Marker Inscription
Western Bungalow. Built 1915, in Girvin, by R. F. Mayse, first merchant. Moved to McCamey, 1946. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Holmes: gift. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Historical Marker
Adrian Building
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About this site
Adrian Building is a historical marker in McCamey, Upton County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Upton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.1374, -102.2180 near McCamey. The nearest cataloged historic site is King Mountain (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mendoza Trail, Early Humble Camp in Permian Basin, and McCamey Junior High School.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5461000090. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Adrian Building in McCamey dates from the town's early years as an oil boomtown that sprang up after major petroleum discoveries in Upton County in the 1920s. The 1915-era Adrian House, a Western bungalow, survives among the community's historic structures preserved at the Mendoza Trail Museum alongside an early Santa Fe Railroad depot. A state historical marker was placed in McCamey in 1964.
Sources: hmdb.orgtexastimetravel.com
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