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| I pulled into Ville Platte and decided to roam around a little. US 167, southbound, is where the main downtown is located. It is full of old buidings. Just a few below. |
| Check out the mural or the remains of a mural on the building below. I will bet it was a hardware store originally. |
| David had made me happy with his appreciation of the old warehouses I pictured in Church Point. I found Railroad St. which I felt would lead me to maybe a few more old stuctures. Indeed it did. Of course now I feel the pressure of a possible Warehouse Bubbas Group. There might even be a "Warehouse Pictures Collectors Association" The "WPCA" does have a ring to it. That sounds familiar. I wonder if I belong to it? |
| They are great old buildings. The new support blocks lead me to believe they have recently been saved. |
| The line is still active here, I think. The warehouses, at one time, did serve the rails. I didn't look closely, but I think the old doors have been covered over or the buidings were turned around to face the street? Naw, that was dumb. |
| A lttle further north I found the prize. This had to have been the Ville Platte station or an office of the railroad. It is being restored or was in that process recently. |
| It is on new supports. It has a freight door. I hoped to see "Ville Platte" hanging on a sign from the building, but it was gone, if ever there. |
| Below, is just another angle. I may start a movie site to accomodate what I want you to see. |
| Across the tracks was a raised flat platform. What it use to be is a mystery to me. |