Spaw Barbershop/Post Office - Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District - Dripping Springs, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 11.558 W 098° 05.413
14R E 587578 N 3340480
This stone building, with its distinctive jagged roofline, was built in 1937 by Johnny Spaw. The front-gabled building is clad in multicolored random ashlar stones, some of which are laid in a jagged tooth-like pattern along the top of the parapet.
Waymark Code: WMY2M0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The recessed single entry is flanked by two 4/4 wood windows. A wood and metal awning spans the front façade.
Spaw ran a barber shop on one side, and his wife ran the post office on the other side. It remained a barber shop until 1981 when it became a hair salon. Currently it is a natural herbs store. Like many other small commercial buildings on Mercer Street, this diminutive stone building was erected in a compact period of time between 1935 and 1941. It looks virtually the same as it did when built in 1937 and contributes to the Dripping Springs historic district.