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Commerce
Historic Place
Old Penick--Hughes Company
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About this site
Old Penick--Hughes Company is a historic place in Stamford, Jones County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 20 historic places documented in Jones County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 71 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9439, -99.8028 near Stamford. The nearest cataloged historic site is US Post Office (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Bryant--Link Building, Old Wooten, H. O., Grocery (Gone), and SMS Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2086002354. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Penick-Hughes Company opened as a hardware and mercantile store on January 2, 1900, the same day the town of Stamford was established, and grew into one of its anchor businesses. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1986 as part of the Stamford Multiple Resource Area, and it was later rehabilitated into an event venue.
Sources: thepenickhughes.comen.wikipedia.org
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