Sherley, A. & Bro. Hardware Store

Lewis and Paulina Sherley moved to north Texas from Kentucky about 1853. When the town of Anna was established in 1872, their grandsons, brothers Andrew and Fred Sherley, opened a hardware store. In 1894 they built this structure to house the business. It remained in the family after the store closed in 1979. Over time they were undertakers as well as purveyors of furniture, farming implements and machinery, wagons, cotton, grain and groceries. Wagon-weighing scales in front of the building were removed when the road was widened. The structure is a fine example of an early Texas commercial building, retaining the original canopy and painted signs. Minimal Victorian-era detailing includes corbelled brickwork in the parapet and paneled kickplates on storefront display windows.Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1999

Sherley, A. & Bro. Hardware Store is a historical marker in Anna, Collin County, dedicated in 1999. It is one of 193 historical markers documented in Collin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 345 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.3492, -96.5484 near Anna. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Christian Church of Anna (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Public Education in Anna, Slater Cemetery, and Lair Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015159. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.