Ragland Building

Community leader R.A. Ragland (1858-1938) had this structure erected in 1901 as a one-story building with a random pattern of hand-hewed limestone. He added a second floor in 1906. Charles McFarland bought the building in 1909. The first floor has housed a blacksmith shop and hardware store. The second floor has held the law office and abstract company of Ragland and R.C. Crane, an early Western Union Telegraph office, cotton exporter, doctors, and a sanatorium. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1979.

Ragland Building is a historical marker in Sweetwater, Nolan County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Nolan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.4740, -100.4078 near Sweetwater. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Baptist Church of Sweetwater, Nolan County, and W.A.S.P. (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) Training Base: Avenger Field.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5353004165. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.