Texas Historical Marker #02589
Hubbard City News. S. H. Sayer began publication of the "Hubbard City News" in 1881, the year the town was founded. The business later merged with S. R. Boyd's paper, the "Texas Pick and Pan" and the "Hubbard City Progress", a newspaper started in 1901 by brothers George and Jim Mecklin, former "City News" workers. Through their leadership and later ownership by Andy and Ralph Mecklin, the paper became a prominent publication of central Texas. In 1969 it was purchased by the News Publishing Co. of Mexia. A "City News" office at this site was destroyed by a tornado in 1973. #2589
?, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #01021
Condor House. This house was built in 1906 for E. L. Condor (b. 1854), a saddle and harness maker and an early trustee of Hubbard's Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Constructed of cypress and long-leaf pine, the home features a wraparound porch, Doric columns, and a triangular pediment over the three windowed bay at the end of the porch. A good example of an early city home, it remained in the Condor family for almost fifty years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1984 #1021
307 Bois D'Arc, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #01760
First Methodist Church of Hubbard. The first church congregation organized in Hubbard began in 1882 with seventeen charter members. A frame sanctuary, built on this site in 1891, was replaced by this structure in 1911. Designed by the Dallas architectural firm of Flanders and Flanders, the imposing building combines a strong horizontal emphasis and geometric detailing influenced by the prairie school style. Prominent design elements include twin towers and over 100 stained glass windows. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1991 #1760
208 North 2nd Street west, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #04266
Rigsby Home. Built 1896 by Lee Onstott. Example of Victorian style. Has ornamental gables, tile hearths, ornate glass. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. #4266
Cactus Avenue and 7th, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #02588
Hubbard. Founded 1881, as a shipping center and supply point on the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway. Named for Richard B. Hubbard (1832-1901), colonel in the 22nd Texas Infantry during the Civil War; Texas Governor 1876-1879; United States Minister to Japan 1885-1889. Banking and market town. Has mineral waters. #2588
?, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #02492
Historic Bank Site. The first bank in Hubbard was a small private operation started soon after the town was founded in 1881. In 1895 two banks were opened -- Rod Oliver and H. B. Allen's private firm and Joe McDaniel's First National Bank. To house their enterprise, Oliver and Allen built a 2-story Victorian stone building across the street from this site. After their firm failed in 1903, the structure was occupied by the First National Bank until 1946. It then became quarters for the First State Bank (organized 1909), which moved to that location in 1961. The historic bank building was destroyed by a storm in 1973. #2492
?, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #03289
McDaniel Family Home. Late Victorian architecture. One of earliest fine houses in Hubbard, founded when the Cotton Belt railroad extended its line from Tyler to Waco in 1881. Structure is of walnut and pine. Ornamentation includes array of banisters on porches and stairs. Decorative columns and gables, tinted window glass. Built 1882 by Joe B. McDaniel, local merchant and banker, for his widowed mother, Elizabeth Bonner (Mrs. William M.) McDaniel. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969 #3289
Maple and North 3rd west, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #09415
Hometown of Tris Speaker. (1888 - 1958) A legend in his own time, Tris Speaker was born, educated and buried here. Known as the Grey Eagle, he was the first Texan named to National Baseball Hall of Fame. First man elevated to Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Was on Boston's 1912 and 1915 World Series winning teams. Managed Cleveland Indians in their first pennant win, 1920. At 18 began professional play at $50 a month. Became a smart, able business man. Never wasted big money of playing career. Always "came home" to Hubbard. Here he was lifetime member of volunteer fire department. #9415
?, Hubbard, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #02569
Hot Mineral Water Well. A well drilled near this site in 1894 produced hot mineral water at a depth of 3,100 feet. Hot mineral baths were popular then for treatment of various diseases, and Marlin and Mineral Wells were among Texas towns with successful bath houses. In 1907, at the Hubbard well site, J. M. Carroll and other local businessmen built a one-story frame bath house and an adjoining open-air pavilion, where water could be collected for home use. In 1915, a 14-bed brick hospital was constructed nearby by two brothers, doctors John and Will Wood (1862-1950). Patients came from around the nation for the 21-day course of treatment. Success as a health resort created a boom period for Hubbard, which had a peak population of 2,200 in 1920. The popular bath house, owned at one time by Texas Governor William P. Hobby, was plagued by financial problems, however. Hubbard Hot Well Co., with publisher J. C. Mecklin as president, finally took over operation. During the 1920s, mineral deposits clogged the pipe, but the company lacked the funds to drill a new well. At the same time, modern remedies began to replace the hot baths. The Hubbard Bath House closed about 1930 and burned in 1934. The hospital was converted into apartments in 1935. #2569
?, Hubbard, TX, United States