Bond’s Alley

A Dallas Newspaper gave the following description of the Alley… “Old-Timers of Hillsboro who have nothing to do usually did most of it at Bond’s Alley”.

The Alley was a gathering place for and Local site for politics, peddlers’ shows, whittling, cockfights or fisticuffs. Named for Bond’s Drug Store, located here since 1881, and sheltering in bad weather people who usually sunned in alley. Early neighbors varied from a Chinese laundry to an auto assembly shop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1969

The benches are still there and it is a lovely place to sit and view the Court House and take photos where horse and buggy once passed by.

Today, Bond’s Alley is home to the annual Bond’s Alley Art Festival which occurs each June in the alley.  For more information, or to become an art vendor or supporter of the festival, please contact Hillsboro Main Street at  (254) 582-3271 or visit their website.