Hello everyone! It’s been a long while since I have been here! No reason really, just life. But I decided I wanted to at least finish this small series, more for myself and family. I wanted a record of my little town and what it looked like now. So here goes!
Last year, I found that Walmart was selling the game Hanfordopoly. It’s like Monopoly, but for my town. Well, I had to buy it! Then Lauren and I went around town and took pictures of each of the places on the game board. It was so much fun! I can’t wait to introduce you to our sweet little town and some of its history.
If you haven’t read the other My Town posts, click on them below:
Today I am introducing you to Main Street Hanford! There are so many cute little shops and restaurants here! Over 350! The Main Street Hanford group is dedicated to preserving the beauty and history of downtown Hanford.
One of the most important parts of our town is the local train station! From Hanford, you can go south to Bakersfield, but after that you have to take a bus. It goes north up to Stockton. We have ridden many times to Fresno, just to go for dinner! It’s so nice to have someone else drive. 😊
The train depot has been kept nice and clean and it’s such a great brick building.
Next up is the Opera House. No, not a theatre, but an apartment building. It is still being used today.
The bottom floor of the Opera House is filled with shops. Such a cool building!
The city has kept our downtown looking very nice. I love this vine growing up over the arbor.
Of course, you have to have a coffee shop!
I know our town isn’t as old as a lot of them in this country, but it’s still awesome that so many of the old buildings have been preserved and are used for different purposes today.
This shop is one of our favorites!! Beautifully Damaged is full of Disney and Halloween! She will put up displays coordinating with whatever Disney movie is released. So when Little Mermaid came out, the front of her shop was all ocean and mermaids. Same with Haunted Mansion. Now of course, it’s all Nightmare Before Christmas and other haunted stuff.
Board and Brush is a great place to get creative! You can take classes here and make you own creation to take home. I haven’t taken a class yet, but I have seen many of the items my friends have done.
Here are just a few of the activities going on around here! Everything looks so fun!
We still have our old courthouse in … Courthouse Square!
“Located at the center of a gracious, tree-shaded public square, the Kings County Courthouse is a fine example of a neo-classical revival style public building. It is one of the oldest public buildings in continual use in Central California, having been erected in 1896. A later addition was built in 1913 or 1914, which was well integrated and faithful to the original style and detail.” noehill.com
Isn’t it gorgeous! This building also has many shops and businesses that fill it.
There are so many more places I could show you, but this would get too long. I hope you enjoyed this little walk around my downtown!
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