Ah, Texas small towns. Will it be a charming quiet slumbering hamlet, or some place that looks scoured and hollow?

This looks like an AI drawing, completely with garbled not-English text:

An old store, obviously. I love the second-floor office, or lookout, or whatever it was. Absolutely severe and unadorned.

Uh oh.

You get the feeling that the whole town had a going out of business sale about 30 years ago. Moving along . . .

Stores like this indicate there was prosperity once, right? Those nice big display windows on the side, full of . . . hats? Shoes?

Annnnnd WHOA

Housing now, of course. Originally a Hilton!

The project is the fifth Hilton Hotel built by Conrad Hilton in the United States, and opened in 1929. The premiere hotel for its day—it was located by a Greyhound bus station—featured a store where travelers could purchase knick-knacks and souvenirs, a ballroom for events, and a private club.

The hotel continued to be open until the 1970s and then sat abandoned for more than 30 years.

More at the link, including pictures.

Again, I’m not sure what AI would have done differently.

The rare chameleon building, which responds to the cars parked in front

Hotel or office?

I’m going with the latter.

It looks mothballed, or . . .

Modern motel: that must have been the reason I visited this town.

The Cinematreasures page says it has a lot of windows for a movie theater, and they have a point.

I think we have the answer to the question posed at the beginning, unless I was being really selective.

It looks as if the windows were always bricked up thus.

Here’s the bushel under which you’re not supposed to hide your light:

Rather underwhelming courthouse. Seems ashamed to admit it has a dome.

“We came in $1500 under budget, boss. You want the money back, or you want some pointless ornamentation?”

I think I’m done. And I think Plainfield’s done, too.