Hollis’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hollis. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city was named for George W. Hollis, a local businessman and member of the townsite committee that laid out the town in 1898, while the site was still in old Greer County, Texas. The original plat was lost, and after a lawsuit, the town was replatted in 1903. The original business district comprised a general store opened by George Hollis and a blacksmith shop owned by James (Jim) Maylen Prock. A post office named for Hollis was established October 31, 1901.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hollis’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hollis’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDrought-abandoned house on the ed…, 1938: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hollis
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Hollis, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Hollis
3 places in Hollis are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1984Harmon County Courthouse
Listed 2007Hollis City Hall and Jail
Listed 2009United States Post Office HollisThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Drought-abandoned house on the edge of the Great Plains near Hollis, Oklahoma (1938) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.