Silver Spur Saloon Wagon Wheel Chairs - Roanoke, TX
N 32° 59.973 W 097° 13.718
14S E 665485 N 3652629
Two handmade seats, designed to hold two people each, stand in front of the historic Silver Spur Saloon at 114 N Oak St, Roanoke, TX. Their seat backs are each made of a single wagon wheel.
Waymark Code: WMWA28
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2017
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This 1886 building is Roanoke's oldest extant commercial building, now used by the Roanoke Visitor Center and Museum, and open Monday through Saturday from 11 AM to 7 PM. The old saloon is a Recorded Historic Texas Landmark, and a 2009 Texas Historical Marker provides a sound-byte:
Swedish stone mason Lawrence Olson constructed this building for brothers R.M. and B.S. Snead in 1886; they built it to house the Silver Spur Saloon. The building was sold upon R.M. Snead's death in 1911 and later served as a hardware store and grocery. The two-story building is the oldest extant commercial building in the community, with a main façade of cut sandstone quarried from local ranch land, arched windows and keystones, a belt course and corbels of limestone, and side and rear load-bearing walls composed of rubble stone. Metal threshold plates are inscribed with the Snead brothers' names.
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These two chairs are obviously not originals, but they are constructed with better workmanship than things are today. They could benefit from a coat of varnish or stain, but they aren't going to fall apart from wear and tear any time soon.
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