked wood pattern. in his childhood home until 1921, when they bought this home, the leisurely way of life and gracious living at its betst. Olney The low pitched roof, broad overhanging eaves and numerous living here until the early 1970s. Will’s father, John W., and his Davis was a prominent businessman, civic leader and mayor, windows made this housing style particularly well adapted to hot uncle, Fred, were early settlers from KY. The brothers developed and the fi rst president of the Board of Trustees for the Plano Texas summers in the days prior to air conditioning. and built houses in this neighborhood. School System.

10 11 0412 Hughston House 0415 Little Carlisle House 0418 Schell House 0421 Roller House 909 18th Street 1611 K Avenue 1210 E 16th Street 1413 E 15th Street (c. 1890 / 1915) Fred Schimelpfenig built the rear portion of this (1925) This Tudor style cottage was built by Abernathy and Son (1937) Originally located on 14th Street and relocated to the (1901) This Queen Anne style house with three-story tower house as a rental property. In 1915, Arch Hughston purchased the for Willie Glynn and Minalee Carlisle and their children, Bill and present site, the house was built by A.R. Schell, Jr. from house has a wide roof overhang, a one-story porch and round fl uted house and lived there with his wife Emma and their six children. Jane. Mr. Carlisle was Plano’s longest serving postmaster from plans found in Holland’s Magazine, a Dallas publication. He columns. The home was built by A.G. McAdams, a local architect The Hughstons added the front section of the house and porch, 1935-1968 and part owner of Plano Grocery Company. The family served the longest consecutive term as mayor from 1932-1948. and lumber merchant. In 1909, E.L. Roller purchased the house changing the style of the house from Queen Anne to Prairie style. was active in the Presbyterian Church. The back yard was fi lled His efforts resulted in improved public roads, new businesses and added the columns to the front porch. Mr. Roller was one of with fruit, vegetable, and fl ower gardens. Mr. Carlisle passed brought to town, regulation of utilities and establishment of the Plano’s early civic leaders and active in the social life of Plano. Parks Board to enhance community life. 0413 Wall-Robbins House away in 1970, and Mrs. Carlisle stayed in the house until 1991. 1813 K Avenue 0422 Salmon House (c. 1898) “Col.” James Edgar Wall purchased this lot in 1898 and 0416 Carpenter House 0419 Hood House 1414 E 15th Street 1211 E 16th Street built a home for his new wife. The Queen Anne style Victorian 1211 E 15th Street (c. 1898) This house was built by the Salmon Family, who owned (1898) This two and one-half story Queen Anne style home was home was considered the fi nest example of a residence in Plano (1892) The one and one-half story Folk Victorian style house was a large farm east of Plano and were related to the Haggard built for Henry Overaker, who was active in the cotton industry, Hughston House - 12 at that time, containing fi ve fi replaces, stained glass window, built by Dr. Thomas L. Hood, Jr. on a foundation of bois d’arc Family. A second home in town was typical for wealthy farmers 21 - Roller House owned a lumber yard, and served as the eighth postmaster for large pocket doors and 11-foot ceilings with intricate Victorian stumps with the original well situated on the east side. Various to be close to school, business, and church. The home is an William Forman House - 14 Plano. The home later sold to Gipson E. Carpenter, son of two 22 - Salmon House era details. Cattle buyer W. Jeff Robbins purchased the house family members have been prominent in Plano business and exemplary Queen Anne with elaborate surface decoration on the of Plano’s earliest settlers. He served as city attorney, council in 1908, and the home remained in his family until the 1950s. civic circles from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. gables, fi sh scale pattern, and radiating sunburst. member, and mayor.

0414 0420 Forman House 0417 McCall-Skaggs House Carlisle House 0423 Arch Weatherford House 1617 K Avenue 1704 N Place 1407 E 15th Street 1410 E 15th Street (1912) The Carlisle House is a two-story Prairie style home (1867) Joe and Elizabeth Forman built this Greek Revival style (1959) The site is signifi cant to the history of Plano due to (1915) In the early 20th century, Arch Weathorford’s small watch house, which is the one of the oldest surviving homes in Plano. built by Robert Abernathy. The home was the former residence identifi cation with its fi rst two owners, David McCall, Jr. and Mary and clock repair business grew into A. Weatherford Jeweler. This The industrious Forman family engaged in farming, cattle, and of H.B. Carlisle and family, a local grocer and friend of Sam Alice Skaggs. David McCall, Jr. was the mayor of Plano when store offered linens, diamonds, watches, crystal, c hina, and was other business pursuits. He served in the Confederate Army and Rayburn. He was willing to sell on credit and be reimbursed the house was built in 1959 and served as the fi rst principal dedicated to personal service. Reported to be the oldest in Plano to twice a year when the crops came in. His grocery store was was elected one of Plano's earliest mayors in 1877. The various of Plano Elementary School (now Mendenhall Elementary). remain within a family, the business was an integral part of Plano’s family enterprises produced products to sell for cash changing a favorite gathering place with farmers to discuss the weather, McCall sold the home in July 1986 to Plano ISD teacher Mary history. Mr. Weatherford was a school board member, large stock the Plano economic base from an early barter system. crops, and news of the day. Alice Skaggs, who was the fi rst woman educator in Plano to holder in Farmers and Merchants National Bank and offi cer for the receive a Master’s degree. In 1986, a new elementary school Plano Cooperative Gin Co. was named in her honor.

12 13 0424 Thornton House 0426 Ammie Wilson House 900 13th Street 1900 W 15th Street (c. 1900) John Thornton was a prominent African-American (1891) Built by Hunter Farrell of wood on bois d’arc blocks and citizen, sharecropper, farmer, and real estate investor. He bought framed of pine roof rafters and square nails, this elaborate Folk Buildings & Sites the homestead in 1909 and the home remained in his family Victorian house is covered with 8-inch beveled clapboard siding for approximately 80 years. The home a prime example of the and has six steep-pitched gables. Mr. Farrell’s daughter, Ammie 041 Merritt Building 044 Mathews General Store vernacular farm dwelling construction commonly used in North Wilson, became the most successful and renowned pure-bred 1023 E 15th Street 1013 E 15th Street Texas in the 19th century. Research indicates this house has a sheep breeder and show woman in the United States. Many of (1916) This building is typical of those built after the downtown One of several brick building erected after the fi re in 1895, it was direct link to the growth and development of the spiritual center the original outbuildings on the farmstead are still on site and fi res and is characteristic of the development in Plano in the early home to Mathews Department Store from 1906 until 1947. It is of Plano’s African-American community. open for tours. The Heritage Farmstead Museum is a reminder 20th century. During Trades Days, the Merritt Barber Shop, with one of Plano’s few 19th-century stores in continuous commercial of the agrarian roots of the community. a bath tub in back, stayed open until midnight due to the heavy operation. trade and business. 0425 Wells Homestead Wells Homestead - 25 3921 Coit Road 042 045 Fred Schimelpfenig Building W.D. McFarlin Building 1 - Merritt Building (c. 1893) This vernacular farmhouse has always remained in 1017 E 15th Street 1011 E 15th Street Ammie Wilson House - 26 the family. In 1871, Mr. William Henry Lafayette Wells came 6 - Plano National Bank/IOOF Lodge The building was built in 1884 by the Sanger Brothers and was W.D. McFarlin rebuilt this brick building in 1895 after the original to Plano from Virginia after serving in the Civil War. He had made into the most prosperous dry goods store in Plano by building was destroyed by fi re. The building has served as a fought for the Confederacy and remained a staunch supporter Frederick Schimelpfenig. Schimelpfenig ran the store until the grocery store, a dry goods store, drug store, and other businesses. of the cause until his death in 1939 at age 98. For his fi rst job, fi re of 1895. It has since been a dry goods store, sportswear he helped drive mules, saving up enough money to purchase store, and other businesses. his homestead in 1874. 046 Plano National Bank/IOOF Lodge 043 Bagwill-Sherrill Building 1001 E 15th Street 1015 E 15th Street (c. 1896) The IOOF Lodge built the original two story building at (c.1895) This building has served as a general store, drug store, this location and occupied the second fl oor. The fi rst fl oor was saloon, grocery, bank, newspaper offi ce, hobby shop, and offi ce leased to the Murray Saloon until 1887, when it was sold to building. Over the years, food, clothing, supplies for home and Plano National Bank. After the downtown fi re of 1895, the current farm work, medicine for sick children, lively conversation, and brick structure was constructed. In February 1920, the bank was political discussions were found here. The newspaper offi ce robbed, resulting in the death of police offi cer G. W. Rye. The was a male enclave where the farmers could gather to escape facade was redone in the Art Deco style in 1936. the rigors of scratching out a living on the vast, untamed prairie.

14 15 047 Moore House/Masonic Lodge 0410 Streets of Historic Plano 0414 White Rock Road 0417 Muncey Incident 1414 J Avenue 901 E 15th St Legacy Trail (Children's Medical Center) Oak Point Park Trail (W of Emerald Coast Dr) (1896) Originally built as the Moore House Hotel, a hotel that In 1948 the streets of downtown Plano were renamed in preparation Chalky deposits, formed by the shells of ancient marine life, became At this location in 1844, the slain bodies of McBain Jameson and catered to rail travelers on the Houston and Texas Central of door-to-door postal service. Among the changes, Main Street the rocky base of this natural trail following the shores of a shallow several members of the Muncey Family were found by William Railroad, the building was later named the Commercial Hotel became K Avenue and Mechanic Street became 15th Street. inland sea. Used by mammoths, bison, Spanish explorers, wild Rice and Leonard Searcy. After fi nding the bodies, the men sped before it was purchased by the Plano Masonic Lodge for use as cattle, native tribes, and then pioneer settlers of Texas, it was for off to fi nd their sons who were hunting nearby. Young Searcy 0411 a lodge and meeting place of civic organizations. This two-story Plano High School/Cox School Building centuries a reliable path for food, shelter, and water. was found safe, but Rice had been killed. A state historic marker 1517 H Avenue brick commercial structure was altered with a stucco covering describing the incident is located on the east side of the Collin (1923) The style of this building has been dubbed Prairie Beaux and the porch was removed in 1925. College Spring Creek Campus. Arts. The two-story brick structure with a raised basement, 0415 Shawnee Trail Legacy Trail (N of W Spring Creek Pkwy) 048 central double loaded corridor and stair towers at each end was H&TC Railroad Tracks Following an existing Native American trail from the Red River to 0418 15th Street & DART Rail renovated in 2005 and is currently used as training rooms, offi ces Oak Point Park Austin, the Shawnee Trail was commissioned by the Republic of 5901 Los Rios Blvd Nothing changed Plano like the coming of the Houston & Texas and rehearsal halls. The entire school district (K-12) was housed Texas to protect new settlers and open the area to trade. It later Five wayside signs can be found along the trails in the Oak Point Central Railroad, which began operation in 1872. Today, DART's in this facility until the early 1950s. W.D. McFarlin BuildingMoore House/Masonic Lodge - 7 served as a primary route for cowboys driving cattle from South Park & Nature Preserve that detail the geological & ecological 11 - Plano High School/Cox School BuildingPlano National Bank 1927 light rail service to Dallas keeps the tracks an important part of 0412 Texas to markets in the north. Today, Preston Road, roughly follows history of the area, early farming and farming techniques, and Old Plano Texas HighInterurban/Texas School Electric Railway - 9 Downtown Plano. Douglass Community Mural 16 - Texas Pool Merritt Building 1099 12th Place the route of the original Shawnee Trail. birds of Oak Point Park. Dedicated in 2007 as part of Plano's Juneteenth celebrations, 049 Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway this mural illustrates the past, present, and future of the Douglass 901 E 15th Street 0416 Texas Pool 0419 Community. Named after well-known writer, orator, and abolitionist Wildcat Stadium (Williams Field) Built in 1908 by the Texas Traction Company (Texas Electric 901 Springbrook Drive 1717 17th Street Frederick Douglass, the Douglass Community was home to many Railway after a merger in 1917), this station served passengers Opened to the public in 1961, this 168,000 gallon pool in the Wildcat Stadium (Williams Field) was the home of the Plano of the fi rst African Americans to move to Plano. and freight customers of the company’s North Texas routes. The shape of Texas serves as a symbol of Plano's rapid growth High School football team from 1964 to 1975. During their time in the second half of the 20th century. Generations of Texans wood frame passenger depot and the attached brick freight/ 0413 Rice Field Site on this fi eld, the school won its fi rst state championship in 1965, electric transformer section remained in use until 1948, when the SWC of G Avenue & 18th Street have learned to swim, shared summers, and created memories with additional championships in 1967 and 1971. rail system declined in favor of automobile travel. Today the only This site was the home of the Plano Wildcats football team from at the Texas Pool. remaining electric substation from the line houses the museum 1925 to 1963. Rice Field was also the home to Plano’s African- where you can learn about the electric trains that provided both American High School team, the Panthers. The fi eld boasted urban and rural families with the ability to travel safely and such amenities as seats for 1,000 spectators, fl ushing toilets, conveniently from farm to city. and a small press box.

16 17 045 Bethany Cemetery 048 Plano Mutual Cemetery Custer Rd, north of Legacy Drive NW Corner of Jupiter Road & 18th Street This cemetery was established in 1887, just north of a rural This cemetery traces back to 1852, when the death of Dr. Lillie church and school site begun by families buried here. As access prompted several of Plano’s early pioneer families to decide the Cemeteries to downtown Plano improved in the 1930’s, attendance at the rural location of a graveyard site. They chose a site where the properties church declined and the buildings were eventually demolished of four local residents converged, including the land of Dr. Lillie’s due to lack of use. The cemetery remains and now contains the uncle, William Forman. Buried here are many early pioneers and 041 Baccus Cemetery 043 Young Cemetery NW Corner of Legacy Drive & Bishop 10200 Independence Parkway iconic MISSIONS gatekeeper, restored and relocated to this their descendants, war veterans, and elected offi cials. This cemetery was originally known as Cook Cemetery, for Henry Sam and Patience Cornell Young came to Collin County from site in 2014. Cook, a veteran of the War of 1812, who buried his son at this Illinois in 1842 and founded on a school on their property. This location on January 13, 1847. His marker is the earliest known cemetery was established when Patience died in 1847, whose 046 Leach-Thomas-Perrin Cemetery 049 Old City Cemetery 7025 Pensacola Drive E side of H Avenue marked burial in Plano. His daughter, Rachel Cook Baccus, grave is the second oldest known gravesite in Plano. There are The site of the Leach-Thomas Cemetery was once part of the Through the years many prominent Plano citizens, both white deeded the burial ground to his heirs in 1878 and later donated 51 known graves in the cemetery, including Thomas Finley, a Jeremiah Muncey survey. After the Muncey family was killed and black, were interred here. Later it served as the only black Baccus Cemetery - 1 adjoining land for the Baccus Christian Church Sanctuary. The veteran of the War of 1812. The Young House was relocated to 5 - Bethany Christian Church at Bethany Cemetery in an Indian raid, the site was obtained by William Perrin, who burial ground for the community. For many years this cemetery cemetery is unique in that it is now surrounded by the high-rise the Heritage Farmstead Museum on 1900 W. 15th Street. Young Cemetery - 3 8 - Plano Mutual Cemetery offi ces and shopping of the Shops at Legacy. established a family cemetery. Mr. Perrin’s grand-daughter married had fallen into neglect and disrepair. Restoration efforts and Joseph William Baines, who together are the grandparents of education programs in recent years have greatly improved the President Lyndon Baines Johnson. condition of the site. 042 Collinsworth Cemetery 044 Rowlett Creek Cemetery 3103 Vermillion Drive Rowlett Cemetery Road 047 Bowman Cemetery William Collinsworth arrived by train from Tennessee in the 1870’s After meeting in homes and outdoors, seven charter members 2846 Oak Grove Drive 0410 L.A. Davis Cemetery to establish a permanent residence. He was joined later by his organized the Wilson Creek Church of United Baptists in 1848, Bowman Cemetery was established in 1868, when John D. 1000 H Avenue parents, Farwock M. Collinsworth and Lucy Ann Rowlett, and which was eventually renamed Rowlett Creek Baptist Church in Bowman buried his daughter, Julia Ann Bowman Russell. The Under Jim Crow laws and segregation, it was diffi cult for African seven siblings. In 1895, a smallpox outbreak originated from 1852. The church is believed to be the earliest Baptist church in cemetery contains two fenced sections, one for the Bowman Americans to buy property in Plano. Lee Andrew Davis purchased a the Collinsworth home, which led to a quarantine of the area by Collin County and infl uential in establishing many early churches. family and the other for members of the Brown family, who were large section of property in Plano’s Douglass Community and sold Plano offi cials. The cemetery was established at that time for The earliest marked grave in the cemetery is that of pioneer related through marriage. Outside of the fenced areas are marked lots to local African Americans. In 1945, Mr. Davis also bought a those affected by the epidemic. Although only six headstones are Alfred Harrington in 1862. and unmarked graves of early African American and European plot of vacant and established this burial site for African-Americans visible today, reports cite as many as thirty Collinsworth family American residents of Plano. Also buried in the cemetery is Dr. in the Douglass Community. members may be buried here. Henry Dye, who is credited with naming the city of Plano.

18 19 Churches Early Years 041 Shiloh Baptist Church 044 Liberty Baptist Church 1310 I Avenue 5701 W Park Boulevard This congregation was organized in 1884 as the Mt. Zion Colored Liberty Baptist Church was formed in 1850, with Eli Witt serving Baptist Church and held service in small structure located on as the fi rst pastor until 1856. In 1885 a white frame structure property donated by James Clapper. Several sanctuaries was erected in this location. The current brick structure was have been built since, with the current structure on the original erected in 1976. The church is the oldest Baptist congregation site constructed in 1964. A new sanctuary on 14th Street was in continuous service in Collin County. completed in 2001. 045 First Methodist Church of Plano 1111 18th Street 042 Mid Century First Christian Church of Plano This congregation traces its history back to a meeting of 13 people First Baptist Church of Plano - 3 813 E 15th Street in 1846 or 1847 at the home of Joseph and Elizabeth Russell. With First Presbyterian Church of Plano - 6 The First Christian Church was established in the mid-1850s the coming of the railroad in 1874, the church moved to its second in a small frame building on the farm of George Barnett. After location on Avenue L, a few blocks south of 15th Street. In 1895, signifi cant growth in the early 20th century, a larger structurewas the church moved to its third location at 16th Street and K Avenue built at the corner of East 15th Street and Avenue H. In later years, and in 1968 to its fourth location at 18th Street and M Avenue. The a new sanctuary was built to accommodate continued growth. congregation moved to its current on Spring Creek arkwayP in 2002.

043 First Baptist Church of Plano 046 First Presbyterian Church of Plano 1300 E 15th Street 1500 Jupiter Road Formally organized in 1853 as the Spring Creek Baptist Church, (1923) The style of this building has been dubbed Prairie Beaux the fi rst sanctuary was built about two miles south of this location. Today Arts. The two-story brick structure with a raised basement, After the railroad came to Plano, the congregation moved to its central double loaded corridor, and stair towers at each end current location in 1875. A new sanctuary was constructed in was renovated in 2005 and is currently used as training rooms, 1898 and the church was renamed First Baptist Church of Plano offi ces, and rehearsal halls. The entire school district (K-12)was about 1936.The current sanctuary was built in 1970. housed in this facility until the early 1950s.

20 21 043 Plano's Historic Cemeteries 044 Football and Integration in Plano The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation (2014) The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation,Foreward The Plano of today would not be recognizable to the pioneers by Billy Ray Smith, Introduction by Robert Haynes (2014) who settled this section of the blackland prairie. Arriving in the The year 1964 was momentous for civil rights as Congress To learnPublications more about Plano's history, check out these books: early 1840s, these colonists from Tennessee and Kentucky passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment and Texas's own Lyndon were captivated by Sam Houston's stump speeches about B. Johnson unveiled his plan for the Great Society. That same

041 Plano and the Interurban Railway 042 Historic Downtown Plano the rich, fertile farmland of North Texas. All of their frontier year, the Plano school district integrated, setting an example for The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation (2009) Janice Craze Cline (2012) cemeteries, large and small, are now surrounded by golf courses, the state and nation. The tightknit community banded together Over a century ago, an industrial America was awakening, and Historic Downtown Plano focuses on the citys main mercantile subdivisions, and commercial development. The fi nal resting through a language fl uent to everyone--football. The Wildcats a new transportation technology arrived on the north Texas area of Mechanic (Fifteenth Street) and Main (K Avenue) and the places of Planos pioneers still exist because of the hard work had few winning seasons and no state titles at that time, but with prairie: electric interurbans. Plano’s Interurban Railway depot was surrounding heritage districts of Haggard Park, Old Towne, and the of cemetery associations, civic groups, concerned citizens, the hard work and a trailblazing spirit, coaches Tom Gray and John dedicated in July 1908, and electric interurban rail travel began Douglass Community. Incorporated in 1873, downtown Plano has City of Plano Parks Department, and the Plano Conservancy Clark led the integrated team all the way to state championship with the creation of the Texas Traction Company. In 1917, three endured at least fi ve major fi res, the Great Depression, closure for Historic Preservation. These silent spaces hold a wealth of victory in 1965. The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, separate systems were connected by a single entrepreneur, J. of the interurban railway, and retail and corporate development Plano and the Interurban Railway (2009) history that helps tell the story of Planos beginnings as a rural Inc. presents the inspiring story of the Wildcat fi ght for the title Plano's Historic Cemeteries (2014) F. Strickland. Throughout the 1920s, the Texas Electric Railway to the west of the area. In recent years, downtown Plano has farming community. that made Plano a better place to live. Historic Downtown Plano (2012) traveled in and out of Plano carrying riders, mail, and freight. benefi ted from ongoing redevelopment and revitalization as an Football and Integration in Plano, Texas (2014) The system was built to travel on existing streetcar tracks and urban transit village with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light often ran over private rights-of-way between cities. To promote rail train service to the area taking us back to those days of old. 045 Saving Plano's Treasures interurban travel, the company created unique cars and special The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation (2016) classes of service to appeal to every need. In the post–World This coloring book features twelve historic locations around Plano, War II era, however, the popularity of automobiles ended the Texas and details their signifi cance in Plano's early history. This important era of electric interurban travel. book is perfect for both children and adults who want to learn more about the most signifi cant sites around the City of Plano. This book is currently only available in-person at the Interurban Railway Museum, and is yours for a donation of your choice. All donations will be used to purchase school supplies for Plano ISD elementary schools.

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