The W. T. and T. C. Connor Buildings
Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
W. T. Connor (d. 1920) opened a mercantile business in 1866 in Daingerfield. In the 1880s, he and his contractor son, T. C. Connor, erected adjacent storehouses on this site, with his son doing the construction. Although T.C. Connor sold his building in 1890, the family regained ownership in 1938, to be retained until 1968. Occupants have included doctors, merchants, and various public agencies. The McKellar Company bought this property in 1974, combining the structures, which are rare examples of Victorian business buildings still in use.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
W. T. Connor opened a mercantile business in Daingerfield in 1866, and in the 1880s he and his contractor son T. C. Connor raised adjacent storehouses on this site. Over the decades the buildings sheltered doctors, merchants, and public agencies, passing in and out of family hands before being combined in 1974. They survive as rare working examples of Victorian commercial architecture in northeast Texas.
Why it matters
The buildings document the rise of small-town commerce in post-Civil War Texas and preserve a scarce example of surviving Victorian-era business architecture.
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- · W. T. Connor
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