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WILLIAMS MEDICAL CLINIC BUILDING DR. JAMES W. WILLIAMS, A NATIVE OF MINEOLA, OPENED HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE IN 1946 AFTER HIS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HIS PATIENTS, HE BUILT A NEW STATE OF THE ART MEDICAL FACILITY. THE CALIFORNIA-STYLE BUILDING HAS A RED BRICK EXTERIOR WITH A WRAP AROUND WINDOW ON ONE CORNER. ONE OF ITS MOST UNIQUE TRAITS IS THAT IT HAD CENTRAL HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING, A SYSTEM NOT OFTEN FOUND IN THE 1950s. THE CLINIC IS AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING FROM THE 1950s WITH A CONTEMPORARY MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN MINEOLA. THOUGH THE BUILDING HAS BEEN PASSED FROM OWNER TO OWNER IT HAS STILL RETAINED THE SAME PURPOSE OF SERVING THE MINEOLA COMMUNITY.