FIRST -- Telephone Exchange, Sonora TX
N 30° 34.304 W 100° 38.673
14R E 342293 N 3383292
Sonora's first telephone exchange was located in the Old Mercantile Building downtown.
Waymark Code: WMPPWZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2015
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The historic marker detailing this building's history and importance to the development of Sonora is located on the east side of the Old Mercantile Building at the corner of S Water Street and Main Street in downtown Sonora.
The marker reads as follows:
'OLD MERCANTILE BUILDING
Kentucky native Ed R. Jackson (1860-1911), a prominent local rancher and banker, had this two-story Italianate commercial building constructed in 1902-03. Located on the site of an early hotel and a later mercantile store, both of which were destroyed by fire, the limestone structure features an ornate facade of cast iron and pressed tin. First occupied by a mercantile store on the ground floor, it also provided second floor space for offices and a community hall. Other occupants included early lawyers and doctors, and the first established telephone exchange in Sonora.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark--1981
This beautifully restored historic building is also listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
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