Texas Historical Marker

The Lynch Building

Albany · Shackelford County · placed 1975 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Shackelford County, Texas

The story

This was Albany's first stone mercantile store. It was erected in stages, combining Greek revival and Victorian Italianate designs. In 1878, W.

H. Miller built one-story east unit, and permitted Albany Masonic Lodge to erect a second story. Local rancher J.

C. Lynch in 1881 built the 2-story west unit. The "Live and Let Live" drugstore was an early tenant.

L. H. Hill and family owned the property 1896-1974.

Clifton Caldwell bought and restored it in 1974-75. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1975.

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