This is a newspaper clipping from 1956. The photo was taken from the Blue Bonnet Hotel on Water Street. The Catholic church is in the middle on the left. There is a building next to it with three garage bays. I have been told that at this time the priest lived in a second story apartment over the garage. Also visible are the convent and Notre Dame School. In the far background you can see Tivy High School.
In the foreground is a building with a long roof. In 1956 this was used by the Kerrville Bakery. The front part is the remnant of the old Dixie Theater. Next to it, on the corner, is the H. Noll Building, which in 1956 was the Harris-Darby Appliance Company "Your Firestore Store". You could shop, quite conveniently, for other goods while your auto was being serviced.
UPDATE and correction from fellow history buff Bryant Saner who attended Notre Dame School 1955-1961: This former student says that while the building with the three garage bays was for the priest, he didn't live upstairs. It seems the upstairs of this building was a meeting room and cafeteria for the school. The priest lived and had offices behind the garage.
And for clarification, the large rambling 3-story building at the upper right of the photo was the convent. The school sat between the convent and the rectory.
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