Twelve hundred souls.

Safe to say this building was automotive-related, once; you can make out VEHICLES.

And carriages!

Looks like Purina up there on the adjoining building. The checked pattern indicates this could be a palimpest, with both signs pushing Purina.

The brothers might be pleased to know it’s still standing and serves a purpose, but they’d wonder what the hell that awning was.

Oh, it’s going to be one of these towns, isn’t it.

Not a cheerful streetscape, what with the weeds - er, flowers? But that’s one of the better murals I’ve seen.

Perhaps there’s a rule: the better the mural, the worse the town.

No, I don't think that's it.

Peculiar windows, too close together. I suspect there was a cornice that gave them a bit more context.

Not a happy result.

It’s as if the bottom floor is supposed to fool us into thinking it’s not related to the rest of the structure. Would be an odd thing to make us want to think.

Old fake-stone facade.

There’s a chance that’s also the firehouse, no? Or was.

I can’t possibly imagine why.

The Ss, by the way, are probably attached to long metal poles that hold the walls in. Don’t see that very often in small towns past the first hundred miles of the East Coast.

Tidy enough, and nicely maintained.

“Ahh, just use the plans for a Post Office.”

It looks to be one piece, and then again, it doesn’t.

The absence of a window in the between-spot suggests a load-bearing wall.

DJD 1894: the first building, or the triumphant proclamation upon finishing the addition?

They all have the original cornices, but there’s a shabbiness to the place.

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a lot of Buckaroo revival around here. Alas.

I like the way the middle window stands on tip-toe:

		Not too old for these parts, but old.

It’s a city of cornice one-ups-manship!

Another old fake-brick building.

		Who built it? Good ol’ EB.

Typical of the whole place - some good stock, some interesting details, but careworn.