Mathews General Store

This was one of several brick buildings erected on Mechanic Street after an October 1895 fire. S. J. And Nancy Mathews came to Plano in 1893 and opened a store across the street before relocating here in 1906. Mathews Department Store sold dry goods and clothing, including millinery made by Nancy and her daughters, until 1947. The building continued as a department store and then other businesses. The façade features running bond and corbelled brick, transom and storefront windows, and columns and base plates from Sherman Iron Works. It is one of Plano’s few 19th-century stores in continuous commercial operation.

Mathews General Store is a historical marker in Plano, Collin County, dedicated in 2013. It is one of 186 historical markers documented in Collin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 319 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.0198, -96.7004 near Plano. The nearest cataloged historic site is W. D. McFarlin Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fred Schimelpfenig Building, Plano National Bank/I.O.O.F. Lodge Building, and Texas Electric Railway Station.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017669. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.