Pecan Grove Cemetery, new images
Images from Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney Texas Marjorie Fuller’s headstone The McKillop family Celtic Cross marker Harry McKillop’s headstone Photos: Me! Taken: 4/24/2020 [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Marjorie Fuller comes home
In our last post, we discussed Marjorie Fuller and her mother (Seraphine) being held by the Japanese in China, losing their passports under [...]
Small Businesses
Thanks to Michael and crew for going on a history tour today! I had the best time by staying 6 feet from y'all. [...]
Old Red – the restored clock tower
One of the last major projects of the Old Red restoration was the clock tower. Having been dismantled in 1919, the Dallas County [...]
Old Red – the restoration years
Restoration of Old Red was slow going. It included pulling out the warren of offices, drop ceilings, florescent lights, etc. The original plaster [...]
Old Red Courthouse – the sad years modifications
The Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) was slowly transformed in to a character-less shell of its former self throughout the 20th century. First, [...]
Back to Old Red Courthouse …the sad years
My last post on Old Red Courthouse discussed the sandstone materials/lack of steel support structure of the original design meant that the building [...]
Old Red and the clock tower
The original design for the Dallas County Courthouse called for a 90’ tall clock tower made of sandstone* and granite. Inside this clock [...]
Old Red and the wyvern
HissssRawwwrrr! I have no idea what sound a wyvern actually makes. Wyverns are eloquently described as ‘bi-pedal winged dragons with an arrow shaped [...]
Old Red sans clock tower
Max Orlopp, the architect behind Old Red, opened an architecture firm in Dallas by 1917. The firm is listed as Orlopp & Orlopp [...]