Details for Spinks-Mayes Building
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225011192
Data
| Marker Number | 11192 |
| Atlas Number | 5225011192 |
| Marker Title | Spinks-Mayes Building |
| Index Entry | Spinks-Mayes Building |
| Address | West Houston Ave. & North 4th |
| City | Crockett |
| County | Houston |
| UTM Zone | |
| UTM Easting | |
| UTM Northing | |
| Subject Codes | markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year | 1982 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | corner of West Houston Ave. and North 4th in Crockett |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | |
| Marker Text | Built in 1891-92 by Rudd Crawford Spinks, This structure originally housed his jewelry and music store and included upstairs living quarters. The site had been owned earlier by S.A. Miller, a prominent local attorney who later served as a state legislator and Houston County judge. W.E. "Buck" Mayes, a landowner, bought the building in 1895 and it remained in his family for 45 years. Victorian in design, it features pressed tin detailing. |