Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Date |
1894 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
PH 17,073 |
Description |
B/W photograph of North Main Street, South Bend, Indiana, looking north from Washington Street. There is a description of the photograph attached to the reverse of the image and is quoted here: This picture shows Main street looking north from Washington street. On the left is show the three story brick Oliver House, predecessor of the present (1941) Oliver hotel which was opened Dec. 20, 1899. The first floor of the hotel building on the Main street side was occupied by stores. The first store on the corner was the drug store of Milton & Eliel. It was in this store that the first hot lemonade ever publicly served in South Bend was offered to the public. The next store room was occupied by Henry Heller as a barber shop. Next was the office of the Western Union Telegraph company and then came the Main street entrance to the hotel. The next room was occupied by Amos Palmer's music store. The next by George Thoma World's Fair Saloon (109[N.Main]) and the next by Paul's European retaurant. The next building was owned by George C. Muessel, a three story brick structure. A stairway between the two buildings led to the second floor of the Muessel building. In the first floor Mr. Muessel had a grocery store. This building is still (1941) standing. Between the Muessel building and the alley is a two story brick structure. Across the alley the three story brick building is the Rockstroh building. Louis Nickel and his family lived on the second floor. The room on the first floor and the alley was used as a saloon. The rest of the floor was used as a grocery store and in the southwest corner in the rear was a small restaurant. The place was noted for its excellent food even if the tablecloths often were spotted with coffee stains. Next to the Rockstroh building on the north is shown a three story brick structure. In one of these E. Jonquet had an ice cream and confectionery store. Jonquet's candies in that day were regarded as the best in the city. Next came a one story frame structure which was used for years as a meat market. Then came a vacant space and on the corner a two story, yellow brick building which in an early day contained the postoffice on the first floor. The second floor had the law offices of W.D. George who was South Bend's first mayor, elected in 1865, and George Pfleger. Then came Market street, now (1941) called Colfax avenue, and on the west side of Main street north to the alley, the Oliver row, a row of high class residences built by James and J.D. Oliver. On the east or right hand side of the picture is seen the iron and stone canopy in front of the Oliver theater. The next building, across the alley, was the home of the St. Joseph County Savings bank, organized in 1869. Further along was the first property owned by The South Bend Tribune, a three story brick structure. The picture also is interesting from the fact that no traffic rules prevailed as indicated by the hitching of horses in any way the drivers pleased. Photo originally taken 1894. |
Collection |
South Bend Tribune Archive |
Credit line |
Given by Schurz Communications and the Miller and Crockett family descendants. |
People |
Eliel George, W.D. Heller, Henry Jonquet, E. Milton Muessel, George C. Nickel, Louis Oliver, J.D. Oliver, James Palmer, Amos Pfleger, George Rockstroh Thoma, George |
Search Terms |
South Bend, Indiana South Bend, IN South Bend, IN, USA North Main Street North Main St Main Street North North Main St. Main St North Washington Street Washington St. Washington St |
Subjects |
Barbering Barbers Barbershops Bars Barrooms Buildings Business districts Candy Cityscapes Cityscape photographs Drugstores Grocery stores Hotels Law offices Lemonade stands Mayors Music stores Newspapers Newspaper industry Opera houses Streets Telegrams Telegraph Telegraph offices |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |