Texas Historical Marker

Hardware and Tin Shop

Granbury · Hood County · placed 1974 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Hood County, Texas

The story

A cabin-dotted Woodland in 1870, this square soon had buildings of stone quarried less than a mile away. Investor John D. Baker built this structure in 1882 and in 1890 sold it to saloonkeepers Aston and Landers.

Extensive repairs were made in 1891, after a fire in this and neighbor buildings. By 1895, ex-county clerk J.R. Morris had a hardware and tin shop here.

Lon Morris, a widely-known lawyer and college benefactor, had his offices on the second floor.

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