Historic Places

Findings at the Porvenir site in West Texas call into question the U.S. Army’s involvement in the Mexican Revolution.

There are sites where violent history intrudes unbidden. But Dallas has a history of bulldozing its history. So Brad Ford Smith is researching and drawing places where something awful once happened.

White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories is thought to be one of the oldest integrated cemeteries in the state.

The popular segregation-era venue for Houston’s Black community is a landmark of late Art Deco design.

A group is working to save a building in Ruidosa that is a remnant of an era when the town was a substantial settlement in the Big Bend area.

Dozens of events were planned to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival at what we now know as Plymouth, Massachusetts.

From Swiss Avenue to the West End, Dallas has many dutifully preserved historic districts. That status is meant to protect the look and feel of some of…

A couple of clunky air conditioning units cool San Antonio’s Mission Concepción, but the units’ condensation and decades of humidity and rain have taken...

An archaeological dig at the Alamo to help preserve the historic Texas mission has unearthed musket balls that experts say could date to the 1800s.The San…

It seems like there’s always a new high-rise, apartment complex or upscale grocery store popping up in Dallas. But there are several historic buildings…