Miller-Spinks-Mayes Property

SAH Archipedia describes the Spinks-Mayes Building as a plain two-story brick structure of 1891, put up by farmer and builder Rudd C. Spinks as a jewelry and music store with a residence upstairs. Three second-floor windows are framed by pilasters with foliate capitals. William E. Mayes bought it in 1895 and added the pressed-metal storefront, which is by Mesker and Bros. The porch and terrace over the sidewalk were added later and resemble earlier versions.

What the plaque says

Miller-Spinks-Mayes Property This corner of the town square was developed as a law office after state legislator and Houston County judge S.A. Miller (1805-1893) purchased it in 1840. In 1891, Rudd Crawford Spinks (1856-1938) bought the site and built a two-story brick building for his jewelry store with living quarters on the second floor. W.E. "Buck" Mayes, a Crockett merchant, banker and landowner, bought the building, now substantially altered from its original appearance, in 1895. The property remains an important site in Crockett's commercial history. (1992)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 27 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Five Courthouses of Houston County — steps away
• Site of the Crockett Hotel — steps away
• Crockett — steps away
• First National Bank of Crockett — steps away