Some tiny communities sit between somewhere and no place.
: : :
is one such place.
Brothers sits on Oregon State Route 20,
about 45 miles from Bend
and
70 miles from Burns.
: : :
Located in the eastern Oregon’s central high desert,
at 4,639 feet above sea level;
it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
: : :
A place 49 souls call home;
with a gas station/convenience store
and a one-room school
(the new, modern one-room school, sitting behind the old, clapboard wooden one)
and this structure.
: : :
In weathered painted letters,
I can read ‘coffee’ and ‘accessories,’
other words have chipped away through the years.
Its last use may have been a store,
but I’d place money
that it was once a motel
with a water reservoir
above
on the
wooden
tower.
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‘RURALITY BLOG HOP’ #44
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oh i love this! interesting, the curtains looks in pretty good shape!
It is so sad to me to see these wonderful old town building fall farther and farther in disrepair. You know the end will come before too much longer. They all have such grand old stories to tell. This is a classic one. Much personality.
There’s just something about the weathered!
It would be fun to see this old building in it’s prime. Looks like a neat place.
The small town my parents live outside of has 69 residents. I think there are 2-3 functioning businesses and several Churches that are still active.
You’ve actually got me wanting to visit Brothers, Oregon now. You’re stirring their tourist trade. :) The building is interesting, and you’ve aroused my curiosity about it. I wonder if the internet can yield any answers. If not, you’re going to have to go visiting some of those 49 town dwellers and see if any of them can tell you about that building.
Thank you for hosting. Sometime I’d love to see the Pacific NW in person! It must be something!
I really like your title for this “place that used to be.” A great find along the road.
I always want to go in these old places to see what has been left behind. Beautiful photo. Have a very Merry Christmas.
Looks like it might be a little bit haunted. Were you able to go inside?
No, didn’t try… we stopped for a restroom break between Burns and Bend…
Intriquing photo ~ lots of texture and vintage colors ~ what a find ~ carol, xxx
Charming. I guess . . .
Madge, is Brothers anywhere near Sisters, Oregon? And, how did they get those names? Love your photography!
Brothers is about an hour from Sisters, with Bend about in the middle :)
I find places like this quite fascinating. I always wonder how the people can stay in these places, but I gues ‘home’ is where you want to be.
It would be great in b&w too.
It looks picturesque, I love these old buildings, dilapidated, but still working. I think that so long is a person who needs them, they still serve…
Thanks for hosting, have a nice holiday time
When I was a child, we lived in Burns, Oregon for a couple of years. This is quite an interesting sight.
Lovely ‘de_palpitated’ building….can see the architecture that is favored in that region holds up fairly well. Happy merry wonderful Christmas! http://lauriekazmierczak.com/tundra-out-there/
I will be not far from here this coming weekend, as I am heading over to Prineville to celebrate an early Christmas with my Dad :)
Sounds like a fun trip.. I like Prineville…
Such a sad photo. I hate to see small towns disappearing.
My aunt used to live there – years ago – then she moved into Burns as she got older. She was a nurse and did private care.
I love the photo of the old building – it does look like it was a motel at one time.