Uptown Motel 106 W. College
The Uptown Motel opened at 106 W. College St. around 1957. Squeezed into the back lot of the Orpheum Theater, it literally hugged the stage house of the theater offering up only enough space for about 14 rooming units. Continue reading
“The advent of the 1930s did bring more than the Great Depression to Williamson County, it also brought the first airport. Fred Valentin opened the Marion airport in January, 1930, two years after he received his pilot’s license. Continue reading
A fire destroyed a barbecue oven in the Uptown Kitchen at 6 am when grease from the oven caught fire. Continue reading
Fire this afternoon burned out a motor operating the air conditioning unit at Uptown Motel. Continue reading
Damage was estimated at $90,000 Monday in a fire early Sunday which destroyed the two-story brick warehouse of the Fredman Furniture Co. and a frame dwelling nearby. Continue reading