An 80-year-old woman likely will be the new owner of the long-closed but historic school building in the Route 66 hamlet of Cuervo, N.M., according to a story in the current print edition of the Guadalupe County Communicator, based in nearby Santa Rosa. The Santa Rosa school board owns the property, but put it up … Continue reading Elderly woman may be new owner of old Cuervo school
Category: Preservation
Time to groom some heirs
Esley Hamilton, historian for St. Louis County and a longtime preservation advocate, likely will be forced to retire soon because of budget cuts to the county's parks department, according to a story Wednesday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hamilton has been a tireless champion for historic structures in St. Louis, including at least one notable … Continue reading Time to groom some heirs
Kansas Route 66 attains Historic Byway status
The Kansas portion of historic Route 66 has been designated as a Kansas Historic Byway, according to a news release today from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The designation applies to all 13 miles of Route 66 in southeastern Kansas, including older alignments. As a result, the route will feature Kansas Scenic Byway signs (example … Continue reading Kansas Route 66 attains Historic Byway status
Lake Overholser Bridge
The historic Lake Overholser Bridge in western Oklahoma City was reopened to traffic a few weeks ago, as this new video clip shows: https://youtu.be/bQS8Z8nNO34 Music is by The Road Crew. UPDATE: Concidentally, here's another angle from the bridge that was just posted from another YouTube account: https://youtu.be/HBH84CAjRwk
Latest Tucumcari gas-station makeover is complete
The latest old gas station in Tucumcari, N.M., to receive a makeover has been completed. This building, which now houses Four Season Pest Control, has been repainted to resemble an old-time Magnolia station. A group of volunteers has given nostalgic paint jobs to more than a half-dozen abandoned or repurposed gas stations along Route 66 … Continue reading Latest Tucumcari gas-station makeover is complete
World’s Largest Catsup Bottle rolls out new holiday ornament
The folks at the World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Ill., have announced the creation of a new ornament for Christmas and other Yuletide holidays, featuring that distinctive water tower. According to the news release: Each red, white, and blue 3-D brass ornament comes in a red, gold-stamped collector's box with a commemorative insert. Official Catsup … Continue reading World’s Largest Catsup Bottle rolls out new holiday ornament
Old McLean depot features model train shop
A few days ago, a listing in the Bloomington Pantagraph announced that the McLean Depot Train Shop had opened at 200 E. Dixie Road (aka Route 66) in the old railroad depot building in McLean, Ill. If another old railroad depot on Route 66 had been converted to a business of selling model trains, I'm not … Continue reading Old McLean depot features model train shop
A look inside a historic gas station in Depew
For years, we'd seen a long-closed gas station along the 1926 alignment of Route 66 in downtown Depew, Okla. Drive belts and other automotive parts could be seen through the windows, like it'd been frozen in time from another era. Last weekend, while cruising past the station, we saw a man unlock the gas station's … Continue reading A look inside a historic gas station in Depew
Historic Albuquerque theater gets $1 million donation
The Hiland Theatre in Albuquerque received a $1 million donation from a foundation to help restore the historic theater along Central Avenue (aka Route 66), according to the Albuquerque Journal. The gift came from the Sydney & Andrew Davis Foundation. With that, the National Dance Institute of New Mexico has received $10.5 million of the $13 … Continue reading Historic Albuquerque theater gets $1 million donation
A blast of steam from the past at Tucumcari
The Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M., got a rare treat -- the Union Pacific Railroad's "Living Legend" No. 844 steam engine making a stop at during the dedication and reopening of its historic train depot. Tucumcari was the first stop for the historic steam engine. The ongoing restoration of the depot is Tucumcari MainStreet's … Continue reading A blast of steam from the past at Tucumcari