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Tour of Dows Street Historic District
V. SOUTH SIDE OF DOWS STREET
The easternmost section of the tavern was originally Hanus & Sons Cabinet
Shop which included casket making and undertaker services, active from 1895 to
1919. Across the alley to the west of the tavern is a residence with
a boom town front which was once Roztocil's General Store. It has a
residential addition, often a feature of mixed use in small town commercial
districts.
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South side of Dows Street looking east,
circa 1910-15. Roztocil's General Store, right;
the tavern/cabinet shop to the east across the alley.
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The same view in 2004, the tavern in
blue.
Note the residential addition to the right of "Roztocil's
Store".
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On the southeast corner of Dows and Walker is Ely's fist bank, built in 1902
by J.H. Smith & Sons, and continuing as a bank under various owners until
1988. The cornice reveals that underneath the siding is brick, a building
material befitting the status of a financial institution.
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Ely Bank, southeast corner of Dows &
Walker Sts. |
The same building in 2004. A small
addition
was added on the right end of the building.
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Crossing Walker Street on the south side of Dows Street you will pass a small
house with a tiny garage. The 20 x 20-foot garage was once a part of a
blacksmith's shop and even earlier the site of a tavern. On the other side
of the alley is an apartment building, ca. 1897, which was a boom town fronted
general store and a post office location.
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On the left, Ely Bank, the blacksmith
shop
and a general store.
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In 2004 part of the
"blacksmith" shop sits across
the alley from the apartment building on the right.
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