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Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculpture - Memorial to Charles Noyes (1895 – 1917). |
| This depot design, with octagonal twin towers, is unusual. The Abilene & Southern Railroad stopped passenger service in 1941 and freight service in 1966. |  |
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Mural on the side of the Senior Center. |
| Huge cactus with stickers removed. |  |
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Sheriff’s office built by National Youth Administration |
| Plaque on the building. |  |
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Old Runnels County Jail sitting empty on the courthouse lawn. |
| Olde Park Hotel claims to be haunted by a former owner and some children. |  |
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Courthouse Gazebo. |
| Runnels County Courthouse was a Second Empire Style built with locally quarried stone. Remodeling in 1941 removed the wood framed roof and central cupola and replaced them with a flat roof. |  |
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1936 Texas Centennial County Marker |
| We the People of Ballinger Guarantee the best of ? Texas. |  |
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War Memorial with long list of Runnel county residence who served their country in time of war. |
| Neon signs for the Texas Grill. We came back to eat lunch here after we finished our walk. It was good food. |  |
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(Former) Farmers & Merchants State Bank is a lovely brick building with a corner entry below a tower. |
| Originally opened as the Princess Theater in 1915. Now it is a restaurant. |  |
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Santa Fe Railroad Depot circa 1911. In 1983 it became Ballinger’s City Hall. |
| Murals on the side of an antique store. |  |
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Yellow Iris |
| Carol and Ed posed for me. |  |
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Out of 34 Carnegie Libraries built in Texas this is one of five still operating as a public library. |
| Nice mural on the side of a garage. |  |
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Purple Iris |
| Lovely tower on this Baptist Church. |  |
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Abandoned Methodist Church. |
| Schoolyard entrance? WPA built wall? |  |
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Giescke – Sykes Home – A classic “revival style” structure built in 1910 by rancher/banker Herman Giescke. |
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Grace Fellowship Church. |
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Lovely Wisteria – the bees were busy here. |
| It was another abandoned Methodist Church. |  |
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Van Pelt House – Queen Anne built in 1901. |
| (Former) City Hall – erected 1930. Currently it houses the Fire Department and the Municipal Court |  |
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Another short detour when we saw this two panel mural depicting scenes from Ballinger and Runnels County. |
| The historic post office building was constructed from 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. |  |
