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EARLY JIM CROW ERA & INDUSTRIAL GROWTH (1891-1918) <br />American Antiquities <br />Act passed to protect <br />archaeological <br />sites and nationally <br />significant landmarks. <br />1903 1906 1907 1908 <br />Southwest Texas African American jazz C.L. Hopkins platted <br />State Normal School, legend Eddie Durham the Park Addition <br />present-day Texas born in San Marcos. subdivision and <br />State, opened. expanded twice by <br />.1nno <br />First Baptist Church <br />rebuilt after KKK arson. <br />The African American <br />neighborhood, <br />present-day Dunbar <br />neighborhood, <br />expanded due to <br />segregation. <br />San Marcos Baptist <br />Academy opened. <br />George A. <br />McNaughton platted <br />his First Addition. <br />C. H. Page and <br />Brother designed <br />the fourth Hays <br />County Courthouse <br />with Renaissance <br />Revival and Beaux <br />Arts influences after <br />the third burned. <br />Francis Fisher and R.C. <br />Lambie constructed <br />the three-story gray <br />and buff Elgin brick <br />and Cedar Point <br />limestone structure on <br />a rusticated brick base. <br />19o8 Courthouse fire 4.3o am <br />(Courtesy of SMPL) <br />ca. igio Snowy day view of H. <br />Brevard Company Dry Goods and <br />E.D. Samuel Hardware stores on <br />Hopkins Street and Old Main and <br />College buildings in distance from <br />Court Square (Courtesy of SMPL) <br />SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026) <br />