Downtown Decatur, Texas

 

Decatur's mural looks like an old postcard.

The phrase, Eighter from Decatur, was coined by a 19th century gambling railroad worker.

Downtown Decatur is dominated

by the Wise County Courthouse.

Decatur's Time Capsule was sealed

on October 26, 1996.

It is to be reopened by County

Officials in October 2046.

A Sundial sits atop the Time

Capsule.

Going Up The Texas

Chisolm Trail

1867

A Fire Escape has been

installed on the rear

of the Courthouse.

The McMurray-Gettys Building

has an accented roofline & 

elaborate decorative

brickwork.

The Divine Center of Yoga's

building is quite plain.

A painted cornice adorns the

Earthport Properties

 building.

The Majestic Theater's sign

overwhelms the building's

small storefront.

This Coca Cola Ghost Sign has been repainted.

Lawyers Howell & Carson

work out of the First

National Bank building,

kittycorner from the

Courthouse.

This Masonic Lodge has

been used by different

Masonic Groups...

Its sign says that this is Wise County First Lodge; Westfork Masonic Lodge 186; Taylorsville/Decatur Charter 1857 Demised 1873; Decatur Lodge 447 Charter 1876; 

and CH 543.

Eric gets a selfie with the

Hey Sugar Candy Store

sign.

The Candy Store is next to

Rooster's Roadhouse

BBQ - Beer - Burgers.

PERKINS - TIMBERLAKE CO

is now...

... Grandeur.

Facade work needs to be

completed.

Sewell Forbis Lawyers occupies

a building with rough-hewn

bricks & an elaborate cornice.

Eric & I see Halloween

decorations at a Stop

sign as we leave

downtown Decatur.

Eric and I had a lot to talk about as we strolled downtown Decatur and admired its late 19th and early 20th century buildings.  Wise County Government and modern businesses have adapted to their historic infrastructures and thrive here.