Details for Bond's Alley
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5217000449
Data
Marker Number | 449 |
Atlas Number | 5217000449 |
Marker Title | Bond's Alley |
Index Entry | Bond's Alley |
Address | |
City | Hillsboro |
County | Hill |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 676538 |
UTM Northing | 3543169 |
Subject Codes | roads; markets, merchantiles |
Marker Year | 1969 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | southside of Courthouse Square, go west Elm, Hillsboro |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
Marker Text | Local site for politics, peddlers' shows, whittling, cockfights, fisticuffs. Named for Bond's Drug Store, located here since 1881, and sheltering in bad weather people who usually sunned in alley. Early neighbors varied from a Chinese laundry to an auto assembly shop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1969 |