Texarkana's FIRST Black Business and Professional Office Building - Texarkana, TX
N 33° 25.224 W 094° 02.867
15S E 402584 N 3698385
A Texas Historical Marker on the Jamison Building notes that this was Texarkana's first black business and professional office building back in 1930. Located at 523.5 W Third St, the exterior is in fine shape, but the building appears vacant.
Waymark Code: WMQPG2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2016
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The Jamison Building is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and the 1983 historical marker provides some background:
Mississippi-born Dr. Garling Urih Jamison, Sr., (1881-1951) opened this structure in 1930 as Texarkana's first black business and professional office building. Designed by the Texarkana architectural firm of Witt, Seibert, and Halsey, it features an interesting and decorative use of brick. The Jamison Building became a center of economic, cultural, and social life in the city's black community and has remained an important local landmark.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1930
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