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Chatting with Helen before starting. |
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Ed checking out the Hermon Lee Ensign horse fountain. It was donated by the National Humane Alliance in 1911. |
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We detoured from the official walk route to cross this arched rock bridge to visit Quakertown Park. |
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We found this stained-glass memorial to Pops Carter, a local blues legend. |
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Back on the walk route we passed some pretty purple iris along a stream of river rock. |
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“O Be Joyful,” depicts two sisters dancing with outstretched arms. |
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 Festival In Motion, a.k.a. Woman Rolling Down a Hill, donated by the Denton Festival Foundation in May 2004. |
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Elk statue is located next to Elk’s Lodge #2446. |
| Postcard style mural by Mick Burson. |  |
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An empty 2-story power generating plant building was converted for use as Central Fire Station. There is a fire fighting museum located here also. |
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Warehouse and feed mill built in 1941 for the Kimbell-Diamond Milling Company. |
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Train mural on Patterson-Appleton Arts Center by Mick Burson. |
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Abstract Train Mural on the same building by the same artist. I like the first one better. |
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Carol headed toward the transit center. |
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Bob was manning checkpoint #1 at the transit center. |
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Heart graffiti/mural on an empty building along the railroad tracks |
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Scrap Mural by Mick Burson. |
| Looks like an old gas station! |  |
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Retired bell from old John B. Denton College, in the courtyard at the First United Methodist Church. |
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1st United Methodist Church takes up a whole city block with 3 buildings and a parking lot. |
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Fuzzy’s would have been a good place to stop for lunch, but it was too early. |
| Jackalope sitting on a trailer. |  |
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The Wright Opera House opened in 1901. It hosted popular operas and other shows of the era. It also doubled as a saloon until 1913. |
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Couldn’t get a good picture of the whole mural as cars were parked in front of it. This one was done by art students of Denton High School. |
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The central octagonal dome of the courthouse has four clocks – but they're not working. |
| Ornate handles on the courthouse doors. |  |
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Out of place grave of Col. John B. Denton: pioneer lawyer, preacher, and soldier. He’s buried on the courthouse lawn. |
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Old bank building from 1913 with a “Temple” design entrance. It has a marble veneer with huge columns. Above the entrance is some elaborate decorations. |
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 Bronze tornado of leaves, pine cones, and acorns by David C. Iles in front of the former bank. |
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Confederate Soldiers Memorial on the lawn of the Denton County Courthouse. |
| Walkers ahead of us at Checkpoint #2 . |  |
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A multi-war memorial on the southwest corner of the old county courthouse. |
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Art Deco building dates from 1890, with alterations made to it in 1925, and later in 1960. It was originally called the Texas Theater, but was renamed Fine Arts Theater in 1957. |
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A watercolor of the 1896 Denton Courthouse by C. Reid. |
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Built in 1915, this was the first building on the square to be built with a steel frame. |
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The Campus Theatre was built in 1949. It was one of three owned by Interstate Theatres. It closed its doors in 1985. |
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Purple Shamrock is mainly a houseplant, but we found this one blooming in an outdoor planter. |
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Another Mick Burson mural. This one is on the side of Creative Art Studio. |
| Bell tower of St. Andrew Presbyterian, built in 1942. |  |
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Built in 1882, the R.C. Scripture Building is home to Dix Coney Island. |
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1936 Texas Centennial Marker across the street from where the walk turned. |
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Old City Hall was built in 1927. It was designed by the prominent Fort Worth architectural firm Van Slyke and Woodruff in the Spanish Renaissance style. |
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A mural painting class at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design painted this mural in 2016. |
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Passed this fountain near the entrance to Cupboard Natural Foods, and the walk is done. |
