DE LEON HANDBOOK
CITY GOVERNMENT I
CITY GOVERNMENT
New Hope Methodist Church ca 1917
Page last updated Dec. 29, 2007
An early sign that hung over Texas Avenue at Reynosa.
De Leon’s City Hall completed in July 1913 at a cost of about $12,000. The two trees in the front of the hall initially stood on either side of the sidewalk leading to the E.E. Dabney home which originally occupied that particular lot.
The fire station was on the left, city offices in the middle and the stairway to the second floor on the right. A combination court room and auditorium that could seat as many as 600 people was on the second floor. The jail was entered through the door on the left side of the building.
Notice the fire bell on the right edge of the photographs and the white stone to the left of the door of the fire station. Both have been moved to the current fire station.
Demolition of the building began on August 17, 1938 to make room for the present structure.
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The old De Leon City Hall looking north probably from the Streety residence. The Weaver Drug building had been replaced following its fire and is visible under the tree by the water tank. The water tank was removed in 1924 so the photo was taken between 1920 and 1924. Note the fire bell and C.L. Kinchens Tailor Shop on the left. Mr. Kinchens first opened in De Leon in 1905. Photo provided by Mayne Taylor McCrimon of Live Oak , Fl.
This town sign replaced the earlier sign in July 1947. It cost $1,100. By the time installation had begun, $890 had been raised and a $550 down payment made. The post on the east side of Texas Avenue that supported the sign was bent in a storm probably around 1955 and the sign was removed. For a number of years it was stored at the city yard under the water tank.