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The first brick buildings in Smith County

Alfred W. Ferguson built five brick stores on the northwest side of the Tyler square between 1855 and 1858, the first brick buildings in Smith County.

Sources

  1. Handbook of Texas: Smith Countytshaonline.orgAlfred W. Ferguson built five brick buildings, the first in the county, at Tyler.
  2. Handbook of Texas: Tyler, TXtshaonline.orgAlfred W. Ferguson erected five brick stores on the northwest side of the square between 1855 and 1858

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