Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part III
For our next interesting headstone in Rowlett Creek Cemetery, I bring you Bettie, wife of A.J. Ogle. Bettie was chosen because she has [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part II
Rowlett Creek cemetery has many intricate headstones. At your local cemetery, you may have noticed headstones that look like large tree branches or [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part I
Located off Rowlett Cemetery Road (just west of Custer Road) in Rowlett is one of the older cemeteries in Collin County. It belonged [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, new images
Images from Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney Texas Marjorie Fuller’s headstone The McKillop family Celtic Cross marker Harry McKillop’s headstone Photos: Me! Taken: 4/24/2020 [...]
Small Businesses
Thanks to Michael and crew for going on a history tour today! I had the best time by staying 6 feet from y'all. [...]
Old Red – the restored clock tower
One of the last major projects of the Old Red restoration was the clock tower. Having been dismantled in 1919, the Dallas County [...]
Back to Old Red Courthouse …the sad years
My last post on Old Red Courthouse discussed the sandstone materials/lack of steel support structure of the original design meant that the building [...]
Old Red and the clock tower
The original design for the Dallas County Courthouse called for a 90’ tall clock tower made of sandstone* and granite. Inside this clock [...]
Old Red sans clock tower
Max Orlopp, the architect behind Old Red, opened an architecture firm in Dallas by 1917. The firm is listed as Orlopp & Orlopp [...]
Old Red design, Private Home Edition
Max A Orlopp didn’t just design fancy-pants courthouses like Old Red Museum in Dallas. If you had enough money, you could hire him [...]