Richard Moore’s noble task of reviving old buildings persist

Argyle State Bank which became a subject of negligence and was also used as storage for decades is gradually getting back the old grandeur. The person who is solely responsible for this turnaround is Richard Moore who bought it late last year and has been trying from then painstakingly to bring back the lost glory. It is to be noted that the Argyle State Bank was rumored to have been robbed by infamous felons in 1912 and was closed for good in 1927.

Well, the erstwhile bank was only opened for two times in the following decades and it happened when it was bought in the 1960s by Otha Mullens, the previous owner. It was for holding two highly controversial elections on the town’s incorporation. But after that Mullens closed it and made use of the building for storage and a certain portion of the building became an apartment for awhile, according to towners. However, in the 1940s and 1950s, the building was home to a soda bottler and a couple of cafes and it happens to be the only commercial building left from the earlier era of the town’s history.

It has been learnt that the work for restoration is going on in full swing and crews are engaged for several months to clean out the building made in 1906. The main intention, as has been found, is to make the building cope with the modern standards of the 21st-century. Here is a question. What makes Richard Moore have this building? Well, he has a fascination for old-styled buildings and for that reason is working on other projects also at the same time.

He is found to refurbish the 1920s-era Methodist church in Krum as a wedding chapel and is also making an effort to secure some kind of historical designation for the bank building.

Richard Moore is doing his best. But it’s the time for others along with the authority of the town to come forward and help him in this gigantic and noble task.