George and Myra Wilson
N 33° 08.509 W 095° 35.779
15S E 257817 N 3670010
Texas Historical Marker in front of the George and Myra Wilson home at 416 N Jackson St, Sulphur Springs, TX, noting their vast contributions to shaping not only Sulphur Springs, but other places in Texas, near and far.
Waymark Code: WMQ06W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2015
Views: 6
Today, their house is home to the Hopkins County Heritage Museum & Park, a fairly large historical park. They can be reached at 903-885-2387 and are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM.
Marker Number: 17958
Marker Text:
Only about a year after they met in 1880, George and Myra (Tuggle) Wilson married and began changing their small town into a bustling city. George and his brother opened a brick plant and were hired to build many prominent buildings such as the City National Bank building, First Baptist Church, Cumby High School, Sulphur Springs City Hall and the Freestone, Llano and Titus County courthouses. Myra was a charter member of the Joseph Wheeler Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was president of the Ladies' Cemetery Society for 43 years and raised funding for a cemetery chapel. Both were involved with the public library. The efforts of the Wilsons and others like them paved the way for cultural change in the once-frontier state of Texas. (2014)
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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