Subdude Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I will freely admit to having to Google this term, as I'd never run across it before. All was revealed in a 1903 issue of "Dry Goods Reporter": http://books.google.com/books?id=8Zc7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA7-PA53&lpg=RA7-PA53&dq=pantitorium&source=bl&ots=TN6v3nwZ0T&sig=FwZ2vxbYPFkpQFHiGcpdfFK8tyI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dPjzUrH-E6aAygGf4YCACw&ved=0CGwQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=pantitorium&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhaltx Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I didn't Google the name, but I did look up the address, and it doesn't exist any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 The location looks like it was South of Washington, on what was originally called 8th Street http://books.tax.hctx.net/v003/000605.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 The location looks like it was South of Washington, on what was originally called 8th Street http://books.tax.hctx.net/v003/000605.JPG Thanks! I looked at several old maps but couldn't find a Melner Street anywhere. What is really interesting on the plat you posted is that the street south of Washington is Tin Can Alley. I hadn't seen that mapped out before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Please pardon my ignorance but what do the notations "to state of Texas" mean on the plat posted by Ross? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Please pardon my ignorance but what do the notations "to state of Texas" mean on the plat posted by Ross? Deeded to the State, most likely under eminent domain and probably for I-45 construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Of course! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Snip from the 1925 City Directory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle C Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Here is a picture of that intersection and Shepherd laundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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