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Black plaque № 20233

Jefferson, TX, United States

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. Se

nator. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970 #8012

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