An hour in Denison

Denison, Texas - did it ever really get over the advent of color TV?



The back of the Hotel Denison. Built in 1884, it remains the tallest building in Denison.





Old Steakley Chevrolet Building





Lone Star Masonic Lodge No. 403


Gray's Credit Jewelers, open since 1950






521 West Main Street (former Barrett Drugs)


Louis Herr-Jerry Strait Building, c. 1906, Richardsonian Romanesque
Denison's first movie theater, "The Empire," opened here in 1906; it closed in 1908. The local telephone exchange was located upstairs from 1907-23.


Rialto Theater, c. 1920, Mediterranean Revival

Originally had 900 seats and a huge pipe organ. Remodeled in 1935 and 1977.

State Theater, once the Star, opened in 1912


Haring's (S.H. Kress Building), c. 1909, Romanesque




Preston's Shoes, r. 1940, Art Deco influence


Besher's Jewelers/Rockwell's, Art Moderne


Hotel Traveler's Home/Ernst Martin Kohl Building, c. 1893-1913+, Queen Anne








Ourand House, c. 1900, Italianate (Victorian)


B.J. Lindsay House, c. 1905, Eastlake (Victorian)




Thomas V. Munson House, c. 1887, Victorian