Anna and I had a wonderful time at James and Renee's place. They have a beautiful home right on the water so we spent Monday evening and most of the dayTuesday just relaxing out on the deck visiting and enjoying the view.
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| Enjoying our delicious B-B-Q hamburger |
They were wonderful hosts and we were treated like royalty. They invited us to stay in their house so got to take a break from the MH and greatly enjoyed the extra space. They served us fabulous meals and generally spoiled us rotten. They are such a great couple and are so much fun to be around. We had lots of good visiting and lots of laughs.
On Wednesday we decided to have a girls day out. Renee, Anna and I went to the town of Waxahachie. As this town was full of history we did both the walking and driving tour.
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| Waxahachie County Courthouse |
We started out by going through the Courthouse. This building is 116 years old. It took 160 carloads of Burnet County red granite, 100 carloads of Pecos red sandstone, and two million bricks to build it. The main stairways were designed after those in King Solomon's Temple. It cost $175,000 to building at that time. It is actually the fourth courthouse to sit on this site. The first one cost $69.00.
The craftsmanship is indeed something to see.
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| View of the Courtroom through glass door. |
We spent some time going through all the floors of the courthouse. It is immaculately preserved.
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| Renee inside courthouse |
This building has been so well preserved. It is truly beautiful inside and out.
This statue that stand to the side of the courthouse was erected in 1912 by The Daughters of the Confederacy" to honor those living and dead who wore the gray."
We also toured the museum which had a variety of historical items dating back from the early beginnings of the county. There was a huge cotton industry in this county at one time and many fortunes were made. There were several articles relating to that time period. As you can see on the far left of this picture there were a wide variety of fans on display that had trim of ivory or mother of pearl.
They also had instruments from dentists offices and optometrists offices.
There were many posters from the war years there. There were also some films that one could watch relating to the war.
We took a break for lunch, then we proceeded to finish our walking tour. Renee and I stopped at a unique store called Mosaic which was run by a mom and daughter. You could make beautiful items such as mirrors, picture frames etc., from mosaic tiles. You buy the tiles and then if you wished you could sit at a table there and make your item under their supervision.
There are many historical buildings in Waxahachie and several of them are still in use,although they are not necessarily being used for their original purpose.
This building used to be a jailhouse but is now a lawyers office.
There was a plaque on the side of the building which described the uniqueness of this jail. If you click on this picture you can enlarge it and read about it. You will find it very interesting.
We finished the afternoon in Waxahachie by taking the driving tour and looking at the historical houses. They were massive.
Keep warm.
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