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 Bruce & Human Drug Company
N 32° 42.548 W 096° 00.526
14S E 780395 N 3623000
Texas Historical Marker at 145 N 4th St in Wills Point, noting the establishment of the Bruce & Human Drug Company, whose building still serves the community.
Waymark Code: WMP2Z4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2015
Views: 1
Note that the marker itself is side-by-side with the one for the Wynne & Wynne Law Office, on James St behind the Bruce & Human building.
Marker Number: 16303
Marker Text:
German-born Oscar Pabst moved to Wills Point from Quitman, Texas in 1879, and he established an apothecary in town along the Dallas-Shreveport Road. After an 1888 fire damaged Pabst's store, he relocated it inside a grocery owned by his son-in-law, B.W. Bruce. Bruce sold the grocery and took over the apothecary and he joined with several investors, including J.H. Human, to form the Bruce and Human Drug Company in 1898. The men purchased a building in a prime downtown location, where it has served Wills Point citizens ever since. Additional tenants have included doctors' offices, the city's telephone exchange and a jewelry repair shop, and local election returns were posted at the building for many years. (2010)
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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