Early Commercial Building

Dublin moved. A. H. Dobkins founded it in 1854, and by 1874 it had stagecoach service and a post office. In 1881 the Texas Central Railroad reached Mount Airy, a few miles off, and J. D. Bishop laid out a townsite on the line four miles south. According to the Handbook of Texas, new Dublin had forty-five businesses and sixty-five homes within a year, and the railroad moved its depot there from Mount Airy. Residents drifted from old to new. Incorporation came on March 18, 1889. The plaque dates this wooden building to about 1880.

What the plaque says

Early Commercial Building Constructed of wood about 1880 by Joseph E. Bishop, son-in-law of A. H. and Sarah Jane Dobkins, founders of Dublin. Veneered 1895 with native stone,and remodeled 1943, 1965. Colorful, important occupants have included banks, medical clinics, a drugstore, newspaper plant, saloons, and a dress shop. (1972)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Dublin Bottling Works — steps away
  The Erath County plant that bottled Dr Pepper with cane sugar from 1891 until a 2012 settlement ended its Dr Pepper license, and that still makes its own sodas the same way.

More markers nearby

• Dublin Rodeo — steps away
• Hogan Blacksmith Shop — steps away
• Dublin National Bank — steps away
• Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company — steps away