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.

East Texas Chamber of Commerce Founded March 24, 1926

The picture above was published in the March 1936 issue of East Texas in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce . This picture was taken on March 24, 1926 showing business leaders meeting at the Gregg County Courthouse to organize the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. This is the front cover of the first edition of East Texas, a magazine published by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It shows Chamber President R. M. Kelly.

Jimmy's History of Longview, Texas

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