Early Bank Building

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Marker Text:  A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank development in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and credit; in 1891 sold this business to First National Bank of Crockett, which he and H.F. Moore were organizing. This structure, built 1893-94, was sold 1954 to Mary Aldrich, abstractor. (1972)

Marker No. 11096

Medallion & Plate

Geographic:31.317739, -95.456657

Location: 505 East Goliad, Crockett