The Texarkana Museums System offers fun and fascinating ways to explore Texarkana’s past, present and future. The Wilbur Smith Research Library and Archives, housed in the Museum of Regional History, preserves thousands of photographs, documents, books and ephemera related to the history of Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas
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The three buildings in the center were once a Western Union Telegraph office, a tailor shop, a theater, then combined to form the original location of ... (read more)
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View of East Broad Street facing East. The image shows a parade of circus elephants being transferred from the circus train at Union Station to the ... (read more)
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Texarkana (AR & TX) was founded with the sale of city lots off of the state line by the railroad in 1873. The original Union Station ... (read more)
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A view of Front Street, Texarkana facing West. The sale of city lots for Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas took place off the state line between ... (read more)
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Built in 1879 by W.H. Hakes to house Texarkana Bank, the Offenhauser Building is the oldest surviving brick building in Texarkana. In 1882, the Offenhauser insurance ... (read more)
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The Grim Hotel was built in 1925 in downtown Texarkana, Arkasnas. It included a roof-top garden, a ballroom and several formal dining rooms. The lobby featured ... (read more)
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The McCartney Hotel was one of many luxury hotels that served downtown Texarkana in the early decades of the 20th Century. Built and operated by the ... (read more)
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The Texarkana United States Post Office and Federal Court Building, shown in circa 1940. This building sits on the state line between Arkansas (right side of ... (read more)
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Two story brick building located in downtown Texarkana. The upper floor was used as a hotel community dance hall. The lower floor housed retail stores, a ... (read more)
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Building shown to the far left with portico on front; This building was constructed circa 1899. Early in its history it housed a butcher shop and ... (read more)
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Known locally as the "flatiron building," this three story structure was built in 1904 and originally used as a hotel. In the 1920s, white stucco was ... (read more)
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Located at the corner of West Broad Street and State Line Avenue, this bank building was one of the premier office buildings, along with the State ... (read more)
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One of the first moving picture theaters in Texarkana, the Joy was located in a portion of a brick building designed by the Witt, Siebert and ... (read more)
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The State First National Bank was founded by charter in 1904 and was located in this building until 1971. After the bank moved, the Ben F. ... (read more)
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Built in 1901 by Texarkana businessman, Ben F. Foreman, this building originally offered retail space, an upper floor hotel, a dance hall and apartments. In the ... (read more)
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Original Central Methodist Church located at West 4th and State Line Avenue, downtown, Texarkana, Texas (read more)
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