Munzesheimer Manor - Mineola, Texas

A sweet little picket fence borders the Munzesheimer Manor, built at the turn of the century by a German immigrant for his new bride in Mineola, Texas.  Gustav Munzesheimer was part of a large family who settled in the area shortly after the Civil War.  The family was prominent in the community and several members served as city aldermen.  Today the family home, built entirely of pine and cedar, is a popular bed and breakfast in this quaint little town of 4,500 residents 80 miles west of Dallas.

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The Perfect Trio

A simple barbed wire fence 

A hand-hewn cedar post 

A beautiful horse

Erath County, Texas

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The Christmas Fence

A historic home in Jacksonville, Texas

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Noble Manor - Mineola, Texas

Wrought iron fences are my favorite, especially those that have beautiful greenery like this one which surrounds the grounds of the Noble Manor in Mineola, Texas.

This gorgeous Greek Revival home was built in 1913 for Dr. Samuel Cloud Noble and his family.  Dr. Noble was a local dentist in the small town of Mineola.  Today the home is a popular bed and breakfast destination.  It has nine room with private baths and several cottages on the grounds.

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Don't Let Those Trees Escape

FENCE THEM IN!

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How to Beautify a Fence

Put a horse behind it!

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Balcony Fence

And you thought the picture was about the awning?

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Stick Fences

Glenrio, Texas/New Mexico

On the Texas/New Mexico border

In Arizona and New Mexico, these type of fences are called coyote fences.  In Deep East Texas they are called goat fences.  What are they called where you live?

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El Castile - Decatur, Texas

An ornate fence and gate blocks the entrance to El Castile in Decatur, Texas.

And what lurks beyond?

The Castle (El Castile), the home of cattle baron Dan Waggoner and headquarters to the vast Waggoner ranching empire in North Texas, was built in 1883.  It has sixteen rooms, a full basement, and eight fireplaces.  It is constructed of limestone and is decorated with wrought iron on the roof and balconies.  The entrance hall has a grand staircase of walnut and oak with Texas star motifs.  Interior doors, some with stained glass, are sixteen feet tall.  The house has a large dining room, eight bedrooms, five marble baths and a Texas-size kitchen with cooper sink and fixtures.  It was the model for the home in the movie "Giant."  It is currently privately owned and is not available for public viewing.  The house appears to be in fair condition but the grounds are overgrown and in need of much attention.

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Cemetery Fence

The Old North Church Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries here in Nacogdoches County, Texas.  It has many graves and/or family plots that are surrounded by beautiful weathered iron fences, but this is one of the more ornate ones.

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A Fence Can Be a Good Resting Place

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Highbrow Fence

This elegant, highbrow fence can be found on a 19th Century mansion in Galveston, Texas.

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Protecting the Ruins

Beautiful wrought iron fencing with fleur-de-lis 

has been constructed to protect some of the ruins 

found in the former ghost copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona.

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(Note:  I am leaving early Friday morning for a three-day road trip through North Central Texas.  

I hope to replenish my supply of fence and barn photographs 

and see a section of the state I have not as yet visited.  

I'll try to get caught up on all your blogging adventures upon my return.)

Flowers and Fences

Jerome, Arizona

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Fence Near Toledo Bend

Near Toledo Bend Reservoir

Shelby County, Texas

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Bird on a Wire Fence

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The Death of Grandeur

The fence along the front of the property is all that remains of a once beautiful Victorian home in a small town about seven miles from us.  A small pile of rubble is all that is visible in the upper left.  I don't know if the home was actually finally demolished (when I first photographed it in 2010 it was unsafe to enter because the floor and ceiling between the first and second floors had collapsed and the front porch was in danger of collapsing) or if the property eventually sold and the new owners tore it down.  Whatever happened, the wrought iron fence remains but the old cannon, the monogrammed iron gate which gated the driveway, and the iron horsehead hitching  posts are no longer present.  For the photograph I took of it two years ago when it was still standing, click here, and the hitching posts are depicted here.

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Fence No. 24 ~ Zoo Fences

Caldwell Zoo

Tyler, Texas

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Fence No. 24

Hangin' out at the back gate.

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Fence No. 23 ~ A Lazy Afternoon

Near Martinsville, Nacogdoches County, Texas

To my way of thinking often what's behind the fence is more interesting than the fence itself.  And that's the case in this picture.  In Texas often Brahma cattle are bred to Herefords (the white faces) for an astounding quality of beef.  It's hard to imagine that those slender strands of barbed wire will contain the giant Brahmas, but they do.  Thank goodness; otherwise Texas would be overrun with cattle on the roads!  I'm sure there's more than a million miles of barbed wire in Texas.

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