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1925 Area
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Just as the railroad transformed West Texas in the 1880s, so, too, did
the automobile in the years after World War I.
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 Cottonwood Flat School
This is a two-room rural school house dating from 1930. It replaced an
earlier structure from the 1920s. The school was originally located in
Scurry County. It is ths site of our Cottonwood School Program during the regular school year. |
 Bourn Texaco Service Station
The prominent Texaco sign is one of the first things you see if you’re
driving to the Village from the east. The station was originally built
in 1926 in Winters, Texas, as a family-owned independent and then Magnolia
Oil service station . The Bourn family later used it as a Texaco station. |
 The Bank
This building represents a banking institution of the 1920s. The furnishings
are from the First State Bank of Buffalo Gap and were later used at the
Hunt Bank in Bradshaw. An exhibit on banking in Texas and Buffalo Gap is found in the back room
of the building. For more on banking in Texas, click here. One of the most famous bank robberies in Texas actually occurred in West Texas, specifically in Cisco, east
of Abilene. |
Buffalo Gap Post Office
This is the first freestanding post office in Buffalo Gap. It was built
around 1950 near the corner of Litel and Main Streets on the south side
of the town. |
The Print Shop
This building houses a collection of early 20th century printing equipment,
machinery which was used to produce newspapers and books before the advent
of computers and laser printers. |
