Friday, May 06, 2011

TRAVELING AGAIN 40


Channing, Texas 12 March 2011

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I enjoy this photograph. My wife's great-grand uncle built this building back in 1919.

pitchertaker said...

Channing looks as thought it was once a thriving and busy community. Do you know for what purpose you wife's great-grand uncle built this building?

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry it has taken so long to respond. I love your photography but I have not been back to this blog. The building was built around 1919 and it was a grocery store on the main floor and a boarding house on the second floor. The family owned it until the early 1930s. At the time it was calling the Channing Hotel. I'm aware of a fire that destroyed many of the buildings on main street and the buildings were never rebuilt. I have a photograph of the main street back when the building was still used as a hotel and there are still a few residents of Channing that remember the time when the building was a grocery store.

pitchertaker said...

Thanks for adding the history. As I drive through these places, I always wonder about the past lives that molded the buildings and the character of the towns.

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