| Marker Number |
10858 |
| Atlas Number |
5379010858 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Fraser Brick Company |
| Index Entry |
Fraser Brick Company |
| Address |
US 69 |
| City |
Emory |
| County |
Rains |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
244917 |
| UTM Northing |
3638270 |
| Subject Codes |
business topics; industry; design and construction |
| Marker Year |
1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
US 69, about 3 mi. SE of Emory, S side between FM 779 and CR 2250. Marker reported missing Sep. 2022. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Here in 1905 Walter B. Fraser (1877-1968) built a pioneer Texas factory which produced bricks and hollow clay building tile. This was the first industrial plant in Rains County and it employed about 40 men. When, in 1909, a post office was established near here, its name "Ginger" was taken from the distinctive color of the burnt clay bricks made at the plant. Operations ceased when this clay supply neared exhaustion in the 1940s. Walter B. Fraser retired in 1944. The business prospered at its other Texas locations until sold in 1961. (1968) |
