Randerson-Lundell Building

Marker installed: 1994

Cornelius Randerson erected a one-story structure here in 1896 to house a grocery, feed, and wagon yard. John and Claud Lundell purchased the building in 1898 and in 1910 a second floor was added to board customers overnight. It remained in the Lundell family until 1926. A good example of a native limestone and brick commercial building, it features simple Classical detailing. A number of businesses have occupied the building.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994.

commercial buildings

In the late 19th century, Texas became known for its cattle drives, in which cowboys would move herds of cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas and other northern states. The cattle drives were dangerous and difficult work, but they played a key role in the development of the American cattle industry.