Places in Devine
Past & Present
Interior of Adams National Bank, Devine, Texas
Photograph shows interior of bank with men behind counter. "(L. to R." unknown, Caleb Thompson (owner), Matt Keller, and W.B. Adams (owner) Circa 1905
Lender: Rowena Thompson
Crowd outside Adams National Bank and W.B. Adams & Co. Store, Devine, Texas
Photograph shows exterior of brick bank building and W.B. Adams & Co. General Store Crowd next to building and in street: some on horseback, others in buggies and wagons. sign on W.B. Adams & Co. reads: "Dealers & Traders in everything from a Rat Skin to a Ranch."
Circa 1905Lender: The Devine News
Group of men and women looking toward residence doorway, Devine Tx.
Photograph shows mena and women all wearing hats except one woman in bonnet, standing outside porch of frame house.
circa 1910Lender: Henry B. Briscoe
Exterior of J.F. Burns & Company, Devine, Texas
Photograph shows exterior of one-story brick store. Automobile, wagon, and buggy in street; people standing outside store.
1910-1912?
Lender: Bank of Texas
Cosby Corner Confectionary
Alfred Hubbard behind counter in Cosby Corner Confectionary, Inscription on the upper border; "Alfred Hubbard Prop.. of Devine Confectionary." and on mount below the original. "Cosby corner Confectionary' Alfred Hubbard." On the back: "Alfred Hubbard was manager or owner of this building under where Dr. Wood had his office." and "Alfred Hubbard / 1910.", Confectionary was located in the building at the northwest corner of Commercial and Herrig Streets.
Lender: Elmer F. Morris
Opening of W.B. Adams & Company General Store, Devine, Tx
Photograph shows exterior of the one-story brick building with pressed tin parapet. People standing outside include W.B. Adams (second from right), Baptist preacher W.L. DuBose (far right, next to wagon wheel).
1901
Lender: Rowena Thompson
Opening of W.B. Adams & Company General Store, Devine, Tx
Photograph shows exterior of the one-story brick building with pressed tin parapet. People standing outside include W.B. Adams (second from right), Baptist preacher W.L. DuBose (far right, next to wagon wheel).
1901
Lender: Rowena Thompson
Two young women in comical pose on bridge near Devine, Tx
Photograph shows two women-members of the Briscoe family or their friends- outside railing on bridge. wooden railing has graffiti and advertisements for caskets, robes, and wagons.
circa 1910
Lender: Henry B. Briscoe
Man and boys in wagon outside W.B. Adams & Co. Store, Devine, Tx
Photograph shows man holding horse reins and leaning on bag as he sits n wagon. five boys are behind him; two ae jostling. Crowd in street behind them.
circa 1905
Lender: The Devine News
Delivery wagon outside J.F. Burns & Company, Devine, Tx
Photograph shows rear entrance of store. In street, near doorway, is a man in wagon loaded with products in crates and barrels.
1910-1912
Lender: Bank of Texas
Exterior of Devine Lumber Company, Devine, Tx
Photograph shows exterior of the two-story frame building with two men standing on porch. Automobile (a coupe?" in street.
Owner: George T. Briscoe
1920-1929
Lender: Bank of Texas
Sherrille Stroud seated on bench outside Stroud's Blacksmith Shop, Devine, Tx.
Photograph shows exterior of blacksmith shop. Sherrille Stroud seated on right; historical marker on left.
circa 1985
See THE HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY, p. 512: ''...In 1903, he [Joe Stroud, Sr.] purchased a lot in Devine and established his own business...Joe's oldest son, Sherrille, is carrying on his father's work of blacksmithing. Sherrille began helping his dad when he was only six years of age. The shop doors are decorated with brands of hundreds of ranchmen families throughout Texas and parts of the Southwest. A Texas State Historical Marker was placed to commemorate this business in 1975...
Lender: Bank of Texas
Map of Devine, Texas, as it appeared in the 1920s
Map shows location of buildings as remembered by Burney Driscoll dating back to the 1920s. See accompanying sheet with additional information.
Lender: Burney Driscoll
Exterior of Rose Lodge Hotel
Photograph shows exterior of the original house with owner Lena Briscoe Whitfield and other women on upstairs porch and group at gate. Climbing rose (far left, and far right).
Accompanying note by lender: ''...It [Rose Lodge] was on College Street, about where the parking lot for Conoly Drug is located now. It faced north...Shown in this 95 year old photo, on the balcony is, left to right: Minnie Briscoe, Mamie Whitfield and Katie Ward. In the foreground, again left to right is Stell Briscoe (on plank), Lena Briscoe Whitfield, Ruth Whitfield (on gate post), Mary Gray Briscoe, Sarah Whitfield, Elinor Schley (on gate post), Kate Briscoe (DuBose) and Mrs. Ivey. The boys are the Schley twins, Bob and Jack with John Elliot Whitfield in the center.'';See THE HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY, p. 557: ''...They [John Anthony Whitfield and Mary Helena ''Lena'' Briscoe Whitfield] built a pretty two-story house, complete with barns and outhouses behind it. When hard times came around 1900, a large addition was built next to the home place for boarders. The place became known as 'Rose Lodge' because of the beautiful rose arbor Mrs. Whitfield grew over the gallery of the home...'
circa 1900
Lender: Henry B. BriscoePlaces in Devine
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