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Calvert is a town of the
past. Once a major cotton
export and trade center, it
now depends on the many
antique shops that line
Main Street.
Although the community
began as “Sterling” in the
Sterling C. Robertson Col
ony of the 1820’s, it was re
named for Judge Robert
Calvert when the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad
was established in 1868
and the town was moved
two miles to the right of
way.
As in many old Texas
towns, the buildings are
the same, only the names
have changed. The Casi-
mir Drugstore is now the
Fife and Drum; the Jac
ques Adoue Building is
The Boll Weevil where 19th
century carved birds can
be purchased for a mere
$145 each.
Grandma’s Attic holds
many treasures in a dis
play case. Many of the
shops, like Grandma’s,
also sell new things, like
baskets. Gray’s Ye Old
Antiques boasts aisles of
antique chests.
Peach Tree Hill, The Blue
Goose, Cobb’s Market,
Castle Antiques. It just de-
Photos by
Lee Roy
Leschper
pends on what you’re look
ing for, but a “find” will
usually be there. Spinning
wheels, cigarette cases,
jewelry, bubble gum ma
chines, tables, photo
graphs and frames.
Many of the shops have
guest books — people
from Roseill, New Baden,
Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth,
Austin, Waco, San Antonio
and Harker Heights think
it’s worth trip and the peo
ple from Oklahoma, Cali
fornia, Louisiana and
Florida must think it’s
something special.
The “Antique” town
which had casino tables
stacked with gold during
it’s heyday is on Highway
6, 38 miles from College
Station.