F. W. Miller’s Rock Café - Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District - Dripping Springs, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 11.574 W 098° 05.404
14R E 587592 N 3340510
This one-story limestone café building at 304 Mercer Street was built as a companion to the Texaco station next door. Because of this, its style and composition is almost identical.
Waymark Code: WMY2KQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
A single front entry door with transom is flanked by two wood four-light windows. Each window has a two-light transom. The side elevations have a mix of rectangular windows and smaller clerestory-type windows under the wide overhanging eaves. The roof is hipped. On the front corner of the building is a carved stone block that reads, “F.W. MILLER 1940.”
F. W. Miller built this café a few months after the Texaco Station was finished. Pete and Naomi Glosson operated the café for a few years. Beginning in 1941, James W. “Jimmy” Glosson and his wife Tula operated Bonnie’s Café, named for their daughter. The Glossons ran the café for fourteen years. In 1956, the Glossons moved several buildings to the east and took over the family grocery business. Bonnie’s Café remained a restaurant for some years, but since 1965 it has been an office and even a residence. Bonnie’s Café has changed very little since it was built in 1940 and is a contributing resource in the historic district.