Historical Markers StoppingPoints.com Historical Markers, Sightseeing & Points of Interest Scenic Roads & Points of Interest
About Us | Photo Gallery | Free Widgets | Featured States | Search Site
Register or Edit LoginRegister
Home Texas Floyd County Lockney J. A. Baker Store
     

J. A. Baker Store

  Texas Historical Markers
200 Main St., Lockney, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 7' 25.46398999992", -101° 26' 28.7663799984"
 
    Texas State
Historical Marker
    Opened 1894; one of the Texas South Plains' oldest mercantile houses still owned by founding family. James Artemas Baker (1859-1917), founder of this store and town of Lockney, was born near Dallas and lived in Hamilton from 1879 to July 1890, when he moved here. Acting postmaster in 1893, and serving by appointment 1894-1901, he freighted and, with help of his wife Alice, ran this store, selling hardware, sundries, dry goods, groceries. Town also relied on Baker's store safe for banking in the early days. After frame building burned, this structure was erected 1914. (1971)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

J. A. Baker Store Historical Marker Location Map, Lockney, Texas