New Barber Shop Gives Nod to Aledo History

Former Location of Burton Coder Barber Shop | The Community News | January 16, 2024

It is nice when a classic building gets restored. However, it is wonderful when a local classic and prominent building is restored to its original purpose. Although tiny, the rock building at 105 Front Street in Aledo is hyper-visible. It faces Front Street beside the railroad tracks just off the main drag of FM 1187, right behind the Shell station convenience store.

Over recent decades it has been a workshop, a storage building, and beauty shop — but each only briefly. Jacob Razo had his sights on the vacant building to open a barbershop even before he saw a map of Aledo dated 1930 with the notation “Burton Coder Barber Shop” pointing to the location. “It was like it was meant to be,” Razo said. “It has been a year in the making, but here we are.”

The awning has been improved and a handicap ramp and parking installed, but the big surprise waits inside. Patrons step back in time as they enter a pristine old-school barbershop with classic barber chairs and black and white hexagonal tile sporting “Aledo Barbershop” across the floor. Razo was inspired by his grandfather, Joe Guerrero, a retired Fort Worth barber, and credits his wife Annie as “the brains behind the business.”

Long-time Aledo resident Terry Hyles recalls: “One of my earliest memories was being dropped off near that barbershop by the railroad tracks back in fifth grade. It was always a barber shop back then.” Many people got their first look inside during Christmas Tyme in Aledo. The shop is open by appointment, with regular walk-in hours coming soon.

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