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Three faces of 219 Market St., Searcy AR. Historic downtown building.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

219 Market Street in Searcy Arkansas sold a few months ago.

  It sold to the folks who own Salon Bliss and Boutique and they have made it beautiful.  I like the fact that they appreciate history and have actually saved a building from Searcy's past and made it the location of a successful business location again.

So it is time for a review.  First is a picture taken in by Paula Windsor when she was a child and assigned a photography project.  She took lots of downtown pictures and we have had them on this blog.

Paula Windsor picture of 219 Market

Next we have the building when owned by Person Furniture.

Person Furniture building

And here is the newly beautified building today.  Note they kept the corner entrance and the window locations.

Inside is just as lovely.  They would love to have you stop by.

salon bliss Searcy AR

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Valerie Canepa
RE/MAX Advantage Realtors - Searcy, AR

I love this building, and I can't wait to see what it looks like inside. Salon Bliss is my hair salon, and I thought they had a nice place on the west end of town. before. I'm proud of them for moving downtown, which gets better and better every year.

Aug 03, 2012 02:41 AM
Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

The pixel gremlins have nibbled away at dear Paula Anne's picture so I did a fresh scan. Not bad for a 65 year old 2 X 3 photograph.

I have always loved those glass block windows. The lighted sign says FURNITURE.Building

Aug 03, 2012 03:51 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Thanks, Valerie.

Don, that one is better and thanks for telling us how old the picture is.  It looks like the one beside it was rock.  Is that right? And what did that sign say?  A builder once told me how much those glass bricks cost to put in and they were expensive!  I'm glad they kept them too. 

Aug 03, 2012 04:15 AM
Greg Nino
RE/MAX Compass - Houston, TX
Houston, Texas

Check out the tree in the far right. I see you're still posting the cool photo's. :-)

Aug 03, 2012 11:42 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Thanks, Greg.  I had not noticed a tree at all.

Aug 03, 2012 12:56 PM
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Anita Fuller

What tree?

 

I'm loving the telephone pole to the right in the last picture you took, Barbara.  It has those thingees the guys climb up the pole on.  They don't do that anymore, do they?  Don't they have those bucket things that take them right up to the top of the pole? 

Aug 03, 2012 10:48 PM
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Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

Anita the bucket thing is called a Cherry Picker also known as a  boom lift, man lift, basket crane or hydraladder. These lifts were first designed for picking fruit in orchards. They were probably first used in cherry orchards  to reach fruit high in the trees hence the name cherry picker.

 

Aug 03, 2012 11:22 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Anita, I think the tree shows in each picture.  At least A tree shows. It would be interesting to know if it were the same tree.  And I do doubt that real men or women ever climb those poles anymore.

I had not noticed the pole at all.  Perhaps kids should now climb those poles instead of climbing the water towers like they did years ago.  I have been watching reruns of "The 70's Show" on my Tivo that you sleuths made me buy and it was a delightful show with kids climbing the water tower and falling off from time to time.

Don, thanks for that explanation of the lift baskets.  They did make life easier for those pole climbers, didn't they.

Aug 04, 2012 10:33 PM
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