We headed out in the morning to visit the historic Casino Hall. It's actually the city's Visitor's Center so it isn't at all what you were probably thinking.
The hall was built in 1881 by the Casino Society, a social club founded in 1858 by a group of La Grange German immigrants. Casino in this context means a gathering place rather than a gambling hall. As you can see it was wet outside.
By the time the Casino Hall was built in 1881, it was used by the entire community rather than jus the germans.
You may recognize the poster guys as well as the ladies with them if you remember the last post. Of course the ladies were very well desguised.
There was lots of history to review. The Casino was used a school for 200 hundred students in 1884. Later it housed the City Hall and the Fire Department. In 1992 it was used as a Senior Citizen Center. In 2014 a renovation began after the hall was vacant for 8 years.
We had a guided tour of the hall whch is one of La Grange's oldest and most historical buildings. Many different local groups use the second story of the hall for events. It's a large open area with a balcony and a stage.
After our tour, a few of us Murphy's Steakhouse in Winchester TX. Teri, one of our members, has fond memories of family visits to this historic restaurant.
We saw this adjacent to the steakhouse but really don't have any nformation about it. It certainly seemed strange.
And this house was right across the street.
After lunch, we followed a map of quilt squares in the surrounding area. It wasn't quite what we expected. The squares were painted on various homes and buildings and were usually small, about 20 inches, so I couldn't get good pictures from the road. The quilt squares I have seen before were usually large painted on the side of barns but it was interesting. I think the project was developed as some type of fundraiser.
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