2 W Plaza - 1917 - Paris, TX
N 33° 39.671 W 095° 33.437
15S E 262875 N 3727524
Built right after the Great Paris Fire of 1916, the building at 2 W Plaza St began life in 1917 as the Conway-Wright Company, noted by a bronze City of Paris Historic District plaque on the front of the building.
Waymark Code: WM11EZF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2019
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The plaque itself has "City of Paris" and "Historic District" framing the Culbertson Fountain, a symbol of Paris's resilience and strength after the 1916 fire consumed so much of the downtown area.
This building is part of the Paris Commercial Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure. The DowntownTX website is a great resource in providing some background, as the National Register's Nomination Form says little other than noting this one as a contributor (as property #7) and capturing it (as Plaza Furniture) in photo #54. It replaced whatever was there before the Great Fire of 1916, and these are some past occupants:
1917-20 - Conway-Short Company (department store)
1921 - Anderson Carter Company (dry goods)
1924-29 - Conway-Short Company (department store)
1936-57 - McLellan Stores Company (department store)
1959-65 - McCrory McLellan Stores Corp. (variety store)
1967-77 - McCrory McLellan Green, Inc. (variety store)
1978-84 - Huggins Furniture Company
1985-97 - Plaza Furniture
1999-2000 - Antique Clocks & Chiropractic Mattress Center
Note that the plaque on the building says "Conway-Wright" and not "Conway-Short", as provided by DowntownTX.