LEWISVILLE, ARKANSAS (Cheri)

A few days ago I mentioned that Mark and I had happened upon Lewisville, Arkansas near sundown, as we were on our way to northeast Texas in December.

I had never seen a town that was simultaneously both ghost town and home to several hundred residents.  The ghost town part was clear; we took numerous interior pictures of two buildings like this on "Main" Street.

My recollection is that the picture above was the inside of this building:

I'm an architecture junkie, and I really wish I had a clue what the inspirations for this building were!

Crossing the street, I waited for a car driven by a woman who was clearly on her way home from a white-collar job.

It was difficult to tell if this building's life was trending up or down.

Here are some of the businesses that were still in operation:

Mark doesn't remember if Merle's House of Fashion was still in business.

Ghost signs for business that didn't seem to be going concerns:

and some signs for business that were still kicking:

This building held what looked to be the most active business on this side of the highway:

(The "person" in the rocker is a skeleton dressed in Mrs. Claus finery.)

What they did in this building was a little difficult to discern.  From one door:

and from the door beside it:

I'm pretty sure this was in the same building:

Clearly the locals enjoy deer meat.  (This approach to hunting can be found close to us in North Carolina, too.)  After my original post here, I also ran across the Facebook site for Possum Bob's Bait Shop:

While you might think that Bob is on the lookout for four-legged meals, the shop is clearly fishing for anglers.