Site of Gorsline's Fashion Livery Stable
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In 1889 Edgar B. Gorsline (1859-1933) and his wife came to Wichita Falls from Indiana. For two years Gorsline operated a grocery and bakery. He opened the Fashion Livery Stable at this site in 1892. Horses and rigs were rented and horses boarded. Carriages were sent to meet all trains and transportation for funerals were provided. Before the automobile era, the Fashion Livery Stable furnished vital services for residents and visitors to Wichita Falls. Gorsline sold the stable in 1907 and the structure at this site was razed in 1908. (1979)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Edgar B. Gorsline came from Indiana to Wichita Falls in 1889, ran a grocery and bakery, then opened the Fashion Livery Stable on this spot in 1892. It rented horses and rigs, boarded animals, met every train with carriages, and supplied conveyances for funerals — the everyday transportation hub of a town still years from the automobile. Gorsline sold out in 1907 and the building was razed in 1908.
Why it matters
The livery stable recalls the horse-powered infrastructure that moved people and goods through every American town on the eve of the automobile age.
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