Gay Hill, TX is a charming little ghost town in Washington County. Behold the ruins:
We think this was a feed store.
This was also some sort of store.
A chicken coop?
Scary!
A simple, abandoned house.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
No one is surprised...
Behold the recent ruins of the dry cleaners in downtown Mexia. The building just collapsed on 7/30/12, kind of like this one, which is down the street. Fortunately no one was hurt.
From the Mexia Daily News:
Collapsed business' future uncertain
by Roxanne McKnight
(Posted Thu 08:00 am)
Although the building that housed Nabors Cleaners in downtown Mexia collapsed without warning Monday evening, there’s good news for those whose clothing items were there.
Owner Dave Fitte said the clothing on the premises was in the back of the building, which is least damaged, and is asking customers whose clothing was being cleaned to contact him at 254-625-0693 to make arrangements to retrieve their property.
Andrew Taulton witnessed the collapse and said there was no warning when, about 7:25 p.m. July 30, the walls of the building, located at 209 E. Main St., fell outward, the roof fell in and the front facade tipped forward and landed across the sidewalk and in the street.
“I was standing there at the car wash,” Taulton said, “and I heard a noise like some tin was rattling, and I looked over here and I could see the front windows – the plate glass – were just starting to vibrate. It was just vibrating, and I saw the side – I thought somebody was in there and was running out the side. And then all of a sudden, it just collapsed, that was it. It took about five seconds. I didn’t see nobody around and that’s what worried me. I thought maybe somebody was inside.”
Rick Washington was at the car wash with Taulton and also saw what happened. He said that when the building fell “in about 15 seconds,” a cloud of dust shot out from the site.
“You couldn’t see the bank or the sign shop at all,” Washington said.
Mexia Police personnel and Mexia Fire Department first responders arrived on the scene almost immediately and cordoned off the area with caution tape.
Fitte was called and appeared at the scene, too. The building was closed and no one had been in it that day, because Fitte and his wife were about to leave on vacation.
Fitte attributed the collapse to the sheer age of the structure.
“It’s a 100-year-old building,” he said the following day. “It just got tired, I guess.
Before
(Thanks Nicholette!)
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Trinity University Tehuacana
Who knew Trinity University, now in San Antonio, started in little Tehuacana? And now this super creepy but awesome old building is left. Here's a rundown of the history of the property:
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church made Tehuacana the site of Trinity University and it remained there until it moved to Waxahachie in 1902. The property was then sold to the Methodist Church, which opened Westminster College.Westminster College merged with Southwestern University in 1942 but the school closed its doors in 1950. The school opened as Westminster Junior College and Bible Institute in 1953.
Apparently some weird church group uses the building. I really can't figure out WTF they do. They had another building behind the old college that looked like a half-way house.
Still not sure WTF is going on here.
The bell tower fell off somehow at some point.
I found this creepy picture of what it looked like when the bell tower was still attached.
Tehuacana Public School
Behold the ruins of the Tehuacana Public School, c. 1923. Located on East 2nd Street, there were no indications of preservation or restoration. Oh well, it's cool like it is.
Welcome to Tehuacana!
Tehuacana is a little but historic town in Limestone County. Above is Main Street. Love it.
Their one emergency vehicle.
The town Boston Terrier and Rat Terrier, also known as the greeting committee.
Some historic signs
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