Friends of Pecos

Saturday, May 29, 2010

PORT ARTHUR, TX. MAY, 2010














Downtown all closed up, flat and green with lots of canals and a river, lake, cattle, tons of egrets, oil refineries, nice historical section, vietnamese, hispanic, african american. Population 57,000+
I could live there.
1. Queen Of Peace Statue- Queen of Vietnamese Matyr's Catholic Church, built in gratitude of city that welcomed them.
2. & 3. Eddington Court. First apartment building built in 1929- a conch shell wall front this place and is made of 6,000 shgells brought from the Carribbean. This place is for sale.
4. Rose Hill Manor 1906- Donated to the city in the 40's by an ex mayor and banker.
8. Lakeshore Dr.

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