| Marker Number |
8723 |
| Atlas Number |
5005008723 |
| Marker Title |
Southern Pine Lumber Company Commissary |
| Index Entry |
Southern Pine Lumber Company Commissary |
| Address |
|
| City |
Diboll |
| County |
Angelina |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
329699 |
| UTM Northing |
3451310 |
| Subject Codes |
lumber topics; markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year |
1980 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
S. First St. at railroad tracks, just north of Mill St. intersection, Diboll |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
The original commissary at this site was constructed about 1894 when T. L. L. Temple (1859 - 1935) started the first Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill here. The store was moved to the present building when it was completed in 1923. The inventory included groceries, medicine, ice, furniture, dry goods, and coffins. Items were purchased with "company checks," special tokens of metal or wax-coated paper. Managed from 1896 to 1938 by W. P. Rutland, the commissary closed in 1953. The building housed company offices until 1979. (1980) |
