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Post by galsal on Jan 18, 2007 18:02:07 GMT -6
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Post by JessWunman on Jan 18, 2007 19:28:49 GMT -6
galsal,
Thanks for sharing a very interesting site. Seems like the Henry newspaper gave Mr. Sample the benefit of the doubt, based on his reputation. If the same incident occurred today, do you think the media would extend the same courtesy?
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Post by DumDave on Jan 19, 2007 14:29:07 GMT -6
Thanks for the link. Very interesting. I noted that the name Ames came up connected with hardware. He probably went on to stat up Ames Lumber Yard. Also there was a mention of Scharfenberg which may have gone on to sell clothes acros from the Murray Bldg.
-Dave
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Post by John on Jan 30, 2007 20:55:54 GMT -6
Main St. in 1879  |
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Post by historymajor2 on Jan 31, 2007 10:20:26 GMT -6
The big brick building in the top right is the original Heenan building at the NW corner of Main and Park sts (where Walgreen's is now) This building was destroyed by fire on November 21,1897. It was known as the Heenan Opera Block when it opened in December 1873. The building was 70' wide and 112' long and contained 30,000 sq ft of space, 14,000 of which was dedicated to the store. Also in the building was a 1,000 seat opera house, a post office, the Odd Fellows meeting hall, a billiards parlor, and many individual offices of various types. Also notice that the Plumb Hotel, one block West has not been built yet, it was built in 1882.
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Post by historymajor2 on Feb 1, 2007 18:24:28 GMT -6
Looking down the street on the left hand side, isn't that the front corner of the Rokey's building ? The top and the windows seem to be about the same. It is the on the same corner.
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Post by John on Feb 1, 2007 18:49:04 GMT -6
Yes it is. The Rokey's Building was originally the Streator House Hotel and was built around 1872.
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Post by DumDave on Feb 2, 2007 14:11:38 GMT -6
Yes it is. The Rokey's Building was originally the Streator House Hotel and was built around 1872. I wonder why it was snubbed in the list of hotels from the "Story of Streator-1912"  ? -Dave |
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Post by DumDave on Jan 23, 2008 13:03:46 GMT -6
Barley Motor Car Co. was a manufacturer of automobiles in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It manufactured the Roamer automobile (1916-29) and, briefly, the Barley (1922-24) and the Pennant (1924-25).
In 1913, Albert C. Barley bought the assets of the Streator Motor Car Co., which was put into receivership in 1911. Streator was itself the product of the Erie Motor Carriage Co. and had been manufacturing the Halladay automobile since 1905. Barley's new company was called Barley Manufacturing Co. and he reopened the factory at Streator, Illinois and continued to produce the Halladay for a few years
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