Construction of LEDCO - June 10, 2022

Longview Economic Development Corporation is building a new office on the site of old Longview High School. They started dirt work this week.

When the old high school was demolished the basement was filled with building debris and covered over with a layer of dirt which would eventually become the parking lot for the former T. G. Field Auditorium. Excavation for the new LEDCO building has exposed broken pieces of the old Longview High School building which can be seen in the photos below. For additional photographs please visit my Longview High School 1932 Flickr album.

These photos are courtesy of Paul Jones.

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Longview Motor Hotel Health Center Advertisement

This was an ad in a Longview map. Courtesy of Longview Public Library.

Hotel Longview

This building was Hotel Longview from 1947 - 1960. You can see a section of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce Building to the far left and the silhouette of a section of the Bramlette Building to the far right. Click here for more pictures of the downtown hotel on Jimmy's Flicker Albums.

Gregg Hotel - Post Card

I am starting a new series entitled "My Collection" where I highlight pictures of Longview memorabilia which I own. I will also add a Label, or Bookmark, with the same name so all my related posts will be grouped together. To kick start this off, I want to share the newest addition to my collection. It is a color postcard of the Gregg Hotel which was in downtown Longview where Heritage Plaza now sits. This postcard is "used" as it was mailed. It is postdated March 1, 1936. What is interesting is the writer of the postcard dated when she penned it, which is the same day so she must have mailed it immediately after writing her message. The writer was one of the last few guests to stay at the Gregg Hotel as it was in 1936 the building was enlarged and became part of the Hilton Hotel chain. I prefer "used" postcards over uncirculated, especially for the older ones, such as this. The reason is you know the person is deceased and it is a way to ...

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