Historical Marker

Spinks-Mayes Building

Historical marker location:
West Houston Ave. & North 4th, Crockett, Texas
( corner of West Houston Ave. and North 4th in Crockett)
Marker installed: 1982

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.