Weaverville Chinatown

Chinatown business district was centered in this area. On September 10, 1874, fire destroyed everything from the corner of Highway 3 & Main Street to the Pacific Brewery, except four adobe buildings. Again, on September 30, 1905, fire destroyed all ...

The Old Portage

Short trail from Lake Pontchartrain to River shown by Indians to Iberville and Bienville, 1699. Winding trail used by early travelers to city. From Bayou St. John it led to N. Broad, Bayou Roads, Vieux Carre to Mississippi River at ...

Prisoner of War Camp Chapel

(3.5 MI.S)

A prisoner of war camp, used primarily for Italian soldiers, was in operation near this site during World War II. Known as the Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center, it was first used in 1943 for prisoners captured in ...

Cameron Building Site

In1852 the Cameron Bros. built a 2 story building. Madam La Batcheler purchased it in 1853 and operated the Golden Gate Saloon. Later known as the Polka Saloon, by 1855, the town lodges of ECV, Masons and Son of Temperance ...

Deaf Smith Courthouse

1910

Brick with marble veneer and interior. Second marble courthouse built in U.S.

Cost was $125,000. After hotly-contested bond issue election, Judge John Slaton and winners paraded down Main Street behind the band.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark–1965

Marker is on East 3rd Street west ...

Pioneer Windmill

A wind-driven machine for pumping water. Its use made gardening easier and led to irrigated farming on arid High Plains. With barbed wire, it enabled settlers and stockmen to penetrate region in 1870s.

Town had name “Windmill City” because of some ...

Old Weaverville Fire Station

This building, with its rammed earth wall was constructed by early Chinese settlers.

On January 17, 1910, it was purchased by the Weaverville Fire District and was their fire station until 1949.

In 1979, the local fire district, with funding from the ...

Weaverville / Mountain Charlie

Two plaques are on this monument:

Upper Marker:

Weaverville

This town was created in 1850 by the early miners, merchants, craftsmen and worshippers as the gold mining and commercial center of the area. Here they built of brick, earth and wood the examples ...

New York Hotel

Built in 1854 as a single story frame building, it burned in the town fire of 1859 and rebuilt as a brick two-story. It was gutted in the big fire of 1863 and rebuilt. The hotel was known as the ...

Spiral Staircases

The spiral staircases of Weaverville have always been a predominant part of this community’s architecture. The structures became a necessity because of the separate ownership of the upper and lower floors.

This stairway, the first of these landmarks, was built in ...