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1859: Bonnie Castle on Broadway

A house built in 1859; the city took ownership in 1940.

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What the sources put on the map by 1859, over today’s streets.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The record

  1. 1859

    Samuel Gallatin Smith builds the Goodman-LeGrand House at 624 N. Broadway as 'Bonnie Castle'.1

  2. 1880

    The house gains a second story.1

  3. 1926

    A remodel gives it circular porticos and two-story columns.1

  4. 1939–1940

    Sallie Goodman-LeGrand dies in 1939, and the City of Tyler takes ownership in 1940.1

  5. September 2025

    The house is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission and a suggested $3 donation, and the Azalea Trail starts there. Check before you go: these are the hours as of September 2025.1

Notes

  1. Tyler Morning Telegraph, 2025-09-06: Goodman Legrand One of Tyler's Oldest Properties Honors Family Legacy Lets Visitors Step Back in Time (tylerpaper.com); Tyler Morning Telegraph, 2026-03-20: Tyler's 67th Azalea and Spring Flower Trail Opens with Ribbon Cutting and Celebration of New Ownership for Pyron Garden (tylerpaper.com). Hours and donation as of September 2025; re-check. Research notes

About this plate

  • Goodman-LeGrand House: a filled pin marks the place the sources tie the event to. 32.35672° N, 95.30146° W, from OpenStreetMap way/589131561.
  • The faint numbered tiles are the 1847 plat, drawn as a schematic: the sources give 28 blocks around a central square, not where they stood.
  • The faint linework is today’s map, from OpenStreetMap. How the map is made.