Washington County Historical Markers
Washington County has 193 Texas historical markers across 11 towns and communities. 55 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1932.
- Markers
- 193
- Mapped
- 168
- Landmarks
- 55
2 listed by the THC as missing
Common subjects here: Churches and Congregations, Historic Homes, Schools and Education, Cemeteries, Military History, Pioneers and Early Settlers
Brenham 82
- 100th Anniversary Brenham "Banner-Press" 1966
- Allcorn-Kokemoor Farmstead 2011
- Allcorn-McNeese Cemetery 1973
- Anson Jones Home 1962
- Bassett and Bassett Banking House 1985
- Bethlehem Cemetery 1992
- Birthplace of Hedwig T. Kniker 1997
- Blinn College 1962
- Blue Bell Creameries 2006
- Brenham 1964
- Brenham Fire Department 1965
- The Brenham Maifest 1983
- Brenham Normal and Industrial College 2015
- Brenham Presbyterian Church 1983
- Brenham Public Library 1966
- Camptown Cemetery 2013
- City of Brenham 1936
- Old Dippel House 2023
- Early Texas River Steamers 1967
- Eben-Ezer Evangelical Lutheran Church 1974
- Evangelical Lutheran Colleges of Texas 1976
- First Baptist Church 1967
- First Christian Church of Brenham 1984
- First Methodist Church 1968
- First Public High School in Brenham 1969 Listed as missing
- Former Bank Building of Giddings & Giddings 1971
- George Washington Petty 1936
- Germania Mutual Aid Association 1994
- Giddings-Stone House 1991
- Giddings-Wilkin House 1976
- Gideon Lincecum 1997
- Glenblythe Plantation, Home of Thomas Affleck 1967
- Hasskarl House-"Far View" 1994
- Henry V. and Rebecca Robertson Homestead 1988
- Hogan Funeral Home 2007
- James Walker Log House 2011
- La Bahia Road 1971
- Live Oak Female Seminary 1994
- Louis Lehmann House 2008
- Ludwig Lehmann Family Cemetery 2008
- Site of Masonic Academy 1973
- Milas Roberson "Burney" Parker 1990
- Mill Creek Farm 1966
- Milroy's Garden and Orchard 2014
- Moses Baine 1983
- Site of Mound Hill School 1998
- Mount Olive District Missionary Baptist Association 2019
- Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church 2013
- Mt. Zion United Methodist Church 2012
- Oak Rest Cemetery and Site of Prospect Presbyterian Church 1994
- Site of Old St. Anthony Hotel 1967
- Pampell-Day Homestead 1966
- Pleasant Hill School 2016
- Prairie Lea Cemetery 2007
- Site of Rees Sanitarium 1974
- Reue-Eickenhorst House 2002
- Robert Starke Armistead 1990
- Robert Starke Armistead 1990
- Rosedale Nursery 2014
- Ross-Carroll House 1992
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1999
- Salem Lutheran Church 1981
- Salem School District No. 4 2017
- Schmid Bros. Building 1993
- Schuerenberg House 1996
- Seelhorst-Lehrmann House 1973 Listed as missing
- Southern Pacific Freight Depot 2003
- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1990
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church 1965
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church 1985
- Texas Confederate County Commissioners Court 1965
- Thomas Affleck 1985
- Thomas Deye Owings 2006
- Washington County Courthouse 1985
- Washington County State Bank 1985
- Washington County Veterans of WWI 2018
- Washington County, C.S.A. 1967
- Waul's Texas Legion Campsite 1986
- Whiting Cemetery 2013
- William H. Watson 2015
- Wittbecker-Weiss House 1995
- The Wood-Hughes House 1974
Independence 35
- Old Baptist Church 1936
- Old Baylor Park 1973
- Baylor University for Boys 1936
- Baylor University on Windmill Hill 2006
- Baylor University State Park 1936
- Columns of a Building of Old Baylor University 1967
- Davis Family 1973
- Dr. Asa Hoxey Home 1962
- Dr. Horace G. Clark 1970
- Female Department of Baylor University 1936
- Fritz Paul and Emma Schroeder House 2014
- Gen. James Willie 1936
- General Sam Houston 1936
- Holly Oaks 1936
- Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson 1936
- Home of Dr. Asa Hoxey 1936
- Site of the Home of General Sam Houston and Family 1936
- Home of John Hoblett Seward 1936
- Houston-Lea Family Cemetery 1965
- Independence 1997
- Old Independence Cemetery 1970
- Independence Postal Service 1967
- Site of Independence School 1989
- John McNeese Graveyard 1972
- John Prince Coles 1989
- Lewis Kraatz 1936
- Liberty Baptist Church 2003
- Liberty Community Cemetery 2004
- Margaret Lea Houston Home 1965
- Margaret M. Lea Houston 1965
- Moses Austin Bryan 1973
- Site of Mustering of a Unit of Hood's Texas Brigade, C.S.A. 1968
- The Nancy Lea Bell 1970
- Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1873) 2006
- Rocky Hill School 1988
Chappell Hill 25
- Applewhite House 1968
- Atkinson Cemetery 1966
- Barrington Plantation 1996
- Camp Felder 2017
- Cedar Creek Community 2014
- Cegielski Cemetery 2020
- Chappell Hill 1964
- Site of Chappell Hill College 1936
- Chappell Hill Female College Bell 1967
- Chappell Hill Masonic Cemetery 1973
- Farmers State Bank and Reinstein Store 2009
- Jacob Haller House 1969
- John Sterling Smith House 1990
- Julius Yanch Home 1968
- Lockhart Plantation 1964
- Major William Edward Howth 1936
- Methodist Church 1967
- Motley-Cummings Cemetery 2018
- Permelia Haynie Home 1970
- Providence Baptist Church 1967
- Old Rock Store 1971
- Site of Soule University for Boys 1936
- W. W. Browning House 1983
- Waverly 1967
- William Jones E. Heard 1932
Burton 22
- Burton Cafe 1992
- Burton Community 1976
- Burton Depot 1991
- Burton Farmers Gin 1988
- Burton High School 2013
- Burton State Bank 1986
- Christian Church Cemetery 1981
- The Gantt-Jones House 1976
- Gideon Lincecum 1993
- Harmon School 2015
- Jaeger-Witte Cemetery 2022
- James Holt, Texas Ranger 1936
- Leander H. McNelly 1963
- Mayer Cemetery 2012
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church 1983
- Mt. Zion Cemetery 1975
- Oak Hill Cemetery 1977
- St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church 1994
- St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery 2011
- St. Paul-Rehburg School 1990
- Steiner & Dallmeyer Building 1989
- Union Hill 1976
Washington 18
- African American Catholic Community 1996
- Amos Gates 1936
- Andrew Robinson Sr. 1969
- Anson Jones Barrington Home 1962
- Asa Brigham 1936
- The Brown-Woodlief Log House 1973
- Brown's Prairie School and Building 2015
- Farquhar Cemetery 2019
- Friedens Church of Washington UCC Cemetery 2017
- Friedens Church of Washington, UCC 2014
- George Campbell Childress Statue 1936
- Hatfield Plantation 1966
- The Hutchinson-Korth Home 1972
- John William Smith 1936
- Krueger Cemetery 2024
- Mercy Seat Baptist Church 2015
- Washington County 1936
- Washington Methodist Church 2018
Greenvine 4
- Greenvine Baptist Church 1986
- Greenvine Gas Discovery 1967
- Greenvine Schools 1992
- The Witte-Williams House 1974
Gay Hill 3
- George Clark Red Homestead 1965
- The Hunt-Hardy House 1981
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery 2008
Brehham 1
Mount Vernon 1
- Mount Vernon 1992
Washington-on-the-Brazos 1
Wesley 1
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