Refurbishing the Architecture of Days Gone By

By Pyro43 written 3/4/06 5:46 PM, published 3/4/06 5:46 PM
We have a building in our town that has served several uses over the many years it has stood. It was the courthouse and jail in its early years. It's been a fine restaurant a few times and a loud tavern too many times. It is now going through another phase of its history. It is in the process of becoming a fine restaurant with live jazz and blues music. It's a throw back to when Grafton was the home of Paramount Records, where many of the greatest blues performers recorded. (Gene Autry, too!)

You never know what you'll find until you remove the stuccowork from a building.

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  • Lidljo
    Interesting - hidden sign.

    - Flowers are happiness...


  • ROCKADEE
    Neat Sign...Thanks For Sharing!

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • AnyMoose Hero
    I love all the old Painted Buildings signs and ads. Thanks Don

    - Still a Moose


  • smalltown05
    Same here about the signs--our town has refurbished a couple of the old advertising signs. Okay, so we did two things right.

    - blow.....hard


  • AnyMoose Hero
    How big is your town Smally?

    - Still a Moose


  • jellybean
    love the old sign with the brick exposed.

  • tomnorth
    I really like this picture. What a great find.

    - One size does not fit all


  • debora
    Good catch! Reminds me of "if these walls could talk."

  • Beholden
    nice capture......brings back memories

    - ummmm


  • KayN
    This is a cool pic. It's always neat to see what's "underneath"!

    - Ms.N


  • lifeonfilm
    Nice shot!

  • smalltown05
    Moose, we got our second signal light a few years ago and there was a parade. Of two cars.

    - blow.....hard


  • BusyB1965
    Hope the sign is kept..........smalltown are you serious about the two signal lights, if so, where is your small town.............we use to have only a couple of lights, now one might call us the 'red light district' because of so many lights, not the other reason.,

    - Blessings


  • austinspace
    what a cool find, Don! I love old advertising in its "natural" state.

    - here and there