I sort of gorged myself on Cuero...

...and for that, I must apologize, because there's a whole lot of great stuff(!) I got for the hour and a half or so I was there. If you are one of those EBiN readers who thinks "meh" or "wtf?" whenever you see the latest post is one of those 100-year-old-houses-ghost-signs-and-vintage-neon-signs-kind-of-posts, you may want to move along. Sorry, there's nothing to see here this go around. The rest of you should prepare to receive a face full of Cuero.


Upon arriving, a pleasant surprise:


A former Sinclair station:


On the back of the J. Stratton Building, a Coca-Cola ghost sign:


J. Stratton Building c. 1894, Victorian:


Another neon surprise, this one downtown:



A 7UP ghost, probably from the lithium days:


De Witt County Courthouse c. 1896, Richardsonian Romanesque:


former Purina Chows downtown:



Cuero had more old homes than I could photograph on a trip, but I made a dent.

T.O. Buchel House c. 1900, Victorian


305 East Prairie Street c. 1898


Bell-Long Residence c. 1890s, Victorian/Symmetrical


Wofford-Finney House c. 1891, Queen Anne (Victorian)


309 East Sarah Street c. 1885 (a mere 20 years after the Civil War)



Callaway-Gillette House c. 1895, Victorian


Elisha Stevens House c. 1896, Victorian (probably Queen Anne)


Gohmert-Summers House c. 1895, Victorian





Burns-Windel Residence (my fave on this trip) c. 1902, Queen Anne



next favorite, Proctor-Green House c. 1910, Victorian
Those stone steps would have helped ladies in Late Victorian garb climb down from a horse-drawn buggy or Model T. This place would have been quite something in its prime. Description from the THC Atlas entry: "2 1/2 story; elaborate Victorian; stain glass in rounded stairway; shingling; projecting bay; palladian windows; Green was district judge."





Edward Mugge-Sehroeder House c. 1875, Victorian


William Frobese House c. 1865(!), Victorian/Greek Revival


J.M. Reuss House c. 1880


Starker House c. 1880, Victorian


Emil Leonardt House c. 1895, Victorian


Albert and Kate Leinhardt House c. 1895