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The Washington County Courthouse at 110 E. Main in Brenham, Texas is an Art Deco-style courthouse built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and is also part of the National Register-listed Brenham Downtown Historic District .
Location of Washington County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Texas. There are six districts and 63 individual properties listed on ...
The county was created in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. [3] [4] It is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States. Washington County comprises the Brenham, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Houston-The Woodlands, TX combined statistical area.
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In 1839, the second oldest Presbyterian church in Texas was established here by Reverend Hugh Wilson (1794–1868). A year later, in 1840, the Republic of Texas established a post office and renamed it 'Gay Hill' in honor of Thomas Gay and William Carroll Jackson Hill, who owned the general store.
North West Castle is a 19th-century three star country house hotel in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, in the south west of Scotland. [1]It is noteworthy for being the home of Sir John Ross, a famous Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer.
Bracken Cave, near the Natural Bridge Caverns, is home to one of two large bat colonies in Texas. The bats that inhabit Bracken Cave are a small species called Mexican free-tailed bats . Bats control the insect population, help to pollinate plants, and are a food source for other animals, making them a valuable part of the ecosystem.
Cally Palace, formerly known as Cally House, is an 18th-century country house in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The house is now a four star country house hotel and golf resort. It is located 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) south of Gatehouse of Fleet.