Paris Texas Coca Cola Bottling Building

Photograph of lawn decoration celebrating 100th anniversary, in 2006, of Coca Cola in Paris,Texas.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circular Concrete Block]

Photograph of a circular concrete block painted with the Coca-Cola logo and the words "Bottling Company of Paris 100th Anniversary 1906-2006". A bush and part of a brick building are visible in the background.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paris Texas Coca Cola Bottling Building

Photograph of the Coca Cola bottling plant window decoration celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2006, located in Paris, Texas. The display includes the introductory date of products.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Window Art]

Photograph of art painted on the windows of a building in Paris, Texas, including paintings of a Diet Coke bottle, a Sprite bottle, and a Coke bottle. The Coca-Cola logo is painted on the window to the far right.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

Union Station in Paris, Texas

Photograph of the Union Station railroad depot in Paris, Texas, visible from West Bonham Street. This building, built in 1912, escaped the 1916 fire. It has Prairie-style architecture with some Italinate features.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lamar County Paris Texas Historical Marker

Photograph of the Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker, a tribute to the veterans who have served. Located on the grounds of the Union Station depot, next to Highway 82, Bonham Avenue, west side of downtown Paris, Texas.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Union Station in Paris]

Photograph of the Old Union Station building in Paris, Texas. A marker to the right reads "Blue Star Memorial Highway". Cars are parked in the background to the left.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

SHSC Historical Marker Central National Road 1844

Photograph of an SHSC (State Historical Survey Committee) marker commemorating the Central National Road started by the Republic of Texas in 1844. The road beagan at the mouth of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, passed through Milam County and downtown Paris, Texas, where this marker is placed at Union Station west of the downtown area. Text of the marker reads: "Central National Road of the Republic of Texas. Designed as a military highway, intended to make linkage with United States military road built to the north of the Red River in the 1820's. This was part of the national effort of Republic of Texas to open a good road system. Congress in 1839 passed a bill for a road east from Washington-on-the-Brazos to the Sabine River; 1841 legislation called for a road from the Nueces to the Red River and another from Austin to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Central National Road was created in 1844, to reach from mouth of the Elm Fork on the Trinity to Kiomatia Crossing on the Red. It went down a main street in Paris, which was founded in 1844; near its south end was the 1841 John Neely Bryan home, around …
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Church in Paris, Texas]

Photograph of the exterior of a church with a red dome in Paris, Texas. Cars are parked in front of the building.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of a Church]

Photograph of the exterior of a church with a red dome in Paris, Texas. Cars are parked in front of the building.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stained Glass Windows in a Building]

Photograph of stained glass windows on a church in Paris, Texas.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dome on a Building]

Photograph of a red dome on top of a building with three floors of stained glass windows.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paris Texas Gibraltar Hotel

Photograph of the upper north west corner of the Gibraltar Hotel, South Main at Austin, in downtown Paris Texas. This building appears to be a style variant of Classic Revival.The building has white columns, consoles, string courses, lentils, and cornice work with added white stone ornamentation, however there are few stone carvings in the photo. The red brick is nicely done with very little pattern work.
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History