Austin Street Mercantile
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
32.7566° N, 94.3446° W
Where to Find It
Austin St., across from Courthouse
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi SE Marion County Courthouse Jefferson
- <0.1 mi E Texas Statesman Charles Allen Culberson Jefferson
- <0.1 mi SW Murphy Building Jefferson
- <0.1 mi E Marion County Jefferson
- <0.1 mi SW Vernon Dalhart Jefferson
- <0.1 mi SW Haggard, George E., Bldg. (RE 80) Jefferson