According to Don King, this was part of the Sheppard Ford dealership at one time, but then became a business of its own: This used to be a Ford dealership years ago. It then was changed to Sheppard oil company. A diesel oil and gasoline distributor. They also sold gas and worked on cars. It was owned by the late Stanley Sheppard. It was in business while I was Police Chief there and closed while I was still there around 1996.
Viewed in perspective, these are the Jordan houses seen in the previous two posts.
Like it’s neighbor on the other side of the block, this house has been painted since I last photographed it in 2010.
From a nearly identical perspective, here’s the same house in 2010.
Don King notes: I was the Police Chief in Leary from 1989 until 2000. The small white block building by the railroad track pictured above was the City Hall and Police Station when I started there. It was originally a service depot.
This historic depot is one of the last remaining commercial landmarks in Leary and should be restored.
Milton Kidd notes that the building pictured here, before it was rented out for other uses, was originally home to Bill Sheppard Ford, one of the many small-town dealerships around the country that thrived when economies truly were local. It think it was last used as a convenience store.
This is the only commercial structure remaining in good condition in Leary. It served as both the bank and Masonic Lodge. Carole Mallett Lechner writes: This was the Leary Bank. It was built, owned and operated by William Harvey Jordan and his wife Marjorie McClellan Jordan.
Thanks to Carole Mallett Lechner for the identification.
Carole Mallett Lechner writes: This house belonged to Reuben Marshall Jordan, my great grandfather. My mother, Mary Eunice Jordan Mallett, was born here. It has lost all of the porch that wrapped around it and the fence also. It was originally painted green and had lots of pretty flowers around it.