Photo Gallery of Downtown Tyler Texas

West Erwin Street Sign Downtown Tyler: Established 1846

Named for President John Tyler, the city was established on April 11, 1846 by the Texas Legislature as it also created Smith County. Tyler was designated the county seat.

Downtown Tyler today features numerous historical structures, government buildings such as the Smith County Courthouse, churches, banks, restaurants, antique stores and businesses.

Downtown Tyler Texas skyline

The site of the old Smith County Texas courthouse, looking east towards the current courthouse

Tyler Texas historical survey marker in the downtown square

Smith County Texas Court House

Streetscape, downtown Tyler Texas, including the site of the Arcadia Theater

The Tyler City Hall, Downtown Tyler, Texas

The Woman's Building, South Broadway Avenue, Tyler, Texas

The Fitzgerald Home, on South Broadway Avenue, Tyler, Texas

First Presbyterian Church, Tyler, Texas

Tyler Texas downtown skyline, looking west from the courthouse

Tyler Texas downtown skyline, looking east

Tyler Texas store facades ... before the fire ... now being restored in 2011

Tyler Theater, downtown Tyler Texas

Tyler Texas downtown skyline

Tyler Texas Federal Courthouse, downtown Tyler

First Baptist Church

Tyler Goodman Museum

The J. Pabst Building

The Cotton Belt train depot in Tyler, Texas, opened in 1905
The last passenger train in Tyler was in April, 1956, and the depot was later donated to the City of Tyler. It is now the site of the Cotton Belt Museum.

Tyler Tap Railroad Historic Marker in Tyler Texas ... route of the Cotton Belt
The Tyler Tap Railroad began operations in 1877

Historic Oakwood Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Tyler
located near downtown ... entrance