FIRST -- Stone Store built in town, Rocksprings TX
N 30° 01.002 W 100° 12.450
14R E 383554 N 3321249
The handsome Old Carson Store building in downtown Rocksprings was the first stone building built in town.
Waymark Code: WMPPK8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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The Old Carson Store is located at the corner of well Street and W. Austin St. on the northeast corner of the Edwards County courthouse square in downtown Rocksprings, Texas.
In 2015 the Carson building looks like it's used for meeting space.
The state historic marker on the front reads as follows:
"OLD CARSON STORE
First stone store in town; built 1920-21 by G. M. Carson, merchant. His 1904 general store (on this site) was for years only establishment in county selling caskets.
Present store withstood 1927 tornado that killed 72 here; is still owned by the Carson family. (1968)"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1921
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