Editing Lancaster, Texas (section)

== Culture ==

=== Landmarks ===

Lancaster has three properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Randlett House]], the [[Captain R. A. Rawlins House]], and the [[W. A. Strain Farm-Strain House]].
[[File:RockyCrestMarker.png|thumb|Texas Historical Marker at the site of Rocky Crest School, which served Lancaster's African-American students prior to [[desegregation]].]]
The [[Texas Historical Commission]] has designated 14 sites in the Lancaster area with historical markers.<ref name="Historic District Study"/> Listed below are the sites in Lancaster with state historical markers and the year they received the designation:
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*'''Towns/communities'''
**Town of Lancaster (1974)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006754 | title = Lancaster, Town of | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref> – This marker commemorates the founding of Lancaster and is located in the Historic Town Square.
**Pleasant Run (1974)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006841 | title = Pleasant Run | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref> – This marker commemorates the former Pleasant Run community and is located at the Regions Bank building on North Dallas Avenue.
*'''Historic Homes'''
**Captain R. A. Rawlins House (1964)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006833 | title = Rawlins House, Captain R. A. ''(Rawlins Homestead)'' | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**W. A. Strain House (1977)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006891 | title = Strain House, W. A. | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**Winniford House (1994)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006925 | title = Winniford House | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
*'''Educational Institution'''
**Rocky Crest School (2012)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5507016923 | title = Rocky Crest School | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rocky Crest Museum receives historical marker | publisher=[[Focus Daily News]] | date=2012-09-07 | url=http://focusdailynews.com/new-life-center-opens-today-p1048-1.htm | access-date=2014-03-22 }}</ref>
*'''Graveyard'''
**Edgewood Cemetery (1974)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006688 | title = Edgewood Cemetery | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
*'''Places of worship'''
**First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster (1976)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006703 | title = First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**First United Methodist Church of Lancaster (1976)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006707 | title = First United Methodist Church of Lancaster | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**First Baptist Church of Lancaster (1977)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006691 | title = First Baptist Church of Lancaster | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**First Christian Church of Lancaster (1979)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006696 | title = First Christian Church of Lancaster | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church (1985)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006874 | title = St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
*'''Former sites'''
**Site of the Confederate Arms Factory (1936)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006655 | title = Site of the Confederate Arms Factory | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
**Former Site of Head House (1978)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details?atlasnumber=5113006733 | title = Head House, Former Site of | publisher = [[Texas Historical Commission]] | access-date = 2024-03-04}}</ref>
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