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210 N. Houston Ave. Denison, Texas
Before electricity, ice houses and delivery wagons were important
businesses in towns. The ice house was often close to a source of
ice, for example a freshwater lake or pond. During the cold
months, ice was harvested and stored in the ice houses, usually
insulated with sawdust or straw. The ice would stay frozen, often
until the next winter freeze so that people could enjoy iced drinks
during the summer. The main use of ice was to place in wooden ice
boxes to store perishable food. The delivery wagon would drop off
a block of ice in the size requested by the lady of the house.
Using ice tongs, the block of ice was taken from the ice wagon
and placed inside the wooden ice box.  The Denison Press Monday, May 18, 1936 pg. 1 DENISON 60-50-35 YEAR AGO By Dulce Murray The Artic Ice Company which has its headquarters in all directions and at present nearly every town of considerable size in the state is supplied with their ice. Mr. Rankins, the general superintendent, informs us that they keep a stock of ice in 22 towns in Texas, and besides that, by an arrangement with the Central railroad, the trains stop at every point along the line where ice is wanted,, but which are not supplied with ice houses. The Artic Ice Company has already revolutionized the ice trade of the state and have brought down the price in the interior, in many instances, several cents per pound. They now supply large dealers wherever they have ice houses, at the uniform price of three cents per pound. In this city the compnay has a large double building which was filled with ice this spring and from whence the other houses in the state will be supplied during the summer. 
"Denison Crystal Ice Co. Construction - Photo by Kelly Studio 210 N. Houston Ave. at 115-121 E. Woodard St. The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, April 18, 1886 pg. 7 FREE ICE B.N. Carter, agent for the Crystal Ice Company, will commence Monday and will continue until the first of May, delivering samples of the company's ice, free to customers and friends within the city limits. Those wishing to avail themselves of the liberal terms which will be offered by Mr. Carter, will do well to thoroughly test the ice while free, and place orders for their summer supply with him at once. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. 
210 N. Houston Ave. at 115-121 E. Woodard St. "Denison Crystal Ice Co. Ice Making capacity 100 tons daily. Cold Storage for perishabel goods. Robinson, Frank W., comp. Industrial Denison. Means-Moore Co., 1901 In February 1894 a fire in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday, February 5th, a fire broke out in the rear of a 3-story building on the corner of Woodard Street and Houston Avenue, but the efforts of the firemen saved the Crystal Ice Co. building and the residence cottages along North Houston avenue. (The Sunday Gazetteer, Sunday, February 11, 1894) W.W. Salisbury 
Denison Crystal Ice Company delivery wagon George F. Hitchins Grocer Store in the background Collection of Grayson County Frontier Village 
Fred Temelmeyer, ca1915 Source: Donna Hunt, "Remembering the Ice Houses of Denison." Herald Democrat, June 6, 2010
J.S. Knaur's Diamond Ice Company Source: Denison's Ice Houses, by Donna Hunt 
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