Marker Inscription
T. E. Jackson, a prominent businessman from Fort Griffin (15 miles north) built this structure in the late 1870s as a warehouse for a general merchandise store. For more than 100 years, it served the town of Albany as the site of various commercial business, including photography studios and a cafe. The well-known department store Sanger Brothers owned the Jackson Warehouse from 1887 until 1906. The Jackson Warehouse is important as a reminder of the commercial business that made Albany an important supply point for the West Texas cattle industry. Texas Sesquicentennial, 1836-1986.
About this site
Jackson Warehouse is a historical marker in Albany, Shackelford County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 36 historical markers documented in Shackelford County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7251, -99.2986 near Albany. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ledbetter Salt Works, C.S.A. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Albany, City of, Ledbetter Picket House, and Texas Central Railway Company.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5417002707. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
