Eustace Square History & Preservation Society

05/14/2025

Look at this awesome find! 🤩

Vicki Taylor was metal detecting at a property in Eustace and found this soda fountain coin from the AD Surles Drug Store.

For those unaware, the AD Surles Drug Store is the building next to the police station with the rX symbol at the top. It has been zoned as a residence for about 50 years give or take.

It’s rumored to have been a movie theater at one point and also a mortuary at some point.

Before the hospital was built and opened in the 2 story building at the end, the doctor would perform surgeries upstairs under the skylight.

What an amazing piece of history!

12/06/2022

I just received this message from someone hoping to find any info about Fredrick Syrett. If you have any helpful information at all, please contact the email listed below.

Hello, I am looking for historical/genealogy information to help solve a family mystery.
Please feel free to pass this information on. My email contact is [email protected]
We have found that my grandfather Fredrick Syrett moved to Eustace, Texas in the late 1940's. The 1950 census shows him living in Precinct 1 of Eustace. His neighbors in the census appear to be farmers with the names Fife,Stevens,Richardson,Adair,Slayton,Neil,Green,Foster,Whitehead,and Youngblood. Fred was 67 and his new wife Imogene I Syrett was 53. We don't know her maiden name but it lists her as Texas born. The only other fact we have is that Fredrick died in 1954. The death certificate states he died of cancer after living for 18 months in Cray's Home(run by Mrs Cray) in Eustace. Arrangements were by Carrell and Lehr Funeral Home.

Thank you for any information you may have.

11/14/2022

Operation = Hallmark Christmas Town is underway!

We need your help!! 🎄

We are looking for some things to continue to decorate this entire row (plus the other side not shown). The police station, old hardware store, etc….

Does anyone have some of these outdoor items they’d like to donate?

🎄 Wreaths
🎄 Artificial Christmas trees 🎄
🎄 Lighted lamp posts (decoration)
🎄 Lighted presents 🎁
🎄 Classic traditional decorations for a beautiful look on the sidewalks

So if you’re sorting things and come across anything or feel inclined at the store to grab something that would be awesome!
Please nothing broken or that needs to just be trashed.

11/13/2022

We’ve been so busy lately and progress has been a little slower but we got new gutters behind our building and so did the police station 🎉 This will help tremendously with an ongoing water issue. Next step is to continue the cleanup of the back areas.

So a really cool discovery made was these little bottles behind our building. (Was one of the 2 drug stores: Surles Drug Store) The larger bottle is approx from the 1940’s - 1950’s based on what we’ve been able to research about it. Not sure yet on the little bottle. But how cool, right? Makes this daunting task of removing one million stepping stones and random items a little more exciting 😅😂

We have some other much more exciting projects coming up in the future….

10/15/2022

TONIGHT @ 7:45pm 🎥 Come enjoy a FREE movie!

At the Market we will have pizza slices, mozzarella sticks & jalapeño poppers in addition to NEW Wild Bill’s craft soda flavors and lots of great snacks!

10/03/2022

We had a really great turnout for movie night last night in the square.

We look forward to the next one! 🎥

10/01/2022

🛑🛑 TONIGHT @ 8pm 🎥🎥 The Market will be open if you want drinks & snacks as well 🥤🧁

🎥 Don’t forget FREE movie night in Eustace Square this Saturday. We are showing C asper.

The Market will be open during the movie if you need snacks or drinks. 🥤

Movie night is courtesy of Eustace Square History & Preservation Society & In The Market With LeeAnn.

Come out for a fun night! Bring your own blankets or chairs and please pickup your trash before you leave ❤️

RSVP here for info https://fb.me/e/26yboHf3q

09/29/2022

All finished 🙂

09/28/2022

The little well house on the square is getting refreshed.

Casey painted the red roof yesterday and now working on white for the rest of it.

09/26/2022

🎥 Don’t forget FREE movie night in Eustace Square this Saturday. We are showing C asper.

The Market will be open during the movie if you need snacks or drinks. 🥤

Movie night is courtesy of Eustace Square History & Preservation Society & In The Market With LeeAnn.

Come out for a fun night! Bring your own blankets or chairs and please pickup your trash before you leave ❤️

RSVP here for info https://fb.me/e/26yboHf3q

09/25/2022

Pioneer Day in the Square was amazing yesterday! The city and mayor put together a truly fun day! There were lots of vendors, fun games, bounce houses, live music , raffles and so much more!

I wish I had taken more photos but between guests coming in the Market, shopping with vendors and walking around with kids to the fun activities I didn’t have the chance. If you missed it, it was a fun day and you’ll certainly need to come out next year.

09/23/2022

Such a lovely job the city staff and family members have done and still working on to prepare the square for Pioneer Day this Saturday. ❤️