Searcy, AR

A friend alerted me to this house's demise. She said she drove by and noticed activity and then the next day the whole house was gone. There's nothing but an empty lot. The house was bought about two years ago by the First Presbyterian Church who probably will turn the lot into a parking lot.

I hate, really hate, to see this one go. It appeared to be in mansion-like condition and had a lovely facade.

But here are our last views. One is from Mr. Google's walk down the street. Until he walks again in Searcy Arkansas maybe this house will remain on the internet. The second one is from our White County records which can be accessed on line and have photos of most structures.

The last rites for this lovely home are being held right now on this blog. Express your condolences on this blog if you'd like.

This little building has always had charm and just didn't seem to fit. Now I know why. It's old! It has been a dentist office at the end of Spring Street across from Spring Park and across from First Baptist and a block away from The Mayflower Hotel. Here's the way it looks today.

And here's the way it looked a long time ago. It sat in the shadow of the magnificent depot. A railroad came right up close to Spring Park and Mayflower Hotel.

Here's another view showing the big depot in more detail. Finding these pictures and putting them together makes me understand the location of this old depot which I never had before. Now I wonder when they tore down this beautiful structure. Wasn't it lovely? Was that the end of the tracks? Looks as if there is a railroad that goes no further.

We forget. We forget some of the great stores that we used to have in our town. I remember Magic Mart but my memory is sorta vague. Here's a great shot taken from an old high school annual ad that shows it at 3003 East Race Street in Searcy Arkansas. What came before Magic Mart? What came after Magic Mart? Some of our historians may remember and give us the history. Some of our car experts can probably also date this photo by the vehicles in the front.

My vehicle automatically pulled over and stopped yesterday at the SW corner of Spruce Street on the court house square. My vehicle almost knows when blog material crops up. And this time a student, Dave Towell, graphic design major at Harding University, was on the scaffold working on the 4th mural. The murals are monochomatic and slightly abstracted and lovely. Daniel Adams, art instructor at Harding, is also often found painting on the murals. In fact, I think Daniel is the leader of the group doing the murals. If I'm wrong about that, please correct me.

These are the two newest ones. Already completed this year are shown below. They are on the side of the White County Assessor's office building. There are several panels left to go and each time they finish one they say it will be "next year" before they do another. BUT! Now we have four and I'm hoping they finish them all this year! Thanks....Harding Art Department for spreading beauty!!

What fun! Hanging out at Frozen Delite in Searcy Arkansas several years ago. It was a new group of kids. Bell bottom jeans, vests, boots, and lots of hair. At least different from the 50's.

Frozen Delite was at the time of this photo located at 2200 East Race and a phone book says the owner was Jerry Manley. That's from a 1987 phone book. Perhaps Searcy readers will remember how long it had been there at that time. Perhaps Searcy readers will know who these ladies were.

Now Frozen Delite is located at 2030 S Benton Street and caters to lots of industry workers instead of a group of fun-loving kids.