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| The top photo
shows the old large pavilion (in the center of Collinsville City
Park) in 1952. I don't know exactly when it was built, but it has
been the scene of many a fond memory of family and community gatherings
for generations of Collinsville folks. The photos below show the
current fenced off condition which I didn't notice until earlier
this summer and a city letter stating the pavilion was "unsafe
and unstable". If the park board and city commission take the
recommendation from City Inspector Daniel Harper, the old structure
would be torn down (at least to the poles). And based on many earlier
discussion (when I was still on the park board), if any grant money
is involved, the slab would likely also need to be rehabed or replaced
to make it ADA compliant ... which might mean starting over from
scratch? -- Ted Wright |
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| Washington
School Building |
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| The Washington
Elementary building (near 13th & Exchange) was built in 1912
and has seen many uses over the years (most recently storage only)
but no students for many years. Alternative students had been on
the same campus but in auxillary buildings until they moved to Wilson
Elementary in August 2015. I am unaware of any formal school board
discussion or action but suspect something is being contemplated
(a sale perhaps?) with a major cleanup effort there this summer
to remove surplus and junk stored there. -- Ted Wright |
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| Days Numbered
For "Clark's Pecan" Building ... Casey's General Store
Replacing |
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| I don't have
any formal annoucement but the rumor mill has been way ahead of
me on this for months ... that Casey's General Store will be tearing
down the historic (Clark's Pecan) building on the NE corner of 9th
and Main and building a new facility there sometime in the near
future. I don't have an exact year the old building was completed
but believe it was originally an apartment/ garage business (adjacent
to the depot before 1919), and later a creamery/cheese factory in
the 1930's, then the sale barn location by 1937, before it's more
recent feed store /pecan shelling functionality. -- Ted |
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| The Collinsville
Sale Barn building was owned by Hasque Bowline in this early 1950's
aerial photo looking west down Main Street on a typically busy Saturday
morning in Collinsville. The depot has since been moved and Crocker's
Garage on the west of the sale barn is replaced by the donut shop
... and cars no longer park in the center of Main Street between
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| Quik Trip
Expanding |
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| Stan Sallee
posted this photo on Facebook July 14, 2017 with the following caption:
"QT expansion at Hwy 75 & Hwy 20". The original facility
opened here in April 2011. Sallee wasn't able yet to say what the
new functionality would be, but hinted it could be a first of it's
kind for QT. |
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| Note: I'll
hopefully have more to say later about "Safe
Routes To School" and the new
Church of Christ building. and the new tractory supply company south
of town-- Ted |
As I try to wrap
up this page, realized I hadn't covered that Allred Lumber has left and
the city will likely expand the Veterans building parking over that property
at 9th and Main. -- Ted
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(email questions/comments to wrightted@aol.com).
Ted Wright -- last update 7/26/2017 (ChangingFace.html)
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Copyright 2017 -- Collinsville, Oklahoma
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