Details for Union Mercantile
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5243010489
Data
| Marker Number | 10489 |
| Atlas Number | 5243010489 |
| Marker Title | Union Mercantile |
| Index Entry | Union Mercantile |
| Address | Limpia Street and Court Avenue |
| City | Fort Davis |
| County | Jeff Davis |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 607268 |
| UTM Northing | 3385301 |
| Subject Codes | commercial buildings; markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | N of the Courthouse Square |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 16" x 12" |
| Marker Text | Founded 1873 by O. M. Keesey and Geo. Gaither in adobe building on this site. Later owned by W. Keesey, an army baker, who sold clothing, groceries, cradles, guns, whiskey, coffins, tobacco, spittoons, wagonwheels, and harness, and did private banking. First telephone in county operated out of store via barbed wire line to ranches. In 1906 he replaced the adobe with this stone structure that was bought by T. T. Kelly, 1964. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |