Historical Sites in Washington County
Every documented historical site in Washington County, Texas — drawn from the Texas Historical Commission Atlas. Tap any one for its inscription, location and directions, or open the live map to see them all near you.
Historical Markers (155)
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Applewhite House
Chappell Hill · 1968
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Atkinson Cemetery
Chappell Hill · 1966
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Bassett and Bassett Banking House
Brenham · 1985
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Bethlehem Cemetery
Brenham · 1992
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Blinn College
Brenham · 1962
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Burton Farmers Gin
Burton · 1988
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Chappell Hill Masonic Cemetery
Chappell Hill · 1973
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Christian Church Cemetery
Burton · 1981
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Eben-Ezer Evangelical Lutheran Church
Brenham · 1974
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First Public High School in Brenham
Brenham · 1969
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Gantt-Jones House
Burton · 1976
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Giddings-Wilkin House
Brenham · 1976
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Greenvine Baptist Church
Greenvine · 1986
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Old Independence Cemetery
Independence · 1970
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Methodist Church
Chappell Hill · 1967
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Mt. Zion Cemetery
Burton · 1975
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Burton · 1977
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Oak Rest Cemetery
Brenham · 1994
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Schuerenberg House
Brenham · 1996
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John Sterling Smith House
Chappell Hill · 1990
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Washington County Courthouse
Brenham · 1985
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Washington-on-the-Brazos
Washington-on-the-Brazos · 1969
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Wood-Hughes House
Brenham · 1974
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Blue Bell Creameries
Brenham · 2006
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Ludwig Lehmann Family Cemetery
Brenham · 2008
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Burton High School
Burton · 2013
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Camptown Cemetery
Brenham · 2013
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Southern Pacific Freight Depot
Brenham · 2003
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St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery
Burton · 2011
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Mayer Cemetery
Burton · 2012
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Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
Brenham · 2012
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Affleck, Thomas
Brenham · 1985
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African American Catholic Community
Washington · 1996
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Robert Starke Armistead
Brenham · 1990
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Baine, Moses
Brenham · 1983
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Barrington, Anson Jones
Washington · 1962
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Barrington Plantation
Chappell Hill · 1996
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Baylor Park
Independence · 1973
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Baylor University
Independence · 1967
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Baylor University for Boys
Independence · 1936
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Brenham
Brenham · 1964
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City of Brenham
Brenham · 1936
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100th Anniversary Brenham "Banner-Press"
Brenham · 1966
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Brenham Fire Department
Brenham · 1965
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Brenham Presbyterian Church
Brenham · 1983
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Brenham Public Library
Brenham · 1966
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Browning, William Westcoat
Chappell Hill · 1983
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Moses Austin Bryan
Independence · 1973
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Burton Cafe
Burton · 1992
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Burton Community
Burton · 1976
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Burton Depot
Burton · 1991
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Burton State Bank
Burton · 1986
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Chappell Hill
Chappell Hill · 1964
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Chappell Hill College
Chappell Hill · 1936
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Chappell Hill Female College
Chappell Hill · 1967
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Childress, George Campbell
Washington · 1936
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Clark, Horace G.
Independence · 1970
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Coles, John Prince
Independence · 1989
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Texas Confederate County Commissioners Court
Brenham · 1965
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Davis Family
Independence · 1973
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Early Texas River Steamers
Brenham · 1967
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Evangelical Lutheran Colleges of Texas
Brenham · 1976
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First Baptist Church
Brenham · 1967
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First Christian Church of Brenham
Brenham · 1984
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First Methodist Church
Brenham · 1968
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Germania Mutual Aid Association
Brenham · 1994
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Giddings & Giddings
Brenham · 1971
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Giddings-Stone House
Brenham · 1991
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Glenblythe Plantation
Brenham · 1967
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Greenvine Gas Discovery
Greenvine · 1967
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Jacob Haller House
Chappell Hill · 1969
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Hasskarl House-"Far View"
Brenham · 1994
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Permelia Haynie Home
Chappell Hill · 1970
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Heard, William Jones Elliott
Chappell Hill · 1932
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Holt, James
Burton · 1936
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Site of the Home of General Sam Houston and Family
Independence · 1936
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Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea
Independence · 1965
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Houston-Lea Family Cemetery
Independence · 1965
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Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea
Independence · 1965
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Howth, William E.
Chappell Hill · 1936
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Site of Independence School
Independence · 1989
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La Bahia Road
Brenham · 1971
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Lea, Nancy Moffette
Independence · 1970
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Gideon Lincecum
Burton · 1993
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Live Oak Female Seminary
Brenham · 1994
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Lockhart Plantation
Chappell Hill · 1964
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Site of Masonic Academy
Brenham · 1973
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John McNeese Graveyard
Independence · 1972
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McNelly, Leander H.
Burton · 1963
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon · 1992
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Burton · 1983
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Pampell-Day Homestead
Brenham · 1966
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Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker
Brenham · 1990
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Providence Baptist Church
Chappell Hill · 1967
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Site of Rees Sanitarium
Brenham · 1974
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Robertson, Henry Villars and Rebecca
Brenham · 1988
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Robinson, Andrew, Sr.
Washington · 1969
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Rocky Hill School
Independence · 1988
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Old Rock Store
Chappell Hill · 1971
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Ross-Carroll House
Brenham · 1992
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St. Anthony Hotel
Brenham · 1967
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St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Burton · 1994
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St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Brenham · 1990
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St. Paul-Rehburg School
Burton · 1990
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Brenham · 1965
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Brenham · 1985
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Salem Lutheran Church
Brenham · 1981
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Schmid Bros. Building
Brenham · 1993
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Seelhorst-Lehrmann House
Brenham · 1973
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Waverly
Chappell Hill · 1967
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Union Hill
Burton · 1976
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Steiner & Dallmeyer Building
Burton · 1989
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Washington County
Washington · 1936
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Washington County, C.S.A.
Brenham · 1967
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Washington County State Bank
Brenham · 1985
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Waul's Texas Legion
Brenham · 1986
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Wittbecker-Weiss House
Brenham · 1995
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The Witte-Williams House
Greenvine · 1974
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Julius Yanch Home
Chappell Hill · 1968
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Brigham, Asa
Washington · 1936
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Kraatz, Lewis
Independence · 1936
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Petty, George Washington
Brenham · 1936
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Smith, John William
Washington · 1936
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General James Willie
Independence · 1936
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Baylor University, Female Department
Independence · 1936
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Old Baptist Church
Independence · 1936
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Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson
Independence · 1936
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Soule University for Boys
Chappell Hill · 1936
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Home of John Hoblett Seward
Independence · 1936
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Houston, Sam
Independence · 1936
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Holly Oaks
Independence · 1936
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Home of Dr. Asa Hoxey
Independence · 1936
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Reue-Eickenhorst House
Brenham · 2002
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Liberty Baptist Church
Independence · 2003
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Liberty Community Cemetery
Independence · 2004
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Thomas Deye Owings
Brenham · 2006
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1873)
Independence · 2006
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Baylor University on Windmill Hill
Independence · 2006
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Site of Wesley School
Wesley · 1999
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Prairie Lea Cemetery
Brenham · 2007
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Hogan Funeral Home
Brenham · 2007
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Louis Lehmann House
Brenham · 2008
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Farmers State Bank and Reinstein Store
Chappell Hill · 2009
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Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church
Brenham · 2013
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Amos Gates - William C. Gates
Washington · 1936
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Site of Mound Hill School
Brenham · 1998
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Whiting Cemetery
Brenham · 2013
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Cedar Creek Community
Chappell Hill · 2014
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Friedens Church of Washington, UCC
Washington · 2014
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Milroy's Garden and Orchard
Brenham · 2014
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William H. Watson
Brenham · 2015
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Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Washington · 2015
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The Brenham Maifest
Brenham · 1983
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Greenvine Schools
Greenvine · 1992
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Matthew Gaines
Burton · 2023
Cemeteries (160)
Cemetery
Carlisle
Washington County
Cemetery
Apperson
Washington County
Cemetery
Dillard
Washington County
Cemetery
Nordt
Washington County
Cemetery
Foster #2
Kenny
Cemetery
Randle Hill
Washington County
Cemetery
Pleasant Grove Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Salem Lutheran Church
Salem
Cemetery
Weiss
Washington County
Cemetery
Home Improvement Club (HIC)
Brenham
Cemetery
Calvary Catholic
Washington County
Cemetery
Willow Grove
Washington County
Cemetery
Clear Springs
Washington County
Cemetery
Struckmeyer Family
Washington County
Cemetery
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Meyer
Washington County
Cemetery
Heisig
Washington County
Cemetery
Affleck
Gay Hill
Cemetery
Williams, A & S
Brenham
Cemetery
Sandy Creek Baptist Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Sandy Creek
Washington County
Cemetery
Zion Lutheran
Washington County
Cemetery
Cress
Washington County
Cemetery
Walker Cemetery
Brenham · 2009
Cemetery
Walker-Sandy Creek
Brenham
Cemetery
Guyton-Robert
Washington County
Cemetery
unknown (SW of Roberts Cem)
Washington County
Cemetery
Morgan
Washington County
Cemetery
Burch
Washington County
Cemetery
Harris Springs
Washington County
Cemetery
Valley View Rd
Washington County
Cemetery
Anderson
Washington County
Cemetery
Willingham
Washington County
Cemetery
Block
Earlywine
Cemetery
Campground
Washington County
Cemetery
Immanuel Lutheran
Wiedeville
Cemetery
Geick Ln unknown
Washington County
Cemetery
Frieden- E.V Frieden (Gay Hill)
Gay Hill
Cemetery
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Fisher Cemetery
Gay Hill · 2025
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Old Gay Hill Cemetery at Gay Hill Baptist Church (HTC)
Brenham · 2007
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Old Gay Hill (Dannhim Rd; est. 1945)
Gay Hill
Cemetery
St. Mathew Lutheran Church
Sandy Hill
Cemetery
Evans Prairie
Washington County
Cemetery
Latium
Washington County
Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Latium
Cemetery
Jaeger-Witte Cemetery
Round Top vicinity · 2019
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Burkhardt
Washington County
Cemetery
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Greenvine
Cemetery
La Bahia
Greenville area
Cemetery
Hartstack Cemetery
Carmine · 2007
Cemetery
White-Union
Carmine Sandtown Community
Cemetery
Loewe
Washington County
Cemetery
St Paul Lutheran
Washington County
Cemetery
Broesche
Washington County
Cemetery
Flat Prairie-Zion Hill
Washington County
Cemetery
Hopewell
Rehburg
Cemetery
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Somerville · 2005
Cemetery
Williams
Washington County
Cemetery
McKey
Washington County
Cemetery
Hale-Gattis
Washington County
Cemetery
Wiede
Wiedeville
Cemetery
Frieden Church Cemetery
Washington (V) · 2016
Cemetery
Souls Chapel A.M.E. Church
Whitman
Cemetery
Brenham Masonic Cemetery
Brenham · 2001
Cemetery
Felder Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Mt. Zion (Burton)
Burton
Cemetery
Bolton Family
Washington County
Cemetery
Franklin
Washington County
Cemetery
Sally Family
Washington County
Cemetery
Washington Texas Historical Cemetery
Washington · 2011
Cemetery
Good Hope Cemetery
William Penn · 2025
Cemetery
Bethlehem Lutheran
William Penn
Cemetery
Whiting Family
Washington on Brazos
Cemetery
St. Matthew Baptist Church
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Cemetery
Sommer Family Cemetery
William Penn · 2004
Cemetery
Rock Island
Graball
Cemetery
Providence Baptist Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Chappell Hill Community
Washington County
Cemetery
Mt. Calvary Baptist
Somerville · 2005
Cemetery
Gaston-Hughes-Steeger
Greenvine
Cemetery
Wallace
Washington County
Cemetery
B'Nai Abraham
Brenham
Cemetery
Phillipsburg German Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington County
Cemetery
Prairie Lea Cemetery
Brenham · 2006
Cemetery
Hughes-Thornhill
Washington
Cemetery
Carnes Family
Washington
Cemetery
Rocky Creek German Methodist Episcopalian Church C
Independence
Cemetery
Kerr
Burton
Cemetery
Heins (Mary)
Latium
Cemetery
Heins, Adolph and Rosine Graves
Latium
Cemetery
Havlik-Vavra Memorial Cemetery
Brenham · 2012
Cemetery
Whiting Cemetery
Washington · 2012
Cemetery
Washington Cemetery
Washington · 2016
Cemetery
Motley-Cummings Cemetery
Chappell Hill (v) · 2018
Cemetery
St Stanislaus Catholic Church
Chappel Hill
Cemetery
Unknown (near Hatfield Plantation)
Washington County
Cemetery
Boyd Slave-Carmack
Washington County
Cemetery
Boyd-Carmack
Washington County
Cemetery
Krueger Family Cemetery
Washington · 2017
Cemetery
Gates-Perry Cemetery
Washington · 2024
Cemetery
Union Church
Klump
Cemetery
Steiner Grave/Beckermann Rd
Washington County
Cemetery
Newsome Family
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Cegielski Cemetery
Chappell Hill · 2018
Cemetery
Farquhar Cemetery
Washington (v) · 2018
Cemetery
Lauderdale
Long Point
Cemetery
Pearson
Burton
Cemetery
St. Matthew (Carmine)
Carmine
Cemetery
Derrick
Burton/Carmine
Cemetery
Thornhill
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Vinson #2
Brenham
Cemetery
Leathie Howard
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Bouldin-Routt
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Kraatz
Independence
Cemetery
Houston-Lea Vault and
Independence
Cemetery
Holt
Burton
Cemetery
Hewett
Burton
Cemetery
Harmel Grave
Burton
Cemetery
McClellan
Burton
Cemetery
Craig Barnett Estes-Old Craig
Burton
Cemetery
Allcorn
Gay Hill
Cemetery
Rast
Washington County
Cemetery
Armistead
Brenham
Cemetery
Bode
Brenham
Cemetery
Walston
Brenham
Cemetery
Harry
Brenham
Cemetery
Dudley
Brenham
Cemetery
Grassmuck
Berlin
Cemetery
Breedlove-Cooper
William Penn
Cemetery
Reynolds
Hidalgo Bluffs
Cemetery
Spann-Sweed Catholic, African American
Washington
Cemetery
Dallas Family Cemetery
Independence · 2001
Cemetery
Dallas #1
Independence
Cemetery
Liberty Community Cemetery
Idependence · 2004
Cemetery
Palestine
William Penn
Cemetery
Harker Family
Quarry
Cemetery
Clay (old, original location)
Independence
Cemetery
McNeese
Independence
Cemetery
Middleton Grave
Chappell Hill/Sauney Stand
Cemetery
Phillips
Chappel Hill/ Suaney Stand
Cemetery
Stone Family
Chappell Hill/Sauney Stand
Cemetery
Bowers
Brenham
Cemetery
Harbour
Brenham
Cemetery
Lawson
Washington County
Cemetery
Mitchell Family
Earlywine
Cemetery
Felder #2 Family
Earlywine
Cemetery
Unknown Grave (north of McKey Cem)
Washington County
Cemetery
Gieseke
Greenvine
Cemetery
Halls Cemetery, Felder Road
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Linbeck
Burton
Cemetery
Rock House Creek
Burton
Cemetery
Rogers
Whitman
Cemetery
Sayles-Gillespie-Lane
Gay Hill
Cemetery
Steinbach
Gay Hill
Cemetery
Gill
Brenham
Cemetery
Bowden
Chappell Hill
Cemetery
Brandes Grave
Greenvine
Cemetery
Copelyn
Earlywine
Cemetery
Cress/Wilburn
Chappell Hill
Historic Places (40)
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Hatfield Plantation
Brenham · 1971
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Becker--Hildebrandt House
Brenham · 1990
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Brenham Water Works
Brenham · 1990
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Brockschmidt--Miller House
Brenham · 1990
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Reichardt--Low House
Brenham · 1990
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Santa Fe Railway Company Freight Depot
Brenham · 1990
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Brenham · 1990
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Lenert, Dr. Robert, House
Brenham · 1990
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Hodde Drugstore
Burton · 1991
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Wehring Shoe Shop and Residence
Burton · 1991
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Nienstedt, William, House
Burton · 1991
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Sanders, William Edward, House
Burton · 1991
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Laas, Dr. Charles, House
Burton · 1991
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Nienstedt, Herbert, House
Burton · 1991
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Kneip--Bredthauer House
Burton · 1991
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Brenham High School
Brenham · 1990
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Brenham High School Gymnasium
Brenham · 1990
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Holle, Edmund, House
Brenham · 1990
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Schlenker--Kolwes House
Brenham · 1990
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Matchett, Edgar, House
Brenham · 1990
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Schuerenberg, R. A., House
Brenham · 1990
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Schlenker, Almot, House
Brenham · 1990
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Synagogue B'nai Abraham (Moved to Austin Jewish Communicty Center)
Brenham · 1990
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Seelhorst, W. E., House
Brenham · 1990
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Schmidt House (Gone)
Brenham · 1990
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US Post Office--Federal Building--Brenham
Brenham · 1990
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Brown, John M., House
Washington · 1975
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Browning, W. W., House
Chappell Hill · 1972
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Routt, J. R., House
Chappell Hill · 1985
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Chappell Hill Public School and Chappell Hill Female College Bell
Chappell Hill · 1985
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Felder, E. King, House
Chappell Hill · 1985
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Chappell Hill Circulating Library
Chappell Hill · 1985
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Rogers, William S., House
Chappell Hill · 1985
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Giddings-Stone Mansion
Brenham · 1976
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Houston, Mrs. Sam, House
Independence · 1970
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Hoxey, Asa, House
Independence · 1976
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Pampell-Day House
Brenham · 1970
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Red House
Gay Hill · 1971
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Stage Coach Inn
Chappell Hill · 1976
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Walker, James, Log House
Brenham · 1989
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