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History · Nacogdoches

A history of Nacogdoches,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Nacogdoches from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

6old images & papers
19historic places
0recent photos
From Nacogdoches’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Evidence of settlement in the area dates back to 10,000 years ago. Nacogdoches is on or near the site of Nevantin, the primary village of the Nacogdoche tribe of Caddo Indians.

Early years1800s1900s–present

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1930s4 items · Historic American Buildings Survey, H…Commons
1940s2 items · Nacogdoches, Texas. Stand of pine whi…LOC
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Nacogdoches’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Nacogdoches

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Clint DempseyClint DempseySportsJKJoseph W. KennedyScience & MedicineBrandon BeltBrandon BeltSportsAlbert ThomasAlbert ThomasPolitics & LawBLBob LumanMusicPhilip HumberPhilip HumberSports
By decade

Nacogdoches, decade by decade

1930s4 items
Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer June 3, 1936 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION. - Peter Ellis…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photo…1936Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer June 4, 1936 FRONT ELEVATION. - Church of the Divine…CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photo…1936Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer June 5, 1936 FRONT ELEVATION. - Ybarbo Ranch House, …CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photo…1936Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer October 22, 1936 WEST SIDE ELEVATION - Ybarbo Ranch …CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photo…1936
1940s2 items
Nacogdoches, Texas. Stand of pine which pulpwood is obtainedLOCNacogdoches, Texas. Stand of pine which pulpwood is obtained1943Nacogdoches, Texas. "Flathead" loading truck with pulpwood for the Southland paper millLOCNacogdoches, Texas. "Flathead" loading truck with pulpwood …1943
1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

19 historic places in Nacogdoches

Nacogdoches has 19 listings on the National Register, and they protect 249 historic buildings, because Nacogdoches Downtown Historic District alone counts 92.

#29
In Texasby listings · most towns there have none
19places listed14 buildings · 5 districts
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
249historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1971first listedOld Nacogdoches University Building · newest: Nacogdoches Downtown Historic District, 2008

Where they are

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Old Nacogdoches University BuildingAdolphus Sterne HouseStephen William and Mary Price Blount HouseCotton Exchange Building, OldDavidson, Maria A., ApartmentsEugene H. Blount HouseHayter Office BuildingHoya Land Office BuildingPost Office Building, OldRoberts BuildingRoland Jones HouseSouthern Pacific Railroad DepotWoodmen of the World BuildingDurst-Taylor HouseSterne-Hoya Historic DistrictVirginia Avenue Historic DistrictWashington Square Historic DistrictZion Hill Historic DistrictNacogdoches Downtown Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles

From each listing’s National Archives record · 2 of 19 name a style
Greek Revival2

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Nacogdoches’s busiest decade was the 1990s.
Old Nacogdoches University BuildingListed 1971Old Nacogdoches University BuildingGreek RevivalEducationArchitectureAdolphus Sterne HouseListed 1976Adolphus Sterne HouseBuildingHistoric - Non-AboriginalStephen William and Mary Price Blount HouseListed 1991Stephen William and Mary Price Blount HouseBuildingPoliticsArchitectureCotton Exchange Building, OldListed 1992Cotton Exchange Building, OldBuildingArchitectureDavidson, Maria A., ApartmentsListed 1992Davidson, Maria A., ApartmentsBuildingArchitectureEugene H. Blount HouseListed 1992Eugene H. Blount HouseBuildingArchitectureHayter Office BuildingListed 1992Hayter Office BuildingBuildingArchitectureHoya Land Office BuildingListed 1992Hoya Land Office BuildingBuildingCommerceArchitecturePost Office Building, OldListed 1992Post Office Building, OldBuildingArchitectureRoberts BuildingListed 1992Roberts BuildingBuildingArchitectureRoland Jones HouseListed 1992Roland Jones HouseBuildingArchitectureSouthern Pacific Railroad DepotListed 1992Southern Pacific Railroad DepotBuildingTransportationArchitectureWoodmen of the World BuildingListed 1992Woodmen of the World BuildingBuildingArchitectureDurst-Taylor HouseListed 2003Durst-Taylor HouseGreek RevivalArchitectureListed 1992Sterne-Hoya Historic DistrictDistrictArchitectureListed 1992Virginia Avenue Historic DistrictDistrictArchitectureListed 1992Washington Square Historic DistrictDistrictArchitectureListed 1993Zion Hill Historic DistrictDistrictBlack historyArchitectureListed 2008Nacogdoches Downtown Historic DistrictDistrictCommerceArchitecturePolitics
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer June 3, 1936 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION. - Peter Ellis… (1936) and it appears here side by side.

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From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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