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  The cyclone that struck Garland early

   on Sunday, May 9, 1927, created scenes

   like this one. The heaviest damage

   occurred north of present Main St. and west

   of downtown business district as a dozen

   homes were damaged and another dozen

   demolished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

 

  The Bullock homeplace, shown here

  near the time of its construction in

  1913, stood on the north side of present

  Forest Ln., then known as Beltline Rd.,

  between Jupiter and Plano Rds. R.L.

  Poole and Son, contractors, built the

  frame house for Charles E. and Mary

  Bullock

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

 

  The T.C. Brown house, completed in

  900, faced east onto 9th St. between

  present Main St. and Avenue A.

  Graciously sized to accommodate reunions

  with the Brown's seven children and their

  families, the house was demolished ca.

  1950 to make room for a Safeway grocery

  store. Mr. Brown was a Garland farmer

  and lumber dealer who served as secretary

  of the first GISD board of trustees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

  The Festus Tinsley House provided 

  family comfort in Victorian vernacular

  style. Mr. Tinsley's home place was

  situated on the north side of old Highway

  66 near its intersection with Lavon Dr. Land

  belonging to his father, W.A. Tinsley, underlay

  Garland's predecessor township of Embree,

  including the present town square.