A week or so ago we went over to the little town of Calvert, Texas. Calvert is on Hwy 6 about 25 miles north of Bryan and is known mostly for its antique shops on the main street. The town also hosts a periodic tour of some of the beautiful mansions that are present in this town of 1400 folks. Here's the brochure from the Chamber of Commerce talking about the tour.





In the tour were four homes from the beginning of the 1900s and all were very well preserved. Numbers two and three in the brochure were of particular interest because of the huge amount of money invested to accurately restore these places to their original splendor.



I took this picture of number 2, which is the Barton-Satterwhite home. The owner met us at the door and explained all the details of the restoration of this 8000+ square foot home.

All in all, Calvert is a small, unique part of Texas history, created by the railroad, cotton, and cattle, all converging in the middle of the prairie in 1870. Neat place.

And oh by the way, we had to stop at Cocoamoda, once a bank building, and now the chocolate truffle store for a cup of tea and several chocolate truffle samples.