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City of Garland (1991) | 6th St. at Main
Settlement of this area began in the 1840s. A small community named Duck Creek was established and by 1846 a…
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Bankhead Highway in Garland (2009) | Main St. at 6th
The early 20th century development of the automobile led to major changes in road systems throughout the U. S. The…
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Garland Lodge No. 441 (1994) | 125 E. State St.
In 1873 the Grand Lodge of Texas granted Masons in the pioneer community of Duck Creek (present day Garland) dispensation…
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Pioneer Cemetery (1994) | Miller Rd. at Garland Rd.
The final resting place for many Dallas County pioneers, this cemetery began in the churchyard of Duck Creek Methodist Church,…
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Public Education in Garland (2001) | 9th St. at Ave. B
With origins in the rural Duck Creek School, the first school in Garland opened soon after the community’s establishment in…
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Santa Fe Railroad Depot (1974) | State St. and Museum Plaza Dr.
Constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. Replaced an…
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Travis College Hill Addition
Between 1910 and 1920, the population of Garland increased from about 800 to more than 1,400. Accompanying the growth of…
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First Baptist Church (1999) | Ave. D at 9th St.
Baptists in the pioneer Duck Creek community began meeting regularly in a log schoolhouse probably as early as the 1850s.…
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Anderson Family Cemetery ( 1972) | Marina Dr., South of US 60/30
Opened with burials of William (1785?-1858) and Celia (Lair) Anderson (1791?-1859), Kentuckians who lived on Missouri frontier before following to…
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Original Library Site | Northeast Corner of the Square
On this site stood Nicholson Memorial Hall, a civic building that housed Garland’s first public library beginning in 1933. The…
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