Central Christian Church Sherman Tx. Dallas Fire Station 55 Baylor University Physics Building First Baptist Church of White Settlement Caldwell Elementary, Mc Kinney, Texas Dallas Public Library, Audelia Road Branch Community Savings, Fredricksburg Texas Churchill Way Presbyterian Church LaGrange College Library, Georgia Peoples National Bank Paris, Texas Central Christian Church Sherman Tx Old Power Plant Weatherford Tx. 2301 Forest Lane Garland, Texas Community Tours Main Shelter Tours Main Back to Civil Defense Museum Main		Central Christian Church, Sherman, Texas Several years ago during one of my many fallout shelter scrounging trips to Sherman I noticed a shelter sign on the north side of the Central Christian Church. This church is right across the street from the police station and central fire station in downtown Sherman. Over the years every time I went through Sheman I would go by the church to see if anyone was there. I never was able to find anyone at the church until Saturday July 14, 2007. I was making a trip to Moss Lake to work on one of their sirens when I went through Sherman and decided to stop and check the church again. Luckily, that time some people where there setting up a party so I went in. I walked around the basement a little while and finally found a gentleman who had been with the church for many years. I asked him about the shelter sign and he here is what he told me..... After I left I realised that I didn't get the man's name but he said that he remembers when the city CD put up the shelter sign on the side of the building. He said it was in the mid-1960s sometime. I asked him if there were ever any shelter supplies stocked there and he said that the shelter was never stocked with anything. The shelter is the standard old-church-basement area. We talked for a bit longer and then he said "did you see the Civil Defense envelope on the wall by the kitchen." I told him that I had been there for just a few minutes before I found him and he took me to the kitchen and showed me what he was talking about. The Civil Defense Envelope Next to the kitchen door permanently attached to the wall in a picture frame is this envelope. Click the photo to see larger. Printed on the outside is "Do Not Disturb Unless Shelter Is Occupied. Contents: Instructions And Names Of Trained Shelter Managers. Architect And Engineer Shelter Description Forms." Actually, as unique as this is, I wasn't completely surprised by it being there because I saw shelter information posted like this in the Grayson County courthouse several years ago while poking around there for shelter stuff. See bottom of page. Sherman is the county seat of Grayson County Tx. In the courthouse the forms were posted in the frame instead of being in the envelope. The man with the church said that this envelope hasn't been disturbed since it was put in place. Hallway By Kitchen Here is the basement hallway into the kitchen. The CD envelope frame is on the wall behind the plant by the kitchen door. I believe the primary shelter area is off to the left in this photo from the kitchen. The door to the left leads to the room pictured below. Fallout Shelter Area This is most likely the primary shelter area in the building. This room is the most centrally located basement room with no windows. This room is located under the main part of the sanctuary of the church. Although I didn't find any supplies again the undisturbed instruction envelope in the frame made it a very worthwhile visit! Grayson County Courthouse Basement Fallout Shelter Documents I took these photos during my first shelter scrounging trip to Sherman back in 2001. I can't believe I'm just now getting them up on the site. These shelter documents were in the central hallway of the Grayson County Tx Courthouse. I was pretty surprised when I saw this. I had never seen anything like this in a community fallout shelter before. In the frame was a list of shelter personnel and a drawing of the floorplan which was almost completely faded out except for a note at the bottom of the drawing. I asked around the courthouse that day if there were still supplies in the shelter but no one knew anything about it. The drawing was far to faded to make out anything on it but I would bet that if any supplies were ever there the location was on the drawing. I haven't been in the courthouse in several years. It has since been remodeled. I doubt if these documents are still there but I will check next time I'm up there and the courthouse is open.