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Building. Typical of city's heyday as greatest inland port in southwest. Erected before 1866. Housed offices, grocery, saloon, drugstore. A famous owner was Sallie Harrison, given this building (1882) on her marriage to C. A. Culberson, later to become governor and U. S. Senator. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970
Austin Street Mercantile is a historical marker in Jefferson, Marion County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Marion County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 132 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7585, -94.3443 near Jefferson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rosebud Saloon, Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First National Bank of Jefferson, Federal Building, and Beard House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5315008012. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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