Saturday, August 20, 2016

Hubbard, Texas

Leaving Corsicana, headed towards Hubbard, Texas.
Hubbard was founded in 1881 as a shipping and supply point on the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway, and later developed into a banking and market town.
It has also been called the "Victorian Crossroads of Central Texas.
 Jeff saw these deer off the side of the road,
and they had little one's with them
 Two cute fawn's


 Mother and Baby
 The other fawn, so cute, still have their spots,
they are White Tail Deer
 town of Hubbard
This is the Fire Station
 The Helicopter 
 Cute Texaco Station,
was a diner at one time.
Cool brick work on the building 
 Old Jail
 Downtown Hubbard
 Bath House
Mineral Water was discovered in Hubbard while drilling for water in 1895
allowing the town to become a health resort.
First Methodist Church built in 1911



A Lone Surviving Rose 





 I had Elder Gibson, drive around town to look at some of the old
homes.  










 Rigsby Home built in 1896


Hot Well Sanatorium 1907

 Current photo of the Sanatorium, now the Magnolia Manor


Side View
Wood & Wood Sanatorium 1907




Steel Magnolia built in 1905 

Condor House built in 1906

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