Arlington, Texas – History, Historical Markers, and Local Landmarks (photos)

Arlington has a vibrant history! Check out a photo tour of our Historical Markers and Local Landmarks. More coming soon!

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Texas Historical Markers in Arlington

Links to the Historical Marker text are after the photos.

  • City of Arlington
  • Andrew Hayter
  • Colonel Neel E. Kearby
  • Dalworthington Gardens
  • Mount Olive Baptist Church
  • The Hill neighborhood
  • Berachah Home and Cemetery
  • Bankhead Highway Through Arlington
  • UTA
  • Rehoboth Cemetery
  • Booker T. Washington School
  • Marrow Bone Spring
  • Arlington Downs Racetrack
  • First Baptist Church of Arlington
  • Arlington Cemetery
  • First United Methodist Church of Arlington
  • Woods Chapel Baptist Church
  • Top O’ Hill Terrace

Links to Historical Markers text

Founders Plaza

Founders Plaza pays tribute to Andrew Hayter, the Father of Arlington, and six of Arlington’s founding families.

Andrew Hayter – bronze bust and historical marker

The six famililes represented in Founders Plaza are the Rose, Rankin, Cooper, Collins, Ditto, and Rogers families.

Fielder House Museum

Fielder House Museum is home to the Arlington Historical Society. The museum has exhibits about Arlington’s history, and the house itself (built in 1914) is a Texas Historic Landmark.

Fielder House – Texas Historical Marker and Texas Historic Landmark
J.D. Cooper home – Texas Historic Landmark (on display at the Fielder House Museum)

Arlington’s World War II Memorial

Arlington’s World War II Memorial consists of four plaques and a life-sized bronze statue.

Memorials include:

  • Colonel Neel E. Kearby’s Texas Historical Marker and life-sized bronze statue.
  • A plaque paying tribute to heroes from Arlington who gave the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.
  • A plaque explaining how the North Texas Agricultural College (1923-1949), now UTA, got involved with the wartime efforts and their impact.
  • A plaque, “In Memoriam – Lest We Forget,” paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women of Arlington who entered the Armed Forces.

Colonel Neel E. Kearby life-size bronze statue and historical marker

Arlington’s World War II Memorial site
Arlington’s World War II Memorial site
Arlington’s World War II Memorial site
The Interurban
Old Town Historic District
North Edge of Original Town
Vandergriff Building
Arlington Memorial Heritage Grounds
Arlington Landmark – African American Cemetery – Arlington Heritage Memorial Grounds
Middleton Tate Johnson – The Father of Tarrant County – marker
Middleton Tate Johnson – The Father of Tarrant County – gravesite
Arlington Landmark – Arlington Post Office / Worthington National Bank
Arlington Post Office
First United Methodist Church of Arlington – Arlington Landmark and sidewalk plaques
Division Street – sidewalk plaques (near Center and Division Streets)

Photos by Jason S. Sullivan