Photograph of the west side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof and there are awnings on all of the windows.

Photograph of the front and east side of "Elmwood," a white, two-story house located at 601 E. Hodges in Palestine, Texas. The house has a wrap-around porch and a two-story pedimented portico with Ionic-style columns; these elements altered the original Queen Anne-style architecture.

Photograph of the west side of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof and there are awnings on all of the windows.

Photograph of the south and west sides of the Redlands Hotel, on the corner of Oak and Queen streets, at 400 N. Queen in Palestine, Texas. It is a Two-Part Vertical Block building that has a U-shaped plan and load-bearing masonry walls, with Renaissance Revival-style architectural elements. Noteworthy features include the quoin-like brick in the end bays of the west and south elevations, and the entablature with large brackets.

Photo of an unidentified house with a historical marker in front of it.

Photo of the Royall Bank Building. This bank faced Spring Street in downtown Palestine until the building was demolished in the late 1960's - Early 1970's

Burning of the Railroad YMCA. The Railroad YMCA opened in April of 1903 and continued as the YMCA until the building burned in the mid 1950's. The building faced South Magnolia and was on the lot in front of the present Railroad General Office Building.

Photograph of the Palestine Train Depot. This building was torn down sometime in the 1980's.

Photo of a Palestine High School girls Softball Team.

Photo looking down West Oak Street in Palestine.

Photograph of the southwest corner of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof and there are awnings on all of the windows.

Photo of Palestine students at play.

Photo of a group of unidentified teenagers from Palestine High School, apparently at a football game.

Photo of a parade in downtown Palestine.

Photo of a beauty pagent held in Palestine.

Photo of an ambulance owned by the Hassell Foster Funeral Home.

Photo of an ambulance owned by the Hassell Foster Funeral Home.

Side view of the Speegle Sanitarium. This building was once the home of the Speegle Sanitarium but was later converted into part of the Town and Country Motel. This building burned and has not been rebuilt.

Photograph of a building with Spanish-style architecture, including a tiled roof, that was located at 101 E. Palestine in Palestine, Texas. The main part of the building has three floors and a tower; there are two-story wings on either side.

Side view of the Speegle Sanitarium. This building was once the home of the Speegle Sanitarium but was later converted into part of the Town and Country Motel. This building burned and has not been rebuilt.

Photo of the interior of the St. Phillips Episcopal Church, Palestine. It was originally built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine and was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.

Photo of an unidentified house in Palestine.

Photo of an unidentified house in Palestine.

Photo of an unidentified house in Palestine