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A HISTORY OF TYLER AND SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS
gaged in business for a longer period than any other merchant
in Tyler.
Next to the Wimberly and Philips building in very early
times was a small frame building occupied by Frank Stebbins, a
barber, which building was replaced by a brick building occu-
pied by Pitluk-Meyer and Co. Adjoining this last named was
the three-story brick building occupied by George Yarbrough as
a general merchandise store. West of it was the Sam H. Boren
store, the second story of which contained the dental offices of
Doctors J. H. and H. J. McBride. Adjoining the last named
building, there was originally a frame building occupied by James
Peguez (a grocer). On the corner of North Broadway (east side)
and the public square where the Citizens National Bank Build-
ing now stands, was a one-story frame building occupied by
H. M. Owens and Brothers (grocers), and later occupied by
Parker and Caldwell (grocers).
On the west side of North Broadway and the square (corner
lot) was the one-story, frame building occupied by Dr. E. H.
Wells (druggist at that time), and later by Horace H. Rowland
and brother, Ben W. Rowland (druggists). The building adjoin-
ing on the west was a two-story brick building owned and occu-
pied by A. M. Murphey (jeweler). While workmen were en-
gaged in excavating for a foundation for a brick building to be
placed next to it on the east, the Murphey building collapsed
and almost caused the deaths of several people. Later this build-
ing was occupied by T. B. Ramey jewelry store. Adjoining the
last named building was the very tall brick building occupied
by 1. H. Brown and Company (John A. Brown) merchants. West
of this lot was a two-story frame building occupied by Captain
Hynson, and next to it a two-story frame building occupied by
Marcellus Scott (grocer). Adjoining the last named was the
two-story brick building occupied by W. H. Cousins and Julius
Sanders (merchants). For awhile the second story of this build-
ing was used as the printing office of the Tyler Reporter, or
Democrat and Reporter. Next to the last named building was
the two-story, brick building once occupied by T. G. Woldert as
a furniture store, and later occupied by M. T. Brown, and still
later by J. H. Adams and Son (hardware merchants). On the
next lot was a two-story brick building occupied by Ed Sharp and
partner (merchants), the upstairs of which contained the offices
of Judge S. D. Reaves, and Governor Oran M. Roberts. In later
years the lower floor of this building was the Bonner and Bonner
Bank. In this same building or in the one next to it, in later
years was the Jester National Bank. West of this latter building
was a two-story brick building occupied by Grinnan, Wiley and
Bowen (merchants). Adjoining. the last named building was a
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Woldert, Albert. A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas, book, 1948; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130177/m1/87/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .