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Celina Ice & Cold Storage Co. was at one time an old ice house back in time when most people didn’t have an ice box or refrigerator (also before they were invented.) As most ice houses of that time period were more than just cold storage, it was a place to hang out and keep cool. In time, these places became known as bars or places that served beer.
As for the history of this old ice house, its anybody’s guess. I looked for quite some time and I still can’t find anything. Its time to find locals that might would know more about its history.
Celina Ice & Cold Storage Co Current Condition
As you can see, the building has been left to the elements. It really hasn’t been maintained that much. It looks to me that the painted on sign was repainted at some point in the last few years. Many of the original doors and windows have been bricked in.
When I took a closer look at the building, I noticed that several of the windows were knocked out behind the metal grates and I could tell that the place is used for storage and is full of metal and other stuff.
As I was leaving the Celina Ice & Cold Storage Co, I noticed there was an old sign that said this building is Prefinsihed Metal Systems. So this might be the last business to operate out of the old ice house. But once again there isn’t any info about this company.
If you have any information on the Celina Ice & Cold Storage Co. Please contact me, and tell me your story.
About the Images
The building images were shot taken with a Canon EOS REBEL T1i and a EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. The rest were shot with a Sony Nex-3N and the Sigma 30mm f2.8 DN Lens
The images were processed with Adobe Lightroom, Topaz Clarity, and some converted to black and white with Topaz Black & White.
About James
The ice house in Celina your referring to is owned by my family. Contact me for future visits.
Thanks
Jim Johnson
Thank you for the offer, I will be contacting you soon about a future visit to the ice house building.
Thanks again,
James
It was built by my grandfather (JT Armstrong).
Hi Sharon,
Thank you for commenting and about the your grandfather building the building. I sent you an email…
The Prefinished Metal System sign belong to my father, Bryan Thurmon. He worked out of the building for a few years many years ago.
Jim Johnson, does your family still own the building? If so, is there a way we could contact you about the sign?
Back in the day cattlemen used Shawnee Trail to herd cattle to Kansas. When railroad was built cattle were then railed north. It was decided that it would be more efficient to kill and butcher in Ft Worth and rail meat north. However they needed ice for this. Hence railroad built ice houses every 40 miles or so along route to replenish ice for meat. Celina was ]one of these stops. Probably only one left. A real piece of history