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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2006 19:11:29 GMT -5
County Jail and Court House. Card is not dated, but appears to be late 1930's
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2006 19:36:30 GMT -5
Reeves & Co., location is at 5th and Wilson St. Card is dated 1911.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2006 20:31:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2006 19:34:00 GMT -5
This card is dated 1931.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2006 19:38:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2006 21:06:40 GMT -5
Looking north from 3rd St. Card dated 1951.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2006 21:10:28 GMT -5
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Post by nancs on Jun 30, 2006 19:15:54 GMT -5
The postcards are wonderful, George. And they do much to refresh the memory bank. Loved the one that showed the 'Mode' as I knew where it was, had forgotten how the sign looked. Could remember the Rio and the Crump, but not the Mode. Not just that one, all of them are great. Thanks for sharing. Love it. Nanc
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2006 20:24:02 GMT -5
Post Office at 7th & Washington St. Card not dated but looks like the 1950's. Thanks Nanc, glad you enjoy the cards.
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Post by nancs on Jun 30, 2006 20:32:01 GMT -5
Not that I can help to date, but it looks to me like Washington St. is a one way street at this point, with regards to the post office postcard. Would that help to date it? Plus, we are getting quite a collection of items 'for Washington St.' and just keep on documenting it a little further with each post. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this post office postcard shows a bit more of 'as the way it was.' Thanks for sharing. Nanc
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Jul 1, 2006 7:04:38 GMT -5
Has anyone been in the old post office building in the last few years? How much of the original interior is intact? LHP has bought the building to use as housing for visiting employees. They should be encouraged by us all to open up the building for a tour prior to their renovation and they should be strongly encouraged to retain any of the original elements possible. Anyone know what the business to the left of the old post office was along Washington Street? On the 6th Street side what is that building? On the spot where the telephone switching station is now? Post Office at 7th & Washington St. Card not dated but looks like the 1950's. Thanks Nanc, glad you enjoy the cards.
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Post by nancs on Jul 1, 2006 10:20:02 GMT -5
Ricky, I am probably not the best one to respond to your question. My mind says that the PO was on the NE corner of 7th and Washington. And the building behind it, which I believe would be 7th and Franklin was a phone company building when I was little in the early to mid 40s. There were windows that one could see in, at least a 2 story building, and it appeared to be filled, through a child's eyes, with lots of metal tubing. Perhaps not true at all, but I always thought that was where the operators worked as well. Question for someone, at the SE corner of 7th and Washington and not shown on the postcard------was that a drug store, perhaps Wininger's Pharmacy at 645 Washington? On north on Washington beyond the PO at the SE corner of 8th and Washington was the Mill End fabric store, think that was in a brick building, perhaps something converted into a business. Nanc
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Post by NLHill on Jul 1, 2006 18:49:29 GMT -5
Hello. This is in response to Ricky's question regarding the building to the left of the old post office in the post card. This is the Indiana Bell station. I worked there a an operator in the late sixties. It was a beige brick and in fact is still standing. When the renovation was finished the architect just encased the building in the glass surround that is there now. If this were peeled away the original building would look like the one in the post card. As a side note, that brick building replaced a beautiful, stately home on that site. The Beatty/Donner house was there. Pictures are in the Historical Society's Vol II edition. (Hope you can make sense of this, I am trying to write this with a 2 year old running around!) NL Hill
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Jul 2, 2006 10:37:33 GMT -5
Thanx for the info about the telephone building. I knew there was an old building and a new addition when the renovation was done in 1978. I read somewhere that the beige brick had been painted an ugly yellow color at some point. When I first moved here I thought I might be able to pick up a phone book there but I couldn't even get inside the building, humans had long since been repalced by relays and computer switching networks;) When was the Beatty/Donner torn down? Hello. This is in response to Ricky's question regarding the building to the left of the old post office in the post card. This is the Indiana Bell station. I worked there a an operator in the late sixties. It was a beige brick and in fact is still standing. When the renovation was finished the architect just encased the building in the glass surround that is there now. If this were peeled away the original building would look like the one in the post card. As a side note, that brick building replaced a beautiful, stately home on that site. The Beatty/Donner house was there. Pictures are in the Historical Society's Vol II edition. (Hope you can make sense of this, I am trying to write this with a 2 year old running around!) NL Hill
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Post by NLHill on Jul 2, 2006 16:30:04 GMT -5
Ricky,
According to Vol. II of The History of Bartholmew Co. it states on page 318 that when Will Donners mother died in 1935, Donner gave the family home to the First Pressbyterian Church which was across the street. The property was eventually sold to the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. and the home was torn down and a modern communication facility was constructed.
No date was given but I'm thinking it was probably early 40's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2006 20:18:52 GMT -5
City Hall at 5th and Franklin St. Card is dated 1907.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2006 20:44:42 GMT -5
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Post by nancs on Jul 4, 2006 13:06:49 GMT -5
Seems this is the logical place to post something I found in a booklet 'A Century of Christian Progress 1852 - 1952.' It states that the 'new' First Christian Church was dedicated on May 31, 1942, on the site that was known as the Old Railroad Square. So named, and perhaps noted elsewhere, because there was a little depot when the first steam railroad was built from Madison to Columbus. Some 30 years prior, before the square was purchased as the building site, it was covered with cinders and used as a hitching lot by the farmers for their horses and wagons, when they came to town to do their trading. Perhaps a little different photo of the old Tabernacle. At the time of the purchase, it was being leased by the city from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a park. When the old Tabernacle Church was torn down, an exhange of lots was made between the Irwin family and the church, with the old site being given to the city for a park. Another piece of information, indicated that a brick building known as the Christian Chapel was erected near the NE corner of 5th and Jackson in 1852. The information goes on to state that the corner stone of this building is in the east wall of the sanctuary of the new church. Nanc
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2006 19:14:36 GMT -5
Card is not dated, but the car appears to be a 1937 model. Location of the church is on the corner of 8th and Sycamore St.
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