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| Clark and West Grocery East Main Street around 1900 |
Clark and West Grocery was located on the
northeast corner of Main and Urbana Street, it operated in this building in the early 1900's. About 1919 O.W. Stoll opened
a grocery in this building, and his store remained in the building until he sold it to Omar and Julia Weaver in 1950. Kyle
McGraw moved his carpet and upholstery business into the building in 1969, and ran the business until 2001,when his daughter-in-law
Rosie McGraw took over the business.
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| T. Stites and Sons Livery South Urbana St. late 1800's |
The T. Stites and Son Livery and Feed Barn was
located on South Urbana Street behind the apartment building that stands today at the southeast corner of Main and
Urbana Streets.
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| Interurban Ticket Office and Lunchroom South Urbana St. Early 1900's |
The Interurban Ticket Office and Lunchroom
was located on South Urbana Street, where Crossroads Furniture now stands. It was the ticket office for the Springfield &
Columbus Traction Company Line, which ran through the village from 1901 to 1937. The line left the National Road a short distance
west of town, going south, and shortly afterword it came back to the road.
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| IOOF Building West Main Street around 1900 |
This is a picture of the IOOF
Lodge building on West Main Street soon after construction. This building was constructed around 1900, after the original
IOOF building was distroyed by fire. The building still stands today, and is still the home of the IOOF Lodge.
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| Goodfellow Comfort Factory early 1900's |
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company, composed
of John McCoy, John Goodfellow, and Dr. E. H. Smith, started business in 1904. The business was primarily a manufacturer of
comforts and employed ten to twenty people. It was located behind the traction line ticket office, which was on South Urbana
St., where Crossroads Furniture is presently located. The business operated until at least 1910, with John Goodfellow being
the sole owner after buying out his partners in 1907.
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| Vienna Bakery West Main Street early 1900's |
This is a picture of the Vienna Bakery,
it was located on Main Street just west of the traffic light. It was later remodeled by the Farmers Deposit Bank which inhabited
the building until 1934. The bank closed after the president of the bank was murdered in a hold up attempt. Dr. J. F. Doyle
then purchased the building and practiced medicine there until his retirement in 1987.This building still stands and is currently
an apartment building.
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| View of East Main St. from West Main St. late 1800's |
This is a picture of East Main Street taken from West Main Street in the late 1800's.
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| Shoemaker's Super Value 1961 |
This
is a picture of Shoemaker's Super Value in 1961. Earl E. Shoemaker purchased this business from Virgil Gahm in 1940.
It was located in the east half of the I.O.O.F Lodge building, and the basement was used for storage. In the late 1940's the
business was expanded to include the entire first floor of the building. In 1956 Shoemaker's moved across the street
into the building formerly occupied by Glen Robinson Massey Harris. This is the location that the business still occupies
today.
The Village of South Vienna
Clark County, Ohio
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