Photograph of a museum display in a building in Jefferson County, Texas.

Photograph of a historic plaque about Nancy Tevis. There is a lake and trees visible in the background.

Photograph of the entrance to the office of the Jefferson County judge, Ronald L. Walker. His desk is visible beyond the open doors.

Photograph of the exterior of the twelve-story tall Orleans Building in Beaumont, Texas. Cars are parked in a lot across the street from the building.

Photograph of the exterior of the Jefferson County courthouse. Several cars are parked on the road outside the building.

Photograph of people walking down a hallway in a building in Jefferson County, Texas. Lamps hang from the ceiling every few feet, and benches are pushed up against the wall.

Photograph of a lamp fixture hanging from a ceiling in a building in Jefferson County, Texas.

Photograph of a plaque about a walking beam from the U.S.S. Clifton. It reads: "Walking Beam From U.S.S. Clifton. On Sept. 8th, 1863, a Federal force of 22 gunboats and steamships, with 15,000 men on board, attacked the Confederate fort at Sabine Pass, Texas, defended by the Davis guards of 42 men, Lieutenant Dick Dowling in command. The Federals were driven off with the loss of the steamers Clifton and Sachem, 42 men killed and 400 captured, including Com. Crawford. This defeat stopped an invasion of Texas by the Federals."

Photograph of a historic landmark plaque at the Jefferson County Courthouse. It reads: "Jefferson County Courthouse. The first county building constructed at this site was a jailhouse completed in 1838, two years after the organization of Jefferson County. Located on land acquired from Nancy Tevis, a pioneer settler of the area, it also housed county offices and courts. When the commissioners court outgrew the facility, sessions were held in private homes. The first courthouse here was completed in 1854. Built by John A. Beaumont, it was a two-story square structure surrounded by a six-foot picket fence. Baptist and Methodist congregations conducted Sunday services in the building and during the Civil War it was leased to D. T. Inglehart, a Confederate surgeon, for use as a hospital. A second courthouse was constructed in 1893, twelve years after the incorporation of Beaumont. Designed by E.T. Heiner, it was a three-story red brick building with white trim. Following the area oil bloom in the 1920s it proved inadequate to meet the needs of the growing population and was replaced by the present brick courthouse in 1931. Designed by Fred Stone and A. Babin, the fourteen-story building features art deco styling in the use …

Photograph of a Texas Historical Commission plaque about the status of Beaumont as a lumber mill city in the nineteenth century. A lake is visible in the background.

Photograph of a plaque on the side of a monument, with a propeller from an American tanker Osprey on the right of the monument. The plaque reads: "Propeller from Tanker American Osprey on loan from U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. Port of Beaumont Board of Commissioners. C. A. "Pete" Shelton, President, H. M. "Henry" Nix, Vice President, Nell Clark, Louis M. Broussard, Jr., Lee E. Smith, Georgine Guillory, David C. Fisher, Executive Port Director. Designed and built by Lanier & Associates. Engineers Bo-Mac Contractors 2007. Services donated by Kirby Inland Marine Maritime Administration International Longshoremen's Association". Boats are visible in the background.

Photograph of a large bronze propeller next to a sign which reads "Port of Beaumont".

Photograph of a large bronze propeller on display in Beaumont, Texas. A picture of Texas and the words "Port of Beaumont, Beaumont, Texas" are visible on the middle of the propeller.

Photograph of a plaque on the Tyrrell Public Library in Beaumont, Texas. It reads: "Tyrrell Public Library. Donated to the city of Beaumont A.D. 1923 by W. C. Tyrrell in commemoration of the life and virtues of his beloved wife Helen F. Tyrrell".

Photograph of two restaurants, the Gusher Room and Zydeco, in the Crockett Street entertainment district in Beaumont, Texas. A partial sign is visible to the left, and there is a tall building beyond it.

Photograph of a green sign in front of a cement lot in Jefferson County, Texas. The sign reads: "Riverfront Park Dedicated 1986". The Jefferson County courthouse is visible in the background.

Photograph of the exterior of the San Jacinto Life Building in Beaumont, Texas. Cars are parked on the street in front of the building, and there is a man on his cell phone on the sidewalk to the right.

Photograph of a plaque mounted on the wall of a building in Beaumont, Texas. It reads: "Dedicated to the institution of life insurance, the greatest beneficence conceived by man. San Jacinto Life Insurance Co. April 21, A.D. 1922."

Photograph of the side of a building in Jefferson County, Texas.

Photograph of the side of the Tyrrell Historical Library in Beaumont, Texas. The windows are all stained glass, and the building is made of white stone. Another building is visible in the background, to the left. A lamppost is visible to the left.

Photograph of a sign at the Jefferson Theatre in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of a blue and green sign in front of a building. It reads: "Building the Future. City of Beaumont Archive Building Addition to the Tyrrell Historical Library".

Photograph of a stained glass window set in a white stone building.

Photograph of a stained glass window in the Tyrrell Historical Library. Books on a shelf are visible to the right.