Buildings of Texhoma and their History
Adopted from Ginger Roach's The History of Texhoma's Downtown
Panhandle Pioneers, Volume 9:64-81, 1989.
Images by Ginger Roach, 1989 and Kurt Schaefer, 2003
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| Across the street on the south side of Main is the Johnson Brothers Ford Garage building, built in 1921. The west and earlier side burned in the late 1970's. Albert Backus bought the garage in 1950 and soon after built the new brick building two blocks west and moved to that location. This building was a paint and body shop and finally Roy Cudd put in the Texhoma Auto Supply. The Ron and Marie Wagners now own this auto supply and have added many hardware lines. The Wagners open a new store on the highway. Mrs. Ricky Hensley had an upholstery shop for a couple of years, it is now empty. |
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| The next building in this row is the long narrow brick and tile building, now vacant, which has housed over the years a variety of businesses. Maggie Connolly had a cafe here followed by Helen Noland. Claude Peters had a men's store followed by the Painter Brothers Bakery, both in the 1940's. Lorene Hollis ran a cafe here for a time, followed by Mac McEwen, Maxine Clark and Mary Stump. For a time in between these it served as a game room. This building has been removed. |
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| The back part of the next building has been the dinning room for the adjacent cafe for many years. It started its life as Briggs and Briggs Men's Store. Bulldog Smith had one of his cafes here. It was Barnes Dry Goods Store and Riley Variety Store. The Sam Browns had a variety store here and had living quarters in the back. Hazel Broadhurst also operated a variety store here. Lois Ayers and Ilene Jones had a children's Dress Factory here for awhile employing several. After the back was opened as a dinning room for the cafe. The front served the Texhoma Chamber of Commerce as an office. This building has been removed. |
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| The old theatre building next door started life as the Diffy Dry Goods. It was later another of the locations for Bulldog Smith's Cafe, before it was remodeled as a movie theatre by Ed Roland back in the late 1930's. It was called the Ritz, and besides the Rowlands it was owned by Slats Crismon and operated later by Hunters and Frank Rhoden. Empty for many years, it had a short revival in the late 1970's by an out of town operator. But the days of the small town theatre were over. Television was here and the venture was unsuccessful. This building has been removed. |
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| The familiar building next door has always housed a drug store. Built in the teens, it has been Maus Drug. Diffy Drug, Beard-Crismon Drug, Grey Drug, Claude Peters Drug, Tabor Drug, Lindel Daniel Drug, Lindeman Drug and, again for many years, Crismon Drug. How sad to see an empty building there. This building has been removed. |
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| On the corner, the First National Bank building. Built in 1908, presidents have included J.R.P. Sewell, Frank Sewell, Arthur Littel, E. Lee Nichols. Heydon Hensley owned the bank from the early 1950's until it was sold to Moore and Dobbius of Thomas, Oklahoma in 1974. In April 1976 Jack Freeman bought the bank and presidents have been Jim Hyde, Jim Burnside and Mark Freeman. After their new building was completed in 1980, the downstairs building was used by Chiropractor McCullough as a clinic for a time. Upstairs sparks memories of another time. It housed many essential services of Texhoma. Telephone offices were here for many years. Almost all the long time residents have trudged upstairs at various times to Texhoma's first public library, presided over for so long by Mrs. C.C. Reed. This library was originally started by the Sorosis Club in 1926 and maned by donated help by the ladies of the first Women's Club in the area. Dr. Hudspeth had his vet office in one of the rooms and Dr. A.S. Jack, Dentist, occupied one. Many of Texhoma's early medical doctors used the suits of offices in the northwest corner. Dr. Reed, Dr. Forbes, Dr. Obermiller, and Dr. Oxley used it before the city's clinic opened in the 1950's. The building is used for storage. |
2nd Street north of Main Street
2nd Street north of Main Street, east side
2nd Street north of Main Street, west side
2nd Street south of Main Street
2nd Street south of Main Street, east side
2nd Street south of Main Street, west side
Main Street east of 2nd Street
Main Street, east of 2nd, north side
Main Street, east of 2nd, south side
Main Street west of 2nd Street
Main Street west of 2nd Street, north side
Main Street west of 2nd Street, south side
Along Highway 54
Highway 54 Businesses, north side
Highway 54 Businesses, south side, west of 2nd Street
Highway 54 Businesses, south side, east of 2nd Street
Other Businesses
Some Other Businesses
Texhoma's Location and History
Texhoma, Oklahoma/Texas