Twenty thousand souls.

Wikipedia: "Cullman itself was founded in 1873 by Colonel John G. Cullmann, a German immigrant." That guy has a story. "A German businessman and political activist who emigrated to the United States as a result of his financial ruin related to participation in the Revolution of 1848." And that's just a tenth of it.

A proud town has murals. Sometimes the effect is diminished when time leaches the colors.

This seems new, and large. In 99% of the cases for a town this size, that means it’s a government building.

But it’s not! It’s a bank.

It’s missing something. But I’m not sure what it needs.

It’s two buildings.

Same architect, same owner, same developer, I’m sure.

Uh oh, blurry shot . . .

Oh - it wasn’t demolished. Just improved . . . and quickly abandoned?

Old and Blurry, start to worry

"Now that we improved the other building and didn't fill it with a paying tenant, let's move down the street and do it again.

The town's average height and width of the citizens declined dramatically, and doors were altered to reflect this new reality:

At least the demolition seems intentional, or intended to keep it from a worse condition.

Many layers of time here.

As I've said before: The more murals of the past, the less going on in the present.

That's about it. There's more, but it's almost the absolutely generic Main Streets entry, and I got bored. Sorry! Better stuff next week.