Marker Inscription
Commerce, Architecture, Social History
Historic Place
Old Rock Saloon
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About this site
Old Rock Saloon is a historic place in Hillsboro, Hill County, dedicated in 1984. It is one of 12 historic places documented in Hill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0105, -97.1306 near Hillsboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bond's Alley (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sturgis National Bank, Farmers National Bank, and Pioneer Bank Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2084001881. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
With a cornerstone dated 1876, the Old Rock Saloon is the oldest commercial building standing in Hillsboro and the only surviving limestone structure in its central business district. Once owned by former mayor J. E. Ballard, it held a gambling hall upstairs and a cockfighting pit at the rear, and it was the first building restored under the Texas Main Street Program. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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