The Friendly Town on Route 66
Stop for a Rest in a Part of the West. Welcome to McLean “The Friendly Town” Where the wind pumps the water and the cows cut the wood.
A McLean, Texas Billboard
We visited Route 66 in McLean, Texas in May 2022 on our trip between Amarillo and Saint Louis, Mo. It’s a sleepy little town with a small historic downtown area and a lot of abandoned buildings, old hotels, and gas stations. McLean was once a bustling busy town before Route 66 was bypassed by the Interstate. Much of the town is now in a sad state of decay. We took a lot of pictures and video driving through town, but a lot of the information about McLean comes from research in the National Archives, Texas history websites, and the National Register of Historic Places.
McLean was the last Route 66 town in Texas to be bypassed by Interstate 40 Unfortunately, it’s paid a huge price and is one of those towns that was devastated by the opening of the Interstate Highway System. Interstate 40 bypasses McLean just a couple of mile to the South of McLean, but the impact of the lack of traffic and the business that comes with it is evident throughout the town.
About Route 66 in McLean Texas
The town of McLean, Texas emerged along the line of the newly completed Rock Island Railroad in the Texas Panhandle during the early twentieth century. In 1901, the site was little more than a cattle loading spot along the tracks where the railroad company had dug a water well and constructed a switch and section house. In November of 1902, local rancher Alfred Rowe donated 640 acres of his land near the switching station for the development of a town. The town was named McLean in honor of Texas legislator and Railroad Commissioner W.P. McLean, and it soon developed as a center of agricultural production, with watermelons, swine, and cattle being the principle products.
Over the next few years, McLean grew into a substantial railroad town and by 1909 it contained two banks, two stables, two wagon yards, a lumber yard, post office, grocery stores, a furniture store, and a drug store. Residents obtained their water supply from a well in the middle of Main Street and the large windmill which pumped the water was a community landmark for many years.
The first building constructed on the town site was a Hindman hotel, constructed by J.R. and Mary Hindman. The Hindmans came to Gray County in 1902 and J.R. worked for the railroad while Mary cooked for local ranch hands. They purchased property along the railroad tracks in McLean for $400 and in 1904 began to operate a hotel there. A few years later they erected a two-story hotel on the site. In 1914, Fred O’Dell built a second hotel in McLean at 101-103 N. Main Street.
Known as the O’Dell Hotel, the two-story, brick structure contained sixteen bedrooms and two bathrooms and featured upholstered chairs in the lobby and oak tables in the dining room. In 1916, the Hindmans purchased O’Dell’s hotel and renamed it the Hindman Hotel. The establishment became well-known throughout the region for its hospitality and good food. The Hindmans later added an additional fourteen rooms at the rear of the hotel. It was the oldest building in the McLean Commercial Historic District, but it has recently been torn down and is now a vacant lot.
When McLean incorporated in 1909 it was the first incorporated community in Gray County and the largest town as well with a population of 663. The number of McLean residents had risen to 741 by 1920, but by this time the county seat of Pampa to the north had surpassed McLean in population. During the 1920s, the oil industry emerged as a new business source in the region, and McLean profited by becoming a major shipping point for gas and oil in addition to livestock and agricultural products. The oil boom stimulated new construction in the town and most of the downtown area’s frame commercial buildings were replaced by new one-story brick buildings during this decade.
Route 66 in McLean, Texas was selected to follow the alignment of State Highway 75 through the Texas Panhandle in 1926. This highway was along the general alignment of what was once the Postal Highway that extended through New Mexico and Texas to Oklahoma City. U.S_Route 66 followed this alignment in an east-west direction through the Panhandle passing through a series of small towns such as Shamrock, Alanreed, Conway, Vega, and Glenrio in addition to McLean. Centrally located Amarillo, approximately sixty-four miles west of McLean, was the only city through which U.S.Highway 66 was aligned in Texas.
One of the last portions of the state to be settled, the Texas Panhandle was a sparsely populated and arid region in the 1920s. Roads in this section of Texas were little more than dirt paths in the early twentieth century. The main east-west route was very crooked and had sharp turns that followed section lines. As agriculture boomed and the oil industry emerged during the 1920s, the demand for improved roadways increased substantially. The oil industry generated substantial growth in Amarillo, which became a commercial and corporate center of the region, and led to significant highway development in the panhandle. An overview of the region written in 1940 for the Works Projects Administration, describes the area as follows:
US 66 slices through the center of the Texas Panhandle, east to west, crossing the High Plains through a region once occupied by great herds of buffalo and bands of Kiowas and Comanches …………..Today this level expanse is rich, producing oil, gas, wheat, small grain crops, and fine Herefords. At intervals the countryside is covered with a pall of smoke from factories and refineries……… The population of the region is predominantly native-born white. Since settlement is comparatively new, any 25-year resident is considered an old-timer.
1940 Works Projects Administration
U.S. Route 66 was the primary road in the highway development through the Texas Panhandle in the early twentieth century. The Route 66 in McLean, Texas alignment included First Street in McLean. As it did in several small towns throughout the country, the road helped to boost McLean’s economy by bringing thousands of travelers to the town. Many businesses sprang up along the route to take advantage of the passing motorists including gas stations, motels, and cafes. This prosperity led to a doubling of the town’s population during the 1920s and by 1930 McLean contained 1,521 residents.
alignment of Route 66 in McLean
By the early 1920s, McLean contained two blocks of brick commercial buildings containing a variety of businesses. This is what is now known as the Historic Commercial District. The streets in that part of town are still brick.
The designation of U.S. Route 66 through the town on First Street in 1926 spurred additional growth and development, and by the 1940s the town supported a number of gas stations, automobile repair shops, motels, and restaurants. The increase in traffic through the town in the early 1950s resulted in the widening of Railroad Street and U.S. Route 66 was realigned into two west-bound lanes on First Street and two east-bound lanes on Railroad Street. Traffic on U.S. Route 66 ran through the community until 1984 when it was bypassed by the construction of Interstate 40, approximately one-half mile south of the district boundary.
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The McLean Commercial Historic District encompasses all or parts of eight blocks in the downtown commercial district of McLean along sections of First, Commerce, North Main, Railroad, and Rowe Streets. From 1926 to 1952,
U.S. Route 66 in McLean was a two-lane, east-west highway along the alignment of First Street. This alignment of U.S. Route 66 was changed in 1952 when Railroad Street was converted into two, east-bound lanes and First Street changed to two, west-bound lanes.
The buildings within the historic district reflect two periods of construction. On North Main Street are predominately one-story brick commercial buildings constructed between 1914 and 1930. Along First and Railroad Streets are primarily one-story brick and concrete block buildings constructed between 1930 and 1954, most of which reflect automobile oriented businesses such as gas stations, automobile dealerships and repair shops. Almost all of the buildings were originally constructed for commercial uses but the district also includes three dwellings.
Most commercial buildings along North Main Street reflect the building form known as 1-part commercial blocks. These are buildings designed with traditional storefronts including large display windows, transoms, and entrances with single-light glass and wood doors. Upper facade decoration was generally confined to brick patterns outlined with varying textures and colors, and several buildings have corbelled brick cornices. The oldest building in the district was the two-story, O’Dell (Hindman) Hotel which was built in 1914 (Recently demolished. It is now a vacant lot).
Also on North Main Street was the Avalon Theater built in 1936. The Avalon Theater was designed in the Art Deco style and retained its original marquee and ticket booth. This building stood next to the Hindman Motel and was town down in 2017. It’s now a vacant lot.
Along First and Railroad Streets are eleven buildings constructed to serve as gas stations, automobile repair shops, and car dealerships. The gas stations are particularly noteworthy as displaying the changing designs and forms of this property type from the 1920s to the 1950s. The oldest of these is the curbside gas station with a chamfered corner bay built ca. 1925 at 120 E. First Street. This gas station has an original frame canopy and the building retains much of its original character. Curbside gas stations were the first buildings known as “filling stations” and evolved out of traditional downtown businesses supplying gasoline in front of their stores.
This restored Phillips 66 Gas Station was one of the more interesting sites to see in McLean. The bronze plaque on the side of the building said it was leased to Phillips Oil in 1929 and was the first service station to be restored on all of Historic Route 66.
The second oldest gas station in McLean is the Phillips 66 Gas Station at 218 W. First Street built in 1929. The Phillips Oil Company began operations in 1927 and the gas station in McLean is thought to be the oldest Phillips Gas Station existing in Texas. The building was designed in a “House” plan to resemble an English Cottage, and this form was used by both Phillips 66 and the Pure Oil Company in the early 20th century.
Most gas stations in McLean built in the 1930s to the early 1950s are forms known as “Oblong Box”. Built of concrete block or brick with stuccoed exteriors, these gas stations were built with flat roofs, offices with large amounts of plate glass windows, and generally incorporated one or more garage bays. The gas stations at 215 and 302 W. First Street and 201 W. Railroad Street are reflective of this gas station building form. Oblong Box forms were also built with projecting canopies and are present at Mantooth’s Chevron Station at 119 E. First Street and 10 l W. RaiIroad Street. The gas stations and other automobile oriented buildings constitute over one-fourth of the properties in the McLean Commercial Historic District.
Source: National Register of Historic Places.
Places to See and Things to Do in McLean
Texas Motel & Restaurant / Former Dixie Motel
Between First St. and Railroad St. at McCarty, McLean, Texas
The Texas Motel occupies an entire block between First St. and Railroad St. which makes up westbound and eastbound Route 66 at the east end of town. Prior to being named the Texas Motel & Restaurant, it was called the Dixie Motel.
The Dixie Motel advertised 20 units, a heated pool, refrigerated air, free TV, phones, coffee service in rooms, and an adjoining cafe. It was owned and managed by Frank and Wilma Going. This was from a 1960s postcard.
Another postcard from the 1970s advertised the Dixie Motel & Restaurant, I-40 & Hwy 66 – McLean, Texas: 23 Units, Some Family Units, Color TV, Phones, Swimming Pool. J.C. & Wilma Hefner (Owners).
Watt Court
717 First St. McLean, Texas
What’s left of the Watt Court & Service Station sits across the street from the Texas Motel at the corner of First St. and McCarty. It was also called the Watt Courts. From the aerial view on Google Maps, this building appears to be an L-shaped building with rooms in the back and a building that could have been a service station at the front. It is located across the street from a former Gulf Service Station on the east end of town. It’s also near the Texas Motel.
Vintage Gulf Service Station
819 E. First St. at McCarty, McLean, Texas
When we passed by this location, it was nothing more than a concrete slab with a couple of concrete pump islands remaining. The wing shaped light fixture at the front of the property was also still standing and the lot appeared to be used for vehicle storage.
On the corner across the street from Watt Courts is the remains of an old Gulf Service Station. The original building is of the style commonly built in the 1950s. It had two service bays, an office and two pump islands and gas pumps in front.
A tall Gulf sign was in front near the highway. The outermost pump island had a wing-shaped fluorescent light in the middle of it which is the only part of this station that remains. The station and the sign were torn down sometime after 2008.
Rattlesnakes Sign
First St. between Wilson and Donley, McLean, Texas
The Rattlesnakes Sign, McLean, Texas. Photo Copyright Boomer Road Trips
The Rattlesnakes sign is not original to McLean. It came from a place called Mike Allred’s Rattlesnake ranch in the nearby town of Lola. The ranch went out of business in the 1960’s but the sign remained until it blew down in a storm in 2007. It was originally much taller and included the words “Exit Now” below “Rattlesnakes”. What was left of the damaged sign was retrieved and brought to McLean where it was displayed in a vacant field on the east end of town on First Street between Wilson & Donley St.
Route 66 Church of Christ 1924
The Route 66 Church of Christ is located at the corner of First St. and Kingsley St., McLean, Texas
Devils Rope Museum
100 S. Kingsley St., McLean, Texas
Did you know there are hundreds if not thousands of types of barbed wire? Well there are and they are probably all here. Devil’s Rope means barbed wire. This museum touts itself as the worlds largest barbed wire museum in the world.
The Devil’s Rope Museum opened in 1991. It was created when the Texas Barbed Wire Collector’s Association together with other Barbed Wire Organizations throughout the U.S. and Australia began looking for a site for a museum where they could donate their personal collections of barbed wire and tools for building fences. They needed a large facility, in a relatively dry climate, near a major highway and that was affordable. A local historian, Delbert Trew, of Alanreed, found the site in McLean. The museum is housed in a 14,000 square foot building where at one time, it housed a brasserie factory that employed over 100 people for over twenty years in downtown McLean.
The central location and size was perfect for displaying all different types of barbed wire, fencing tools, and ranching equipment. There is also a room for the Texas Old Route 66 Museum. The building was leased in 19xx and barbed wire collectors from across the southwest came to build displays for their collections.
The Devil’s Rope Museum contains hundreds of samples of barbed wire, fencing tools, barbed wire art, special displays on topics such as war wire, decorative fencing, blacksmithing, and more.
The Texas Old Route 66 Museum includes over 700 artifacts from the Mother Road. Visitors can see a sample of what a 1950s diner was like, old road signs, and Phillips 66 artifacts.
Pan Handle Gas Station
118-120 E. First St. McLean, Texas
One-story concrete block and stuccoed gas station built ca. 1925. The building was originally constructed as a gas station and in the 1940s and early 1950s it housed the Panhandle Service Station. It has a poured concrete foundation, a flat roof of metal panels, and an exterior of concrete block and stucco. The building has a chamfered corner with an original gable roof canopy over a drive-thru bay. This canopy is supported by an original brick and stucco pier and large wood brackets. In the gable field of the canopy is an original stucco surface. The main entrance has a wood door added 2005. Flanking the doors are original four-light glass and wood display windows.
The east bay window has been partially enclosed with stucco and displays a one-over-one wood sash window. The fa9ade of the chamfered bay has an exterior surface of stucco. The east fa9ade has an original garage bay, which has been enclosed with ca. 1990 wood panels. The north fa9ade of the building has an entrance with a ca. 2005 wood door. This door has original two-light sidelights, a two-light transom, and above the entrance is a large rectangular transom. The west bay of the north fa9ade has an original four-light display window and a rectangular transom. Above the entrance and window is a stuccoed concrete lintel. The interior has an original concrete floor, dropped acoustical tile ceiling and plaster walls. A small section of original pressed metal ceiling is visible at the north wall.
Cowboy/Family Drive Inn
The Cowboy and former Family Drive In is just an abandoned building in a grass field that sits between First St. and Railroad St. At one time it must have been a busy place since the lot is bordered by both eastbound and westbound Route 66
The two wing shaped canopies visible in the background of the photo below are what remains of a service station at this location at the very west end of town.
Mantooth Chevron Station/Texaco
119 E. First St. McLean, Texas Circa 1945
Mantooth Cheveron was a one-story, concrete block, brick and stucco gas station built in 1945 on Route 66 in McLean. The gas station was built for Odell Mantooth and the building replaced an earlier gas station at this location. Mantooth operated a Chevron Gas Station here from 1945 to 1981.
The building has a poured concrete foundation, a flat roof of rolled asphalt and stucco exterior. The building has an office at the southeast corner and two garage bays. Extending on the south facade is an original flat roof wood canopy. The canopy rests on two steel posts. In front of the office is an oval concrete pump island with the foundations of two gas pumps.
1930’s City Hall Building
116 E. First St. McLean, Texas Circa 1925
This building was originally double its present size, but the 110-114 section was demolished following a fire. During the 1930s the building housed the McLean City Hall. The building was constructed ca. 1925 and has a flat roof, concrete foundation, and an exterior of stretcher bond textured brick. The building has a garage bay on the main facade with a ca. 1950 twenty-light overhead track glass and wood door. The pedestrian entrance on this fa9ade has a ca. 1950 single-light and three-panel glass and wood door. Above the storefront is a soldier course lintel. In the upper facade are two window openings with ca. 1970 horizontal sash metal windows.
Above the windows is a rectangular panel outlined in header course brick. Within this brickwork are diamond shaped concrete panels. At the roof line is a stepped parapet with header course brick. On the east fa9ade of the building is a ca. 1970 wood staircase, which leads to a second story entrance. At the rear are two ca. 1970-80 frame additions with vinyl siding.
Restored Phillips 66 Station on Route 66 in McLean
218 W. First St. McLean, Texas
This restored Phillips 66 Gas Station was one of the more interesting sites to see in McLean. The bronze plaque on the side of the building said it was leased to Phillips Oil in 1929 and was the first service station to be restored on all of Historic Route 66. When we visited it looked like the building had been recently painted.
The one-story brick gas station was built in 1929 as the first Phillips Gas Station in Texas. The original operator of the gas station is not known but by the 1940s it was managed by W.L. Copeland. In 1959, the gas station was acquired by Charles Weaver who operated the station until it closed in 1977.
The building was remodeled in 1991 to commemorate its heritage on U.S. Route 66. The building was constructed in the Tudor Revival style and has a gable roof of wood shingles, a concrete foundation, an exterior wall brick chimney and an exterior of stretcher bond brick. The entrance has a rounded arch and a 1991 solid wood door with painted lights.
1950s Gas Station & Garage
220 First St. McLean, Texas
The old abandoned gas station is on the south side of First St. which is the westbound Route 66 through town. Based on the buildings features and style is was most likely built in the 1950s. It had two garage bays, a small office, and a single pump island covered by a canopy. The canopy is made of wood and has rounded corners and is supported by two steel posts.
Barr Auto Service & Supply
113E. First St. McLean, Texas Circa 1925
This building is in a sad state of decay and unfortunately, typical of many of the older buildings in McLean. At the time it was part of the McLean application for National Historic Places Registry, it was described as follows:
One-story brick and concrete block building constructed ca. 1925. For many years the building housed the Barr Auto Service and Supply Store operated by Lee Barr. The building has a shed roof of metal panels, and a poured concrete foundation. The main facade has an exterior of stretcher bond wire brick while the west and north facades have exteriors of ashlar faced concrete block. The storefront was remodeled ca. 1980 and has an exterior of vertical metal panels. Above the storefront was a ca. 1980 metal canopy. The upper facade has a rectangular sign panel outlined in brick. At the roofline is a corbelled brick cornice. On the west facade is an entrance with original paired five-panel wood doors. At the rear is a ca. 1940 shed roof stucco wing.
Guyton Motor Co. Garage
302 W. First St. McLean, Texas
The Guyton Motor Co. building has been town down and all that remains is the concrete slab. It was located across the street from the restored Phillips 66 gas station.
Before it was demolished, it was described as a one-story concrete and stucco gas station built in 1950. This building was constructed for Raymond Guyton who operated a well-known gas station and tow truck operation here until 1995. This building replaced an earlier Magnolia Service Station on the property.
The building has a flat asphalt roof, concrete foundation, and stucco exterior. On the main facade is an office section, which has an original single-light glass and wood door. The storefront retains three original wood, copper and glass display windows. The display windows rest on concrete bulkheads. Above the storefront is a wood canopy added ca. 1970. The garage wing has two garage bays. The east bay has an original thirty light glass and wood overhead track door.
The west bay has a ca. 1970 overhead metal door. On the west facade is a shed roof wing. The east, west and south facades have original one-over-one wood sash windows. On the rear facade is a garage bay with an original thirty-light glass and wood overhead track door. The interior of the office has an original concrete floor, plaster walls and dropped acoustical tile ceiling. Interior doors are original five-panel wood design. The garage interior has a concrete floor, plaster walls and a wood ceiling. On the main and rear facades is painted “Guyton Motor Co.”
Cactus Inn Motel
101 Pine St. McLean, TX
The Cactus Inn Motel was originally called the West Wind Motel. It was built by owners, E.J. and Grace Windom in the 1950s. The Windom’s sold the motel in the mid-1960s and it was renamed the Cactus Inn Motel. It seems to be the only operating motel on Route 66 in McLean. The current Cactus Inn website advertises it as a motel and overnight RV parking.
Another Vintage Postcard of the West Wind Motel in McLean, Texas. Credits: Route66postcards
Burma Shave Signs
Consumer Supply
114 E. First St. McLean, Texas
One-story brick building constructed ca. 1925. In the 1940s and 1950s the building housed the Consumer’s Supply Company. The building has a storefront added ca. 1970 with an aluminum and glass door, single-light sidelights and a three-light transom. Dividing the entrance and display windows are brick and stucco piers. The display windows were added ca. 1970 and are four-light aluminum and glass design. The upper facade has a stucco exterior and stepped parapet wall. The interior has a linoleum floor, plaster walls and acoustical tile ceiling
Crockett Texaco Station
119 W. First St. McLean, Texas
One-story gas station and garage built ca. 1930. For many years it was known as the Texas Service Station and operated by Emery Crockett. The building has a recessed drive-thru bay on the main facade divided by brick piers on concrete foundations. The building has a flat roof of asphalt, a concrete foundation and exterior of textured stretcher bond brick. The office has an original storefront with a single-light glass and wood door, two-light display windows and brick bulkheads. Above the door is a rectangular transom. The drive-thru bay has a concrete deck and ceiling of corrugated metal panels.
The west bay next to the office has an original three-light Craftsman door, which leads to a restroom. The central bay of the building has a garage entrance with a ca. 1980 overhead metal track door. The east bay of the building has a storefront which was used for a period as a restaurant and tavern. This storefront has an original single-light glass and wood door with an original single-light transom. This storefront also retains original two-light display windows and brick bulkheads. The exterior walls of this recessed bay are of stucco. The interior of the building has original concrete floors, wood ceilings and plaster walls.
The business here had three pumps and sold gas into the late I 990’s. On the west facade are windows of structural glass blocks for the bathrooms. This facade has a garage bay with a ca. 1980 garage door. Windows on this facade are ca. 1970 two-over-two horizontal sash design.
Humble Gas/Tire Gas Station – Eastbound Route 66 in McLean
Consumer’s Supply Company
119 E. Railroad St. McLean, Texas
The Consumer’s Supply Company is a one-story concrete block gas station built ca. 1955. The gas station was constructed for owners Ted Glass and Arthur Dwyer who moved their business to this location from Main Street after Railroad Street was designated as the east bound lanes of U.S. Route 66.
Known as the Consumer’s Supply Company, this business sold gas and automobile products. The rear wing housed a small grocery store for travelers. The building has a poured concrete foundation, a gable roof of crimped metal panels and an exterior of concrete block.
The main facade of the building has an office at the SE corner of the building and a lateral wing with two garage bays. The two garage bays have original twenty-light glass and wood overhead track doors. Attached on the west facade is an original one-story concrete block lateral wing. This wing has a ca. 1970 solid wood pedestrian door and an original thirty-six light glass and wood overhead track garage door. Windows in this wing are original thirty-light aluminum and glass design. In the front of the building is a concrete pad and a concrete pump island with three gas pumps. The east facade of the building has a twenty-light aluminum and glass window with corner panels of three-light jalousie design. Also on this facade are two entrances to bathrooms, which have been enclosed with wood panels.
Attached on the rear facade is an original one-story concrete block wing which contained a grocery store. This wing has a storefront facing east and the entrance has an original two-light glass and wood door. The storefront windows have been enclosed with wood panels. Across the storefront is an original shed roof canopy supported by steel posts. The north facade of this wing has a twelve-light glass and wood garage door.
Dorsey Service Station
Crockett Texaco Service Station on Route 66 in McLean
201 W. Railroad St. McLean, Texas
The Crockett Texaco Service Station in McLean is a one-story concrete block gas station built in 1952. The gas station was constructed for Emery Crockett who also operated the Texas Gas Station on W. First Street. The building has a flat asphalt roof, concrete foundation, and stucco exterior. The office section has an original single-light glass and wood door. Above the door is an original transom. The display windows were rebuilt ca. 1960 with wood and glass windows resting on concrete bulkheads.
The garage section has two original fifteen-light glass and wood overhead track doors. The east facade has two bathroom entrances with original panel and wood doors. In front of the building is an original oval shaped concrete pump island. The office interior has a concrete floor, drywall ceiling and added paneling on the walls. The garage interior has a concrete floor, walls of corrugated metal and a wood ceiling. In front of the building is a ca. 1970 Texaco sign and a ca. 1940 steel sign pole.
Alanreed Museum
Historic District, McLean, Texas
The Alanreed Museum offers displays of ranching, oil and gas exploration, and area history. You can take a walk back in time as you visit displays of early home decor, clothing, barber shop, newspaper office and the German POW camp that operated near McLean during World War II.
The museum has quilts made by pioneers from the area as well as family pictures. The POW camp display includes original artifacts from the camp. There are mugs, artistic displays, and a piano that was used at the camp.
Vintage Gas Station on Route 66 in McLean
Avalon Theater
107 N. Main St. McLean, Texas
The Avalon Theater was demolished on August 12, 2017. Before that it was identified as a Route 66 Attraction. It served the town of McLean for over 50 years and at one time, seated up to 450 patrons.
It was a two-story brick theater building built in 1936. The theater ceased operating in the 1980s and was vacant before demolition. The building had a concrete foundation, sloping roof of wood and asphalt and the main facade has a stucco exterior.
The building had an original recessed first story and ticket booth. The ticket booth was of wood construction and had chamfered comers. The booth’s original glass windows were intact. The booth and main facade of the first floor had original marble wainscoting. Above the wainscoting on the walls was a stucco exterior and below the ceiling was a fascia board with original stenciling.
