Sunday, April 14, 2013

1621 Broadway

This distinctive two story rock building at the corner  of Broadway and G was erected in 1936.  The June 4, 1936  Kerrville Mountain Sun reported this:
"New Caroline Cafe will open Sunday.   H. E. Dixon, owner of Caroline Courts, and his son, William Dixon, .... announced they would formally open the new Caroline Cafe Sunday.
The cafe is in a new two-story rock building at the corner of Broadway and G Streets, opposite Rusche's new Sinclair Station.  William Dixon will manage the cafe, which will offer short orders, place lunches, sandwiches, beer and wines.  Service will be given at the curb.  The place will carry a small stock of groceries."

(Caroline Courts were tourist courts at the corner of Water and G Streets. Erected about 1930, they were torn down long ago. Culligan Water is there now.)
 

The Caroline Cafe changed hands several times over the next three years. The last mention of the Caroline Cafe is in 1939, so presumably it went out of business. 
Since then, the upstairs had been mostly residential, while the ground floor has had some commercial use over the years.




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