Details for Sherley, A. & Bro. Hardware Store
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507015159
Data
| Marker Number | 15159 |
| Atlas Number | 5507015159 |
| Marker Title | Sherley, A. & Bro. Hardware Store |
| Index Entry | Sherley, A. & Bro. Hardware Store |
| Address | 118 N. Sherley Avenue |
| City | Anna |
| County | Collin |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 728135 |
| UTM Northing | 3692696 |
| Subject Codes | commercial buildings; markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year | 1999 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 118 N. Sherley Avenue and E. 4th Street |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Lewis and Paulina Sherley moved to north Texas from Kentucky about 1853. When the town of Anna was established in 1872, their grandsons, brothers Andrew and Fred Sherley, opened a hardware store. In 1894 they built this structure to house the business. It remained in the family after the store closed in 1979. Over time they were undertakers as well as purveyors of furniture, farming implements and machinery, wagons, cotton, grain and groceries. Wagon-weighing scales in front of the building were removed when the road was widened. The structure is a fine example of an early Texas commercial building, retaining the original canopy and painted signs. Minimal Victorian-era detailing includes corbelled brickwork in the parapet and paneled kickplates on storefront display windows.Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1999 |