Northeast corner of the state. Twenty-six hundred souls, an eleven percent decline from 2010

As usual, we start on the outskirts of downtown, which can be an auspicious introduction . . .

. . or not. Turn to the right . . .

A staple of rural communities.

Turn to the right again . . .

Ah, that’s better.

The brick, stifled and gagged, can still make requests to be seen again.

And what do you think its original use might have been?

The rest:

And all together now. Surely a garage.

An addition, of course, and perhaps done within a decade or two.

But there’s no need to slather frosting on the cornice. Times are tight.

The front. I never liked those wedges over the second floor window. I don't know why. Perhaps I associate them with the hospital where I went to get shots.

It’s not changed not a whit . . .

. . . except for ADA compliance.

Odd little thing. Doesn’t look as if it’s been altered in any way. It was always that peculiar.

Long, long gone.

"Pixie Stores" - too many fashion search returns in Google.

No one would ever mistake a laundromat for an old gas station.

But I wonder if the Ty-Dee was once a . . .

Okay, I'll leave that one up to you.

Oh, those tiny small town movie houses.

Cinematreasures:

Opened February 7, 1916 as the Mission Theatre, with just under 400 seats. It remains in operation on Main Street in Clayton. It has had the same owners for two decades, who saved the theater from certain doom. The Mission style exterior, and the interior, with its Art Deco style touches, has been painstakingly restored and refurbished over the years, including all new projection equipment.

Originally, in the basement of the Luna Theater was a grand ballroom, the Mission Ballroom, which later was converted into a long-gone roller rink.

The Google camera has blurred out the moon face on the marquee. It was neon, originally. And it winked. Another pass shows the happy visage:

Well, someone got a haircut.

Or the storefront was occupied for a while by someone who was an ardent Jacobin.

Ancient sign, still doing the Lord’s work.