THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN area of MT. PLEASANT and FARMER CITY. THE information was taken from the many newspapers that have served FARMER CITY dating from 1868. Information before 1870 was obtained from articles by JIM JACKSON who came to MT. PLEASANT in 1853. Special mention to the following people, past and present, who have made this possible: C. CLIVE BURFORD for many historical articles that aided this article and many more: THE SCARBROUGH FAMILY COLLECTION which made organizing this article much easier and more complete: MARSHALL COLLIER for the map that he made in 1974 ((This Map was not included in the info given)) listing a lot of the MAIN ST. BUSINESSES. This article was assembled by DR. DAVID P MORGRET OD of FARMER CITY. Additions and corrections have been made since 1987 by JESSE S. HAMMER, a grocer whose family staarted in FARMER CITY in 1912.
THE ARTICLE WILL START NORTH OF THE SQUARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF
MAIN STREET WHERE STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS AND WILL PROCEED SOUTH TO ROUTE 54. THE MOST RECENT BUSINESS WILL BE LISTED FIRST TO AID IN THE LOCATION NORTH MAIN STREET EAST SIDE.
114 KENNETH KELLY RES. 1994. (NO.1)
ROBERT BARROW RES.
- HOWARD RES. 1920
ANDY CUMMING RES.
112 THE BLOSSOM SHOP JIM WAITE 1974-1994 (NO.2)
THE BLOSSOM SHOP ROBERT & DORIS BARROW 1954-1974
ANDREW HUBBARD RES.
106 CALVERT-BELANGEE-BRUCE 1886-2017 (N0. 3)
STENSEL’S-CALVERT-BELANGEE FUNERAL HOME 1982-1986
STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME 1902-1982
BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE STREET
W.M.SHERMAN 1921 FRANK BUNNELL-PAINT 1920
ELZA PETTIT REPAIR SHOP 1910-1920’s
HURLEY BROS. BUGGIES BEFORE 1920
- ROLLA RICHARDS 1860’s
104 CALVERT-BELANGEE-BRUCE 1986-2017 (NO.4)
STENSEL’S-CALVERT-BELANGEE FUNERAL HOME 1982-1986
STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME 1902-1982
O.C.BEAUTY SHOPPE AND HOUSE OF BEAUTY OSCEE STENSEL
1925-1980
- JACK TROWBRIDGE DDS
- FRANK STOUGHTON DDS
ROY BRACKEN PAINTS 1920-1950’s
BOB LEWIS RADIO AND REPAIR SHOP
PEORIA CREAM STATION 1940’s
BARGER HEATING AND APPLIANCES & JESS W. HAMMER FURNACE SALES AND SERVICE 1935-1939
CREAM STATION CLAUDE REESER 1930’s
FRENC’H’S TIRE AND ELECTRIC SHOP 1920’s
GENE JACKSON HARNESS SHOP
BLACKSMITH’S HERNY FARMER ,DILL FARMER,GUS BAKER
BEFORE 1920’S
H.C.PORTER FARM IMPLEMENTS 1880’s
F.G. MULLIGAN FARM IMPLEMENTS 1870’s
GOING ACROSS EAST MARKET ST. SOUTH MAIN ST. STARTS
101 FARMER CITY MUNICIPAL OFFICE BLDG.1986-2017 (NO.5)
THARP SALES AND SERVICE
SHELL OIL CO. DEAN RIGGS 1920-1960’s
SUGAR CREEK CREAMERY-MARY TAYLOR 1920’s
COLUMBIAN OPERA HOUSE WALTER S. YOUNG 1894-1910’s
Z.T.LILLARD DRY GOODS 1874-1884
105 CITY HALL BUILT IN 1904-2017 (NO.6)
109 DR. GEORGE E CASTROVILLO 1961-2017 (NO.7)
DR J.A. NOWLIN AND SONS DR. OWEN & 1910-1960
FIRST BLOCK SOUTH OF THE SQUARE
111 O. A. PEITHMANN & WILLIAM PEITHMANN ATTORNIES (NO.8)
NONEE PEITHMANN C.P.A. 1967-2011
FARMER CITY POST OFFICE 1927-1967
NEW BUILDING BUILT IN 1927
W.C.MCMURRAY OWNED BUILDING AFTER 1884
FRONT OF BLDG. MCMURRAY USED IT AS POST OFFICE,
GROCERY STORE 1891, AND JUSTICE OF PEACE UNTIL 1896
HARNESS SHOPS 1896-1920’S ALBRIGHT & MCDONALD, D.
MITCHELL, AND E.C. JACKSON
Roy Bracken Paint Store 1920’s
REAR OF BUILDING.RAILROAD EXPRESS: JOHN MORELAND AND
Wallie Weedman
2nd Floor Dr. John D. Gardiner; M.B. Morrell Photographer;
Myrtle Green Mitchell Photograph Gallery
Sam s. Capin Dry Goods 1871-1884
Bldg. built in 1871
113 APARTMENTS 1991-1994 (NO.9)
VACANT 1988-1991
BEAU MONDE FITNESS CENTER 1987
BANE ELECTRIC & REFRIGERATION 1986-1987
LOVE’S DEPT STORE FOR LADIES 1976-1980
TEENAGE CENTER 1974
GENE’S PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE 1958-?
VERNELL KENT PAINT STORE 1944-1958
BOB LEWIS SERVICE STORE 1940’s
ROBERT WILSON CAFE 1940’s
GEORGE FULLER CAFE -1930’s
BANNER CAFE STEINBERG 1927-1931
EARL MOORE RESTAURANT 1920’s
P.D. HARPER HARDWARE STORE 1910-1920
CITY RESTAURANT C.G. MCKEE 1900-1910
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1868-1886
115 (NO. 10)
- & MRS JENKINS OF CHAMPAIGN 1994
TERRY & SUE CRADDOCK ANTIQUES MAYBE 6 MINI MALL1993-1994
TY KWAN DO INSTRUCTION CLASSES 1987-1988
VACANT 1986
VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CENTER 1980’s
LOVE’S LADIES STORE 1971-1975
PHIPPS DEPT. STORE 1951-1960’s
WILSON’S DRY GOODS 1938-1951
- ATHEY DRY GOODS 1925-1938
A.T. WILLERTON DRY GOODS 1915-1925
HAMMER AND SANGSTER FURNITURE 1890’s
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1868-1886
117 (NO.11)
BARBS CRAFTS AND ANTIQUE GALLERY 1987-1994
2ND FLOOR ALSO ANTIQUE SHOPS. 1994
DIANA’S FABRICS–DIANA & CALEB WAYNE 1983-1986
T-N-T SHIRTS & CRAFTS AND MONGOMERY WARD CATALOGUE
STORE-MARY JORDAN 1983-1986
DAN DAVIDSON DEPT. STORE 1975-1979
MINNIE DEPT. STORE 1942-1975 REX AND THELMA
SEBASTIANS 1929-1940
SHERMAN& GROVER TULL DRY GOODS 1916-1927
SAM MITCHELL & J. A. LINDSEY DRYGOODS 1897-1916
CARY BURFORD & SONS ,SET ,WILL AND JAY BEE HIVE STORE.
DRY GOODS 1870-1897
THIS IS THE OLDEST BUSINESS BLDG. IN FARMER CITY BUILT IN 1870
2ND FLOOR BEFORE 1900
- W.G. COCHRAN; DR.A. NORRIS; DR. J.D. GARDINER; DR.J.
A.DAVIS; A. HAYNIE ATTY; FRANK L. GILLESPIE A
ATTY NEWSPAPERS: ‘REAPER ,REPUBLICAN, SUN,
FARMER CITY JOURNAL. MORELAND & LOWERY
INS. W.C. MCMURRAY INS.
2ND FLOOR AFTER 1900’s
1985-1994 VACANT
- JOHN & DEDRA SELLETT DR.C.C.SHAFER DDS DR.JOHN
ZIEGLER; DR A.M. WILKES DDS; GROVER WATSON ATTY; GEO
- SHERE INS.; DOWNS BEAUTY SHOP; GLADYS BEAUTY
SHOP.
WALLACE BUSINESS FORMS INC.
GREEN ST. CROSSES MAIN AT THIS POINT
201 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY ANTIQUES 1987-1994 (NO.12)
K & S FURNITURE STORE #2 1979-1987
FOLEY FURNITURE JIM AND ROSIE 1975-1979
STIMLER FURNITURE 1970’S
KEN ARNOLD FURNITURE 1960’s
FLOYD BURTON FURNITURE 1960’s
DAVE FREDERICKSON FURNITURE STORE 1946-1960
WILL HAMMER AND CHAS. WEBB FURNITURE STORE
1896-1946
J.H.DAVIDSON & CO GREEN FRONT GROCERY & POST
OFFICE 1881-1895
FRED BECKELS BARBER 1870-1879
JOHNS WILSON BAKERY & RESTAURANT 1870 -1879
- M. CUMMING BLACKSMITH 1850-1860’5
205 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY LOT 1987–1994 (N0. 13)
BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1986
WAYNE COPLEY TRUE VALUE 1968-1986
WILLIAM STRATMAN- GAMBLES AND TRUE VALUE
1957-1968
DON THURBER GAMBLES 1950-1957
HOWARD NEWMAN GAMBLES 1945-1950
ROBERT WILSON CAFE 1943-1945
ROBERT WALDEN CLOTHING 1937-1943
- LEVY &CO.; GUS LEVY & CO.; G LEVY & SONS;
LEVY & J. FRANK 1880-1937
NEW YORK STORE: I.STERN; H.LEVY AND G. LEVY
1871-1879
207 (NO.14)
GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY PARTY ROOM 1987-2011
BANE’S ELECTRIC & REFRIGERATION SALES AND SERVICE 1987-1990
BURNED IN 1986
WAYNE COPLEY TRUE VALUE 1972-1986
SHERMAN CAHAL BARBER TILL 1972
VAUGHN’S JEWELRY 1953-1956 VAUGHN OBERLINK
JOLENE’S DRESS SHOP RUBY MOORE AND ETHEL
MCCONKEY 1951-1953
JOLENE’S DRESS SHOP SCOTT AND CLARANELL
HAMMITT 1947-1951
RHETTA KASSNER DRESS SHOP 1940-1947
SAM MITCHELL DRY GOODS 1916-1939
POST OFFICE –CASH WEEDMAN & WIFE 1898-1910
P.V. COOL BAKERY & RESTAURANT 1870-1879
209 (NO.15)
GARY & JOANIE MCKINNEY’S MAIN RESTAURANT
CALLED JO JO CAROUSEL 1993-1994
WAGON WHEEL INC CURTIS AND JOYCE MILLER
1989-1992
WAGON WHEEL LOUNGE SONNY LAMB 1976-1989
SIDE POCKET TED SCHIELD
LOWMAN TOGGERY DEAN LOWMAN 1935-1960’s
LYLE MORGAN CLOTHING 1930-1932
H.R. SAVAGE CLOTHING 1927-1929
EPPSTEIN CLOTHING ABE’S SON (JOE) & SON IN
LAW (SAM SUMMERS).
ABE EPPSTEIN & JACOB BACH CLOTHING 1880-1896
H.C. PORTER FARM IMPLEMENT DEALER 1870-1879
211 (NO. 16)
RENAISSANCE ART STUDIO-STAINED GLASS SHOP,
MIKE RICHARDS 1982-1994
GLEN’S STRIP JOINT-FURNITURE RESTORATION 1984-1986
THE CARD RACK 1970’S
DUANE GROSS ELECTRIC CO. 1960,S
ROGER CURTIS ELECTRIC CO. 1953-1960
JACK FULLER ELECTRIC CO. 1951-1953
LEE MCBRIDE ELECTRIC CO. 1923-1945
KINCAID SHOE STORE MONTI AND TED 1904-1923
NATHAN AND VANDEVENTER SHOES 1900-1904
BACH& KINCAID OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE
1890’S.
BEFORE 1880 THIS WAS AN ALLEY
213 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY 1989-1994 (NO.17)
PRAIRIE TOWN COLLECTIBLES-FINE ARTS STUDIO &
GALLERY AND ANTIQUES MITCH AND MARY YEADON
1986
KENDALL THEATER-JOHN KENDALL FAMILY 1917-1970
KENDALL THEATER JOHN KENDALL 1914-1917
SCENIC THEATER DAVE MITCHELL 1910-1914
CHICAGO STORE-VARIETY STORE J.N.CLOUSE 1904-1910
VANSCAYER CORNER DRUG STORE 1880’S
LAWMAN & DAVIDSON DRUGGISTS 1875-1879
W.T. BEAN & A. DAVIDSON DRUGGISTS 1870-1875
215 FOOD PANTRY 1990-1994 (NO.18)
MAIN STREET VIDEO 1986-1991
RADIO SHACK 1973-1986 TRACY KENT, BETTY &
MAURICE KENT.
POOL HALLS: CHARLES THOMPSON 1959-?, HARRY LUCAS
1956-1959 DAYS POOL HALL 1950; SHERMAN MERRITT;
D.M. SELSORS 1921-1935; HOWARD WILLIAMS 1917-1921.
REX JACKSON -GROCER-1914-1917
- GONEY-BAKER 1912-1914
- ALBRIGHT HARNESS 1880-1896
W.T.BEAN SHOES & BOOTS 1870-1979
217 (NO.19)
BROWNIE PIZZA 1992-1994
APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS 1986- 1994
NEW IMAGE SALON 1975-1978
WOODS STYLING SALON 1971-1974
- C.M.DUFF DENTIST 1960’S
RITA FULLER & ROBERT SMITH INS. 1950’S-1961
GOTTLIEBS CLOTHING STORE 1945-1950’S
GAMBLES 1943-1945
ROBERT WILSON MAGAZINE SHOP 1940’S
LINNEMAN’S JEWELRY STORE 1935-1942
CARL JEWELRY 1930’S
J.P. SCHILLING JEWELRY 1911-1935
DR.C.W.HULL–UPSTAIRS 1920’S
S.E.KELLY–JEWELER 1910-1918
MRS MARY MCLAIN HELMICK 1860’S-1879
FIRE IN 1879
MASON’S, KNIGHT’S OF PYTHIAS AND GRAND
TEMPLERS MET HERE BEFORE THE FIRE ..
219 FEESE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. 1991-1994 (NO. 20)
VACANT 1986
KNOW & THEN
QUILT SHOP
SONNY’S PLACE SONNY LAMB 1972-1976
CHARLES THOMPSON POOL HALL 1960S TO 1972
RICHARDS BEAUTY SALON 1960’S
WOODS BEAUTY SALON 1960’S
SCOTTY’S SALON 1956
GEORGE FULLER COFFEE SHOP 1950’S
AL CAHAL COFFEE SHOP 1946
COFFEE SHOP ROBERT WILSON 1940
HARLAN WYCOFF CAFE 1930’S
FRENCH’S CAFE 1930’S
POWDER PUFF CAFE 1920’S
FARMER CITY CONFECTIONERY 1920’S
ROBERT FULLER 1920’S
ED SIMMONS 1910′ S
221 Vacant-Owned by Tom Rick 2011 (NO. 21)
FARMER CITY JOURNAL 1985-Oct. 2010 APARTMENTS UP
RAYMER PRINTING 1977-1985
SEARS STORE -LYNDON SHORT 1966-1970’S
DAWSON’S APPLIANCE AND GEN. CONTRACTOR MR. &
MRS MERLE D. DAWSON 1953-1966
ECONOMY STORE WILLIAM(SHORTY) BATES & RUTH
BATES 1923-1953
CHICAGO STORE J.N. CLOUSE 1910- 1923
- E. JACKSON GROCERY 1880’S
OLD MCLAIN HOTEL 1850’S-1879
223 BRUCE AND GREG GAMMAGE 1987-2011 (NO. 22)
GAMMAGE LAW FIRM 1970-1987
VOGUE CLEANERS 1962-1970
A.B. HATCHERY R. E. AUGUSTUS, GEORGE AND EUGENE
HOFFMAN 1938-1958
COLLIER’S & SONS HARDWARE 1933-1938
LARKIN’S GROCERY – G. FULLER 1929-1930’S
JIM(RED) BELL BARBER 1921-1924
JIM REED- BARBER 1900’S -1910
BLUE FRONT BARGAIN STORE M. F. KIRKPATRICK 1890’S
DRESS MAKER SHOPS; MATTIE MORELAND& MRS M. L.
WEEDMAN, MRS JOHN HYATT, DELLA BLAND DEVER
- W. HOUTZ & CO. CASH EMPORIUM 1880
OLD MCLAIN HOTEL 1850’S 1879
2ND FLOOR GAR LEMON POST AND WRC HELD MEETINGS
WATER ST. CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
301 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971-2011 (NO.23)
- P GROCERY 1940’S MIKE CRAGO WAS MGR. FOR OVER
30 YEARS … 1940-1960’S.
RUBIO REYNOLDS
CURRENCY EXCHANGE ROSS E RINEHART
GEORGE COLLIER & SONS HARDWARE 1906-1933
HARPER BROS HARWARE 1900’S
1890’S J.H BEAN GROCERY, STENSELS CABINET SHOP &
UNDERTAKING,HOLSER’S MILITARY SHOP, WHITAKERS
REST. AND BATSON REST.
1880 P.V. COOL RESTAURANT ,SHAFFER & WHITAKER
REST.
1870-1880 F.M.BEAN AND J. H. BEAN HARDWARE.
1870-1892 BEAN OPERA HOUSE.
305 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971-2011 (NO.24)
CARD RACK LYLE AND LAVERNE MORGAN 1958-1960
IRISH MOORE INN 1950’S
DERBY INN 1945-1950’S
JESS W. HAMMER WESTERN AUTO 1945
- B. CAFE: JOE AND BETTY HAMMER 1935-1945
CAFE’S EARL MCHENRY / VERA STIVERS/TARMAN &
HUFFMAN QUALITY CAFE AND MEALS 1920’S
PETE’S EAT HOUSE 1900’S -1910
JOHN ROSS & G. S. ADOLPH TAILORS – 1870’S
309 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971- 2011 (NO.25)
TOM MCCONKEY FORD MOTOR CO 1958-1960
BUD MCCONKEY & ELSIE ALSIP FORD AGENCY
ART LOWMAN FORD AGENCY
ART LOWMAN AND ROY SAVAGE FORD AGENCY
HALL AND REESER- MITCHELL CARS 1910’S
HARVE IJAMS & SONS MITCHELL CARS 1910’S
HENRY MITCHELL HARNESS SHOP 1864-1910
ROUTE 54 CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
311 CASEY”S MARKET 1988-2011 (NO.26)
VACANT 1986
KOPPS AMOCO SERVICE STATION 1982
SONNY”S SERVICE STATION
BARRET’S SERVICE STATION
FRANK MCINTYRE’S SERVICE STATION
FARMER CITY RUBBER CO. 1914-1933
OFFICE OF DR. J. A. DAVIS IN THE EARLY DAYS.
CROSSING OVER MAIN STREET WE WILL DESCRIBE THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET GOING BACK TO THE SQUARE.
404 MERLE D. DAWSON CONST. CO AND JESSE S. HAMMER (NO.27)
BUILT THIS BUILDING IN 1959 TAKING OVER
12 LOTS FOR BLDG AND PARKING LOT ..
IN 1994 THE HAMMER FAMILY CELEBRATED 82 YEARS
IN BUSINESS
FARMER CITY I.G.A. INC. JESSE S. HAMMER DONNA J
HAMMER & MICHAEL KENT HAMMITT 1983-1994
FARMER CITY I.G.A. JESSE S. HAMMER SOLE OWNER
1982-1983
IN 1980 THE FRONT PART WAS REMODELED BY
JERRY RAU CONSTRUCTION CO
FARMER CITY IGA. PARTNERSHIP MERVIN J. GARDNER
AND JESSE S. HAMMER 1959-1982
HOMER VANCE CAR REPAIR.
BLACKSMITH SHOPS C.L.ROLLINS 1940’S BERT
SKIRVIN FOR MANY YEARS; EARLY DAYS KNUPP & SONS
ROUTE 54 CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
320 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILT THIS BLDG. IN 1894. (NO.28)
IT HAS ALWAYS USED THE 2ND FLOOR.
BLUE RIDGE FLOWER SHOP 1987-1994
WEBB’S MEN STORE 1960-1986.
FREDERICKSON FURNITURE NO.2 1950’S.
HAROLD OVERMEYER CAR REPAIR
FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS: E.P.WILSON,S.E.HOLMES,J.
HOLMES,TRENKLE BROTHERS .,JOHN KNAPP
ROY SAVAGE -BUICK CAR DEALER
CAR DEALERS: M.B. MALONEY- OVERLAND CARS; HELMICK&
LOWMAN FORD CARS; 1910’S 1920’S
LORDS FARM IMPLEMENT 1870’S
JOHN MCKINLEY RES. 1860’S
318 BLDG. BUILT BY THE REDMAN LODGE 2ND FLOOR USED (NO.29)
FOR MANY YEARS BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST #55
2ND FLOOR MADE INTO APARTMENTS 1994
PEOPLES CAFE 1986-1994 JIM FOSTER
PEOPLES CAFE OWNER THEN MR. & MRS JIM FOSTER
1930’S -1986
FORMER OWNERS : WAYNE AND JOSIE ROCKHOLD,
- & MRS CHAS. HELMICK, ALMA LENNING,
TED & JAKE AMLONG, CARL & COTTON MONEN,
JACK & KATY MONEN.
QUALITY CAFE- ORA O’NEAL MOVED HERE ABOUT
1929 FROM THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET.
HAROLD’S GROCERY JAKE HAROLD 1920’S -1929?
316 PEGGY’S HALLMARK SHOP 1986-1994 (NO.30)
MAY’S BROS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
1983-1986.
T-N-T SHIRTS & CRAFTS & SEARS CATALOGUE STORE
MARY JORDAN 1981-1983
SEARS CATALOGUE STORE -PEGGY MAY 1976-1981
NECCI SEWING MACHINE SHOP -OWNER KREPPS
- C. PACE REAL ESTATE & BROKER 1959-1970
ELMO CADLE SNACK SHOP 1957-1958
JOHN COMSTOCK PASTRY SHOP 1953-1956
HORNSBY’S 1939-1942
- & C. MONEN VARIETY STORE 1938-1939
CLARK MONUMENTS– C.D.ROCK & ROY ROCK
1910’S-1930’S
ANDY ALBRIGHT HARNESS SHOP 1870’S-1880
314 B&B (NEW NAME) BOB AND BARB JARBOE 1994 (NO.31)
THE -N- SPOT BOB& BARB JARBOE 1990-1993
CORPORATION OWNED OUT OF CHAMPAIGN PIA’S
1989-1990
LOlL WILLIAMS OWNER 1987-1989
MR & MRS TOM STANLEY 1981-1986
MARION RUDISILL 1971-1981
THE DIAMOND HORSEHOE-BOB & MARIANNE MCKINLEY
1948-1971
EL CLAR CAFE MRS T. O. JOHNSON 1936-1946
ROBERT PARISH TAVERN 1940’S
WILBUR FOULKS INS. 1020’S-1930’S
MILAN MOORE & HASWELL MOORE JEWELRY BEFORE 1920
1870’S’S F.M.RITT-SEWING MACHINES,POST OFFICE
ROBERT HAYS GENERAL STORE 1860’S
312 MERLE’S STYLING 1980’S- 2011 (NO. 32)
MARTY’S BARBER SHOP 1970’S
GEO HOFFMAN INS. 1967-1976
SEPTI-SAN CO. DON THURBER 1950’S-1960’S
WESTERN AUTO STORE 1949-1954 WALT PEALE,GLEN
TENNYSON, WILLIAM STRATMAN
SMITTY’S BARBER SHOP 1938-1947
JIM (RED) BELL BARBER SHOP 1924-1938
L.S.BEALOR BARBER SHOP 1921-1924
310 1990-1994 ILLINOIS BALLET, AND PRAIRIE (NO. 33)
DANCENTRAL, SCHOOL OF PROPER TRAINING
1989-1990 DRESS SHOP
LOVE’S APPARREL1987
WEAR HAUS CLOTHING 1970’S-1980’S
NEW BUILDING
BURNED
POOL HALL; ROY HUNTER, JAMES PRICE,VERNELLE
WARREN, NALEWAY POOL HALL, WALT’S REC. CENTER
GUY WENCE AMUSEMENT CLUB 1910’S FOR MANY YEARS
FRANK ZILICK BARBER ON 2ND FLOOR 1920-1940
308 RICKS TAVERN– W.T.RICK FAMILY 1983-1994 (NO. 34)
WESTERN AUTO–ART & JEAN ARTMAN 1970’S
CABINET SHOP WEAR HAUS 1970’S
FARMER CITY “LOCKER PLANT: ED REESER,RAY REESER,
FRANK KIRK, FRED REYNOLDS 1940’S–1960’S
ELMORE MEATS 1930’S
HURLEY MEAT MARKET 1920’S-1930’S
- L. KREPPS MEATS 1910-1920’S
306 (NO.35)
304 LISA WARREN BEAUTY SHOP 1994
VACANT 1986
LAMBS VARIETY STORE 1985-1986
HORNSBY’S VARIETY STORE 1941-1985 FRANCES TURPIN
MANAGER
COLLIER’S HARDWARE AND APPLIANCE STORE 1935-1941
- S. HAMMER WAREHOUSE 1933-1935 HE HELD ONE OF
THE FIRST DANCES FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES.
FARM IMPLEMENTS & HARDWARE :WINGERROTH,: HYATT
SHELL & JONES; FRED ARBOGAST; PHIL ROUS.
- L. WALLER GENERAL STORE 1960’S
302 (NO.36)
THIS WAS A STAIRWAY TO THE SECOND FLOOR -CLOSED
300 MCKINLEY WATER CONDITIONING 1986-2011
FEESE INS. 1986
FARMER CITY INSURAL INC. 1980’S
GOOD EARTH REALTY 1974-1980
COUNTRY COMPANIES INS. 1970’S
BROCK & HENSLEY PRODUCE 1940’S
REX JACKSON GROCERY 1917-1974
HAMMER & HAMMER GROCERY 1912-1917
HAMMER & YEAGLE GROCERY 1911-1912
JACKSON & CO. GROCERY 1906-1911
WEBB. AND SWINEY GROCERY; MUNCH AND WEBB
GROCERY;- JIM JACKSON & BRO GROCERY 1891-1895
- W. ALDER GRAIN BUYER 1890
- W. COOK GROCERIES 1876-1880’S
BUILDING BUILT IN 1976 BY THOMAS SLICK
RICHTER BROS STORE DRY GOODS & GROCERIES 1860
WATER STREET CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT.
226 MAIN STREET VIDEO 1991-2011 (NO. 37)
LIL’ ANGELS 1987-1988
LIL’ ANGELS CHILDREN SHOP MRS SHARI BAIN
1980-1986
COUNTRY SAMPLER 1974-1979
BOB LEWIS HARDWARE 1950-1970 JAMES E. COOKE
RADIO REPAIR
PHIL ROUS HARDWARE 1935-1950
HARROLD’S GROCERY 1930’S
WILSON & WATSON WOMEN’S STORE & GROCERIES
1920-1929
JAY E. MCKAY GROCERY 1912-1922
C,C, ELLIOTT DEPT STORE & GROCERIES 1902-1912
J.H. BEAN GROCERY
HOWARDS GROCERY 1870’S 1879
WILLIAM YOUNG GROCERY 1860’S
MASONS BUILT DOUBLE BUILDING IN 1879 FOR 224 & 226
224 F. C. G & H SOCIETY 1991-2011 (NO. 38)
SOMMER’S DANCE STUDIO INC. 1980-1990
CAFES: SCOTT’S PLACE 1980’S MATCH BOOK CAFE 1977-1979
- P. BURGER CASTLE 1976 SNORKY’S PLACE 1975
S & H CAFE 1970’S, THE FARM HOUSE 1970,S,
DEANS CAFE 1960’S C.& L CAFE CHARLES & LUCY
THARP 1960’S ELMO’S SNACK SHOP 1950’S.
WESTERN AUTO STORE WILLIAM STRATMAN 1954-1956
THE BLOSSOM SHOP MR. & MRS ROBERT BARROW. 1951-1954
LYLE AND LAVERNE MORGAN 1947-1951
ROUS GIFT SHOP 1940’S
BREHM’S CANDY KITCHEN 1892-1930
ABE EPPSTEIN & JACOB BACH ‘CLOTHING 1870-1879
222 VACANT 1991-2011 (NO. 39)
DANIEL DOLBERT OWNER 1991-1994
- DAVID R. MORGRET OPTOMETRIST 1984-1991
- J. NILE MITCHELL OPTOMETRIST 1918-1946
- S. E. KELLY OPTOMETRIST AND EXRAY.
BUILDING BUILT BY S. E. KELLY IN 1918
MAX NATHAN DEPT. STORE 1904-1906
CHRISTIAN GARVER & SAMUEL GARVER DRUGGISTS 1870-1879
220 SMITH-JOHANNS INS. AGENCY 1961-2011 (NO. 40)
PHOTO SHOP WALTER SHARP 1959
MIS -KAY DRESS SHOP COLBY CARLOCK 1957
WAYNE LARISON CABINET SHOP 1950’S
RUSSELL MEYERS UPTOWN GRILL 1940’S-1951
GEO. FULLER UPTOWN GRILL 1940’S
ROADES ICE CREAM SHOPPE 1940’S
A.P. GROCERY 1924-1930’S HORATIO E. RIGGS, MIKE CRAGO
- BATES–THE ECOMONY STORE 1914-1923
WARD WEEDMAN VARIETY STORE 1900’S 1914
MAX NATHAN DEPT. STORE 1904-1906
JOHN CAMPBELL GROCERY BEFORE 1904
MURPHY& MICHAEL SALOON 1870-1879
218 VACANT ?-2011 (NO. 41)
Farmer City General Store ?-?
F.C.DRUGS INC.BILL SIVER & MARK CASTRAVILLO OWNERS
1992-1994
MASON’S DRUG STORE LEON AND DON MASON OWNERS 1954-1992
WILLIAM P. MASSOCK DRUG STORE 1928-1954
CLYDE HUDDELSTON DRUG STORE 1898-1928
STILLER BROS DRUGS 1895-1898
- LITTLE JOHN DRUG STORE 1888-?
- W. SANGSTER GROCERIES 1870-1879
216 Farmer City Art Glass ????-2011 (NO.42)
Salt Creek Printing ????-????
RAYMER PRINTING 1984-1994
BELLES BOOTERY WALLACE & CLARABELLE LAMB 1974-1983
MOS”S AND EDWIN EPPSTEIN & SONS BOOTS AND SHOES MARIAN
EPPSTEIN
–MR HENRY SCHMITZ REPAIRED SHOES FOR YEARS 1886-1973
- M. CUMMINS SHOE SHOP 1881-1886
GEORGE ERLER SHOEMAKER 1860’S -1870’S
- BERMAN JEWELER 1870’S 1879
214 YOUNG’S –YE OLDE HAIR SHOPPE 1980-2011 (NO. 43)
JAKE YOUNG BARBER SHOP & ED YOUNG’S STYLING SALON
1938-1980
DICK MITCHELL MEAT MARKET 1928-1930’S
WALDEN’S BARBER SHOP 1930- 1938
W.H.GOULD JEWELER& OPTOMETRIST 1917-1920
FRED DIEGEL GROCERY 1910-1910
DAVE MITCHELL -FIRST PICTURE SHOW -1905-1910
THIS WAS AN ALLEY IN THE EARLY DAYS
212 VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CENTER 1986-1994 (NO.44)
MINI MALL OWNER ROGER AND PAT SCHNEMAN 1982-1986
SHROCK CABINETS 1974-1978
- & S. FURNITURE 1962-1974 (TED SCHIELD & HARLAN KIMLER)
FARMER CITY IGA 1946-1959 JESSE S. HAMMER & MERVIN GARDNER
PARTNERS. MARGARET T. HAMMER WAS ACTIVE IN THE STORE TILL
SHE WAS 88.
HAMMER’S GROCERY MARGARET T. HAMMER 1934-1946
HAMMER’S HAPPY HOUR STORE JESSE S. HAMMER SR.1917-1934
WILLIAM YOUNG & SONS GROCERY 1880-1910’S SON’S BRUCE & TOM
JOHN LONGMATE GROCERY STORE 1870- 1879
- YOUNG RES.BEFORE 1874.
JESSE S. HAMMER SR. DIED IN 1934
JESSE S HAMMER BUILT A 2 1/2 STORY BRICK BUILDING WITH 4 FT
FONDATIONS TO REPLACE THE TWO OLDER BUILDINGS IN 1917
210 VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER 1986-1994 (NO.45)
REPEAT ALL OWNERS FROM 1917=1986 THAT OCCUPIED 2 STORE
SPACES.
J.H. MITCHELL MEAT MARKET 1910’S
HARRISON &’ SONS HARDWARE 1870’S-1879
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870’S
208 MID-WEST AGRI. INS.SERVICES INC. 1991-1994 (NO.46)
TRI-COUNTY INS. 1991
KELLY INS. TED& TERI KELLY OWNERS 1988-1991
VACANT 1986
GAME MASTER ANSON LAMB 1986
ROBERTS JEWELRY STORE 1967-1982
CLARENCE BLOOM JEWELRY 1960’S
VAUGH’S OBERLINK JEWELRY 1956-1960
LAVERN MORGAN GIFT SHOP1956-1958
V.C.SWINEY JEWELRY & ETHEL
REEDER BOOTERY1946-1950’S
KINCAID SHOE STORE 1923 1945
LOU A. THOMASSEN BAKERY 1921-1923
HYATT & CO. MILLINERY 1921 AND BEFORE
BEN OVERSTREET JEWELRY 1890’S -1908
I.C. SABIN SHOES 1890’S
W.T. BEAN SHOE STORE 1883-1890’S
WILLIAM YOUNG GROCERIES 1870’S 1879
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870
206 K. & S. FURNITURE STORE 1976-2011 (NO. 47)
MARSHAL. T.AND RICHARD COLLIER ALLLIANCE AND WALLPAPER
STORE 1941-1976
CURTIS DRUG STORE 1933-1941
GARVER DRUG STORE BENNY GARVER 1880’S 1933
(BENNY WOULD PLAY SCHOOL DAYS ON HIS TRUMPET ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL)
WM YOUNG RES BEFORE 1870
204 K. & S. FURNITURE STORE 1974-2011 (NO. 48)
FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1952-1971
ROYAL BLUE STORE ELMER SAGE, LESTER KIRBY
KROGER STORE 1927-1934 O.C.EVERETT
HARRY L WILLIAMS HARDWARE 1900-1920’S
HARDWARE STORES: HARRISON & SONS, HARRISON & GREER, PONS & RICHARDS, FOX& CARR, WILLIAMS & JOHNSON 1898-1900’S
- H. SELTZER FURNITURE 1870’S – 1880’S
PRESENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1879 AND REMODELED IN 1952
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870.
202 K. & S FURNITURE 1974-2011 (NO. 49)
PRESENT BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1879 AND REMODELED IN 1952
FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1941-1994
FARMER CITY CURRENCY EXCHANGE ROSS C. RINEHART 1930’S-1941
THE OLD FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1894-1930
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1874-1894
2ND FLOOR
ROBERT GAMMAGE 1961-1970
HERRICK LAW OFFICE 1868-1961
GREEN ST. CROSSES MAIN STREET AT THIS POINT
120 WAYNE COPLEY OWNER 1994 (NO. 50)
PIZZA PARLOR 1987-1989
FAMILY PIZZA WAYNE AND MARY ANN COPLEY 1983-1986
COPLEY COUNTERS SHOP 1977-1980
ARNOLD FURNITURE STORAGE
EARL AND ANN RICH GROCERY 1955-?
KROGER STORE 1934-1955 GLEN SNIFF, H.H. HACHETT
PARROTT & CO. 1916-1930’S
THE FAIR; DRY GOODS & GROCERIES
TULL BROS. 1903-1916
BUSEY 1900-1903
A,M.WAND 1895-1900
V.N. HINKLE 1890-1895
PRESENT BLDG WAS BUILT IN 1894–GOULD AND YOUNG
DAVID KELLY & JOHN GOULD BLACKSMITH’S 1870’S-1880’S
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
2ND FLOOR AND REAR OF GOULD BLDG.
BEFORE 1900-DR. A.D.JESSELS, DR.L. STORE KELLY,
- M. T. MACE
AFTER 1900 – DR. I. C. MORRICAL DR. JOHN ZIEGLER
- R. M. HATHAWAY, DR. J. E. NIENHIUS
- CARL NYDEGGAR, L.G. RITTENHOUSE
VET., SAM AMACHER DRY CLEANING,
A.E. POWLEY DRY CLEANING, DR. HARRY T.
CLARNO VET. PRE- FAB 1950’S, EARL HENRY
BARBER.
118 APARTMENTS – 1990-1994 (NO. 51)
VACANT 1987-1990
VARIETY STORE 1986-1987 JIM COPLEY
COPLEY COUNTERS 1970’S -1986
BOWLING ALLEY’S: LEVI MURPHY 1950’S
EDDIE’S BOWLING 1945-1951
FOX BOWLING 1940’S
FARMER CITY BOWLING 1930’S
ELZA PETTIT SECOND HAND STORE 1920’S -1930’S
PARROT & CO. GROCERY 1908-1920’S
J.W. NICHOLS & SONS GROCERY 1900-1908
THE FAIR GROCERY GROCERY A.M. WAND 1895-1900
HAFFNERS BARBER SHOP 1890-1894
H.S. CHAPPELEAL BOOTS AND SHOES 1870′-1880’S
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
116 1994 PURCHASED BY RAY ALEXANDER (NO. 52)
1988-1992 VACANT
1987 BURNED
1987 HENRY’S BARBER SHOP
1986 NEW IMAGE BEAUTY SHOP
1986 HENRY’S BARBER SHOP
TREND SETTERS 1975-1985
PROVIN MUSIC SHOP 1974
A.M. MIDDLESTEAD MUSIC STORE 1950’S -1960’S
SHERE INS. AND CONNELL INS.
WOODS BARBER SHOP 1950’S
L.S. BEALOR BARBER SHOP 1924- 1956
J.S. GASSAWAY BARBER SHOP 1910’S-1920’S
KALAHORS BARBER SHOP 1910’S
HAFFNER’S BARBER SHOP -1894-1900’S
PRESENT BUILDING BUILT BY HAFFNER 1894
M.L. WEEDMAN MEATS 1885-1894
ORIE HARRISON CIGAR STORE 1884
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
114 BUILDING TORN DOWN IN 1987 LOT REMAINS VACANT (NO. 53)
PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S -1986 MOVED TO NEW BLDG.
THE NEW COMMERCIAL HOTEL 1894-1957
COMMERCIAL HOTEL 1876-1894
BUILDING BUILT ==BY CUMMINGS IN 1894
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
112 BUILDING TORN DOWN IN 1987 (NO. 54)
LOT VACANT 1987-2011
PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S 1986
DAISY VANCE INSURANCE 1960
ROSS C. SWARTZ INSURANCE 1940-1960
JOHN WEEDMAN NATIONAL BANK 1885-1932
PRESENT BLDG. BUILT IN 1894
JOHN WEEDMAN BANKER 1876-1885
THOMAS BROS & JOHN WEEDMAN BANK 1870-1876
R.N.HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
THE NEXT BUSINESSES ARE DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SQUARE
110 PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S-1994 (NO. 55)
SHAFFER’S ANTIQUES 1950’S
JOE CLARNO IMPLEMENT DEALER 1950’S
LAWRENCE IMPLEMENT DEALER 1949-1952
- M. STUTZMAN IMPLEMENT DEALER 1936-1949
- DICK MITCHELL BUTCHER 1921-1928
ELI TUCKER GROCERY 1903-1910
JONES BROS GROCERY 1910’S
GEORGE CHISHOLM GROCERY 1870’S 1903
108 1994 PRE-FAB TRANSIT (NO. 56)
1986 VACANT
DAVIS SIGN & DISPLAY 1950’S
FARM IMPLEMENTS F. M. STUTZMAN; JOE CLARNO
NEALS BAKERY 1921-1930’S
BANEY’S BAKERY
- L. WEEDMAN MEAT MARKET 1895-1902
R.C. MARTEN HARNESS SHOP 1890’S
106 1994 WAYNE COPLEY (NO. 57)
1986 VACANT
FARMER CITY FIRE DEPT. 1930’S- 1970’S
O.H. REESER AUTO SALES
WARTON AUTO SALES 1920’S
- N. MORELAND FURNITURE 1911-1918
G.W. HELMICK -MAXWELL GARAGE 1910
C.M. MOORE LIQUORS 1890’S
MORELAND BUILT BLDG IN 1911
104 VACANT 1994 (NO. 58)
REEVES DAIRY BAR 1960
SY’S DAIRY BAR 1950’S-1960’S
CHAS. MEYER’S FARM SUPPLY 1940-1954
STENSEL’S BUILT BLDG IN 1895
STENSELS UNDERTAKERS 1895-1922
STENSELS SHOP 1922-?
102 WAYNE COPLEY 1994 ( NO. 59)
CHUCK BAIN’S RELOADING OF AMMUNITION STORE 1989-1992
LAUNDRY 1955- 1970’S
FARMER CITY JOURNAL 1895-1952 E.S. WHITEMAN, OWNER
2ND FLOOR
INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS 1895-1950
MARKET STREET CROSSES MAIN· ST. AT THIS POINT N. MAIN STARTS
101 GEORGE DUNN I. H. AND CASE DEALER 1966-1994 (NO. 60)
RUSSELL AND FRED MILBURN FARM SUPPLY 1954-1966
CHASE MEY&RS FARM SUPPLY 1945-1954
APARTMENTS 2ND FLOOR 1945-1954
103 (NO. 61)
GEORGE DUNN INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER & CASE DEALER
1947-1994
R.T. CORD I. DEALER 1941-1947
CHARLES STROHL INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER DEALER 1930’S
BUICK GARAGE 1930’S
- E. HYATT INTERNATIONAL; DEALER 1930’S
HYATT, SHELL & JONES GM AUTO & FARM MACHINERY 1920’S
G.W. HEKMICK FARM IMPLEMENT & AUTO 1900’S-1910’S
BUILDING BUILT BY O. WARNER IN 1895
107 GEO DUNN I. H. & CASE DEALER 1947-1994
MONROE HOTEL 1930’S – 1938 BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN
ELDORADO HOTEL 1890’s-1920’s O. WARNER; ANSON ALlBEE
PARK HOTEL 1880’S B. GRAY PONCE WHITE
- NICHOLAS HOTEL 1870’S
109 GEO. DUNN I. H. & CASE DEALER 1947-1994 ( NO. 63}
PARK BARN BERT WEEDWARD LIVERY 1910’S
A.W. HUFFMAN & CO. 1900’S
SWINEY LIVERY STABLE. 1890’S
BREEDER OF HORSES 1880’S
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN area of MT. PLEASANT and FARMER CITY. THE information was taken from the many newspapers that have served FARMER CITY dating from 1868. Information before 1870 was obtained from articles by JIM JACKSON who came to MT. PLEASANT in 1853. Special mention to the following people, past and present, who have made this possible: C. CLIVE BURFORD for many historical articles that aided this article and many more: THE SCARBROUGH FAMILY COLLECTION which made organizing this article much easier and more complete: MARSHALL COLLIER for the map that he made in 1974 ((This Map was not included in the info given)) listing a lot of the MAIN ST. BUSINESSES. This article was assembled by DR. DAVID P MORGRET OD of FARMER CITY. Additions and corrections have been made since 1987 by JESSE S. HAMMER, a grocer whose family staarted in FARMER CITY in 1912.
THE ARTICLE WILL START NORTH OF THE SQUARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF
MAIN STREET WHERE STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS AND WILL PROCEED SOUTH TO ROUTE 54. THE MOST RECENT BUSINESS WILL BE LISTED FIRST TO AID IN THE LOCATION NORTH MAIN STREET EAST SIDE.
114 KENNETH KELLY RES. 1994. (NO.1)
ROBERT BARROW RES.
- HOWARD RES. 1920
ANDY CUMMING RES.
112 THE BLOSSOM SHOP JIM WAITE 1974-1994 (NO.2)
THE BLOSSOM SHOP ROBERT & DORIS BARROW 1954-1974
ANDREW HUBBARD RES.
106 CALVERT-BELANGEE-BRUCE 1886-2017 (N0. 3)
STENSEL’S-CALVERT-BELANGEE FUNERAL HOME 1982-1986
STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME 1902-1982
BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE STREET
W.M.SHERMAN 1921 FRANK BUNNELL-PAINT 1920
ELZA PETTIT REPAIR SHOP 1910-1920’s
HURLEY BROS. BUGGIES BEFORE 1920
- ROLLA RICHARDS 1860’s
104 CALVERT-BELANGEE-BRUCE 1986-2017 (NO.4)
STENSEL’S-CALVERT-BELANGEE FUNERAL HOME 1982-1986
STENSEL’S FUNERAL HOME 1902-1982
O.C.BEAUTY SHOPPE AND HOUSE OF BEAUTY OSCEE STENSEL
1925-1980
- JACK TROWBRIDGE DDS
- FRANK STOUGHTON DDS
ROY BRACKEN PAINTS 1920-1950’s
BOB LEWIS RADIO AND REPAIR SHOP
PEORIA CREAM STATION 1940’s
BARGER HEATING AND APPLIANCES & JESS W. HAMMER FURNACE SALES AND SERVICE 1935-1939
CREAM STATION CLAUDE REESER 1930’s
FRENC’H’S TIRE AND ELECTRIC SHOP 1920’s
GENE JACKSON HARNESS SHOP
BLACKSMITH’S HERNY FARMER ,DILL FARMER,GUS BAKER
BEFORE 1920’S
H.C.PORTER FARM IMPLEMENTS 1880’s
F.G. MULLIGAN FARM IMPLEMENTS 1870’s
GOING ACROSS EAST MARKET ST. SOUTH MAIN ST. STARTS
101 FARMER CITY MUNICIPAL OFFICE BLDG.1986-2017 (NO.5)
THARP SALES AND SERVICE
SHELL OIL CO. DEAN RIGGS 1920-1960’s
SUGAR CREEK CREAMERY-MARY TAYLOR 1920’s
COLUMBIAN OPERA HOUSE WALTER S. YOUNG 1894-1910’s
Z.T.LILLARD DRY GOODS 1874-1884
105 CITY HALL BUILT IN 1904-2017 (NO.6)
109 DR. GEORGE E CASTROVILLO 1961-2017 (NO.7)
DR J.A. NOWLIN AND SONS DR. OWEN & 1910-1960
FIRST BLOCK SOUTH OF THE SQUARE
111 O. A. PEITHMANN & WILLIAM PEITHMANN ATTORNIES (NO.8)
NONEE PEITHMANN C.P.A. 1967-2011
FARMER CITY POST OFFICE 1927-1967
NEW BUILDING BUILT IN 1927
W.C.MCMURRAY OWNED BUILDING AFTER 1884
FRONT OF BLDG. MCMURRAY USED IT AS POST OFFICE,
GROCERY STORE 1891, AND JUSTICE OF PEACE UNTIL 1896
HARNESS SHOPS 1896-1920’S ALBRIGHT & MCDONALD, D.
MITCHELL, AND E.C. JACKSON
Roy Bracken Paint Store 1920’s
REAR OF BUILDING.RAILROAD EXPRESS: JOHN MORELAND AND
Wallie Weedman
2nd Floor Dr. John D. Gardiner; M.B. Morrell Photographer;
Myrtle Green Mitchell Photograph Gallery
Sam s. Capin Dry Goods 1871-1884
Bldg. built in 1871
113 APARTMENTS 1991-1994 (NO.9)
VACANT 1988-1991
BEAU MONDE FITNESS CENTER 1987
BANE ELECTRIC & REFRIGERATION 1986-1987
LOVE’S DEPT STORE FOR LADIES 1976-1980
TEENAGE CENTER 1974
GENE’S PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE 1958-?
VERNELL KENT PAINT STORE 1944-1958
BOB LEWIS SERVICE STORE 1940’s
ROBERT WILSON CAFE 1940’s
GEORGE FULLER CAFE -1930’s
BANNER CAFE STEINBERG 1927-1931
EARL MOORE RESTAURANT 1920’s
P.D. HARPER HARDWARE STORE 1910-1920
CITY RESTAURANT C.G. MCKEE 1900-1910
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1868-1886
115 (NO. 10)
- & MRS JENKINS OF CHAMPAIGN 1994
TERRY & SUE CRADDOCK ANTIQUES MAYBE 6 MINI MALL1993-1994
TY KWAN DO INSTRUCTION CLASSES 1987-1988
VACANT 1986
VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CENTER 1980’s
LOVE’S LADIES STORE 1971-1975
PHIPPS DEPT. STORE 1951-1960’s
WILSON’S DRY GOODS 1938-1951
- ATHEY DRY GOODS 1925-1938
A.T. WILLERTON DRY GOODS 1915-1925
HAMMER AND SANGSTER FURNITURE 1890’s
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1868-1886
117 (NO.11)
BARBS CRAFTS AND ANTIQUE GALLERY 1987-1994
2ND FLOOR ALSO ANTIQUE SHOPS. 1994
DIANA’S FABRICS–DIANA & CALEB WAYNE 1983-1986
T-N-T SHIRTS & CRAFTS AND MONGOMERY WARD CATALOGUE
STORE-MARY JORDAN 1983-1986
DAN DAVIDSON DEPT. STORE 1975-1979
MINNIE DEPT. STORE 1942-1975 REX AND THELMA
SEBASTIANS 1929-1940
SHERMAN& GROVER TULL DRY GOODS 1916-1927
SAM MITCHELL & J. A. LINDSEY DRYGOODS 1897-1916
CARY BURFORD & SONS ,SET ,WILL AND JAY BEE HIVE STORE.
DRY GOODS 1870-1897
THIS IS THE OLDEST BUSINESS BLDG. IN FARMER CITY BUILT IN 1870
2ND FLOOR BEFORE 1900
- W.G. COCHRAN; DR.A. NORRIS; DR. J.D. GARDINER; DR.J.
A.DAVIS; A. HAYNIE ATTY; FRANK L. GILLESPIE A
ATTY NEWSPAPERS: ‘REAPER ,REPUBLICAN, SUN,
FARMER CITY JOURNAL. MORELAND & LOWERY
INS. W.C. MCMURRAY INS.
2ND FLOOR AFTER 1900’s
1985-1994 VACANT
- JOHN & DEDRA SELLETT DR.C.C.SHAFER DDS DR.JOHN
ZIEGLER; DR A.M. WILKES DDS; GROVER WATSON ATTY; GEO
- SHERE INS.; DOWNS BEAUTY SHOP; GLADYS BEAUTY
SHOP.
WALLACE BUSINESS FORMS INC.
GREEN ST. CROSSES MAIN AT THIS POINT
201 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY ANTIQUES 1987-1994 (NO.12)
K & S FURNITURE STORE #2 1979-1987
FOLEY FURNITURE JIM AND ROSIE 1975-1979
STIMLER FURNITURE 1970’S
KEN ARNOLD FURNITURE 1960’s
FLOYD BURTON FURNITURE 1960’s
DAVE FREDERICKSON FURNITURE STORE 1946-1960
WILL HAMMER AND CHAS. WEBB FURNITURE STORE
1896-1946
J.H.DAVIDSON & CO GREEN FRONT GROCERY & POST
OFFICE 1881-1895
FRED BECKELS BARBER 1870-1879
JOHNS WILSON BAKERY & RESTAURANT 1870 -1879
- M. CUMMING BLACKSMITH 1850-1860’5
205 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY LOT 1987–1994 (N0. 13)
BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1986
WAYNE COPLEY TRUE VALUE 1968-1986
WILLIAM STRATMAN- GAMBLES AND TRUE VALUE
1957-1968
DON THURBER GAMBLES 1950-1957
HOWARD NEWMAN GAMBLES 1945-1950
ROBERT WILSON CAFE 1943-1945
ROBERT WALDEN CLOTHING 1937-1943
- LEVY &CO.; GUS LEVY & CO.; G LEVY & SONS;
LEVY & J. FRANK 1880-1937
NEW YORK STORE: I.STERN; H.LEVY AND G. LEVY
1871-1879
207 (NO.14)
GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY PARTY ROOM 1987-2011
BANE’S ELECTRIC & REFRIGERATION SALES AND SERVICE 1987-1990
BURNED IN 1986
WAYNE COPLEY TRUE VALUE 1972-1986
SHERMAN CAHAL BARBER TILL 1972
VAUGHN’S JEWELRY 1953-1956 VAUGHN OBERLINK
JOLENE’S DRESS SHOP RUBY MOORE AND ETHEL
MCCONKEY 1951-1953
JOLENE’S DRESS SHOP SCOTT AND CLARANELL
HAMMITT 1947-1951
RHETTA KASSNER DRESS SHOP 1940-1947
SAM MITCHELL DRY GOODS 1916-1939
POST OFFICE –CASH WEEDMAN & WIFE 1898-1910
P.V. COOL BAKERY & RESTAURANT 1870-1879
209 (NO.15)
GARY & JOANIE MCKINNEY’S MAIN RESTAURANT
CALLED JO JO CAROUSEL 1993-1994
WAGON WHEEL INC CURTIS AND JOYCE MILLER
1989-1992
WAGON WHEEL LOUNGE SONNY LAMB 1976-1989
SIDE POCKET TED SCHIELD
LOWMAN TOGGERY DEAN LOWMAN 1935-1960’s
LYLE MORGAN CLOTHING 1930-1932
H.R. SAVAGE CLOTHING 1927-1929
EPPSTEIN CLOTHING ABE’S SON (JOE) & SON IN
LAW (SAM SUMMERS).
ABE EPPSTEIN & JACOB BACH CLOTHING 1880-1896
H.C. PORTER FARM IMPLEMENT DEALER 1870-1879
211 (NO. 16)
RENAISSANCE ART STUDIO-STAINED GLASS SHOP,
MIKE RICHARDS 1982-1994
GLEN’S STRIP JOINT-FURNITURE RESTORATION 1984-1986
THE CARD RACK 1970’S
DUANE GROSS ELECTRIC CO. 1960,S
ROGER CURTIS ELECTRIC CO. 1953-1960
JACK FULLER ELECTRIC CO. 1951-1953
LEE MCBRIDE ELECTRIC CO. 1923-1945
KINCAID SHOE STORE MONTI AND TED 1904-1923
NATHAN AND VANDEVENTER SHOES 1900-1904
BACH& KINCAID OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE
1890’S.
BEFORE 1880 THIS WAS AN ALLEY
213 GARY AND JOANIE MCKINNEY 1989-1994 (NO.17)
PRAIRIE TOWN COLLECTIBLES-FINE ARTS STUDIO &
GALLERY AND ANTIQUES MITCH AND MARY YEADON
1986
KENDALL THEATER-JOHN KENDALL FAMILY 1917-1970
KENDALL THEATER JOHN KENDALL 1914-1917
SCENIC THEATER DAVE MITCHELL 1910-1914
CHICAGO STORE-VARIETY STORE J.N.CLOUSE 1904-1910
VANSCAYER CORNER DRUG STORE 1880’S
LAWMAN & DAVIDSON DRUGGISTS 1875-1879
W.T. BEAN & A. DAVIDSON DRUGGISTS 1870-1875
215 FOOD PANTRY 1990-1994 (NO.18)
MAIN STREET VIDEO 1986-1991
RADIO SHACK 1973-1986 TRACY KENT, BETTY &
MAURICE KENT.
POOL HALLS: CHARLES THOMPSON 1959-?, HARRY LUCAS
1956-1959 DAYS POOL HALL 1950; SHERMAN MERRITT;
D.M. SELSORS 1921-1935; HOWARD WILLIAMS 1917-1921.
REX JACKSON -GROCER-1914-1917
- GONEY-BAKER 1912-1914
- ALBRIGHT HARNESS 1880-1896
W.T.BEAN SHOES & BOOTS 1870-1979
217 (NO.19)
BROWNIE PIZZA 1992-1994
APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS 1986- 1994
NEW IMAGE SALON 1975-1978
WOODS STYLING SALON 1971-1974
- C.M.DUFF DENTIST 1960’S
RITA FULLER & ROBERT SMITH INS. 1950’S-1961
GOTTLIEBS CLOTHING STORE 1945-1950’S
GAMBLES 1943-1945
ROBERT WILSON MAGAZINE SHOP 1940’S
LINNEMAN’S JEWELRY STORE 1935-1942
CARL JEWELRY 1930’S
J.P. SCHILLING JEWELRY 1911-1935
DR.C.W.HULL–UPSTAIRS 1920’S
S.E.KELLY–JEWELER 1910-1918
MRS MARY MCLAIN HELMICK 1860’S-1879
FIRE IN 1879
MASON’S, KNIGHT’S OF PYTHIAS AND GRAND
TEMPLERS MET HERE BEFORE THE FIRE ..
219 FEESE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. 1991-1994 (NO. 20)
VACANT 1986
KNOW & THEN
QUILT SHOP
SONNY’S PLACE SONNY LAMB 1972-1976
CHARLES THOMPSON POOL HALL 1960S TO 1972
RICHARDS BEAUTY SALON 1960’S
WOODS BEAUTY SALON 1960’S
SCOTTY’S SALON 1956
GEORGE FULLER COFFEE SHOP 1950’S
AL CAHAL COFFEE SHOP 1946
COFFEE SHOP ROBERT WILSON 1940
HARLAN WYCOFF CAFE 1930’S
FRENCH’S CAFE 1930’S
POWDER PUFF CAFE 1920’S
FARMER CITY CONFECTIONERY 1920’S
ROBERT FULLER 1920’S
ED SIMMONS 1910′ S
221 Vacant-Owned by Tom Rick 2011 (NO. 21)
FARMER CITY JOURNAL 1985-Oct. 2010 APARTMENTS UP
RAYMER PRINTING 1977-1985
SEARS STORE -LYNDON SHORT 1966-1970’S
DAWSON’S APPLIANCE AND GEN. CONTRACTOR MR. &
MRS MERLE D. DAWSON 1953-1966
ECONOMY STORE WILLIAM(SHORTY) BATES & RUTH
BATES 1923-1953
CHICAGO STORE J.N. CLOUSE 1910- 1923
- E. JACKSON GROCERY 1880’S
OLD MCLAIN HOTEL 1850’S-1879
223 BRUCE AND GREG GAMMAGE 1987-2011 (NO. 22)
GAMMAGE LAW FIRM 1970-1987
VOGUE CLEANERS 1962-1970
A.B. HATCHERY R. E. AUGUSTUS, GEORGE AND EUGENE
HOFFMAN 1938-1958
COLLIER’S & SONS HARDWARE 1933-1938
LARKIN’S GROCERY – G. FULLER 1929-1930’S
JIM(RED) BELL BARBER 1921-1924
JIM REED- BARBER 1900’S -1910
BLUE FRONT BARGAIN STORE M. F. KIRKPATRICK 1890’S
DRESS MAKER SHOPS; MATTIE MORELAND& MRS M. L.
WEEDMAN, MRS JOHN HYATT, DELLA BLAND DEVER
- W. HOUTZ & CO. CASH EMPORIUM 1880
OLD MCLAIN HOTEL 1850’S 1879
2ND FLOOR GAR LEMON POST AND WRC HELD MEETINGS
WATER ST. CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
301 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971-2011 (NO.23)
- P GROCERY 1940’S MIKE CRAGO WAS MGR. FOR OVER
30 YEARS … 1940-1960’S.
RUBIO REYNOLDS
CURRENCY EXCHANGE ROSS E RINEHART
GEORGE COLLIER & SONS HARDWARE 1906-1933
HARPER BROS HARWARE 1900’S
1890’S J.H BEAN GROCERY, STENSELS CABINET SHOP &
UNDERTAKING,HOLSER’S MILITARY SHOP, WHITAKERS
REST. AND BATSON REST.
1880 P.V. COOL RESTAURANT ,SHAFFER & WHITAKER
REST.
1870-1880 F.M.BEAN AND J. H. BEAN HARDWARE.
1870-1892 BEAN OPERA HOUSE.
305 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971-2011 (NO.24)
CARD RACK LYLE AND LAVERNE MORGAN 1958-1960
IRISH MOORE INN 1950’S
DERBY INN 1945-1950’S
JESS W. HAMMER WESTERN AUTO 1945
- B. CAFE: JOE AND BETTY HAMMER 1935-1945
CAFE’S EARL MCHENRY / VERA STIVERS/TARMAN &
HUFFMAN QUALITY CAFE AND MEALS 1920’S
PETE’S EAT HOUSE 1900’S -1910
JOHN ROSS & G. S. ADOLPH TAILORS – 1870’S
309 FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1971- 2011 (NO.25)
TOM MCCONKEY FORD MOTOR CO 1958-1960
BUD MCCONKEY & ELSIE ALSIP FORD AGENCY
ART LOWMAN FORD AGENCY
ART LOWMAN AND ROY SAVAGE FORD AGENCY
HALL AND REESER- MITCHELL CARS 1910’S
HARVE IJAMS & SONS MITCHELL CARS 1910’S
HENRY MITCHELL HARNESS SHOP 1864-1910
ROUTE 54 CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
311 CASEY”S MARKET 1988-2011 (NO.26)
VACANT 1986
KOPPS AMOCO SERVICE STATION 1982
SONNY”S SERVICE STATION
BARRET’S SERVICE STATION
FRANK MCINTYRE’S SERVICE STATION
FARMER CITY RUBBER CO. 1914-1933
OFFICE OF DR. J. A. DAVIS IN THE EARLY DAYS.
CROSSING OVER MAIN STREET WE WILL DESCRIBE THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET GOING BACK TO THE SQUARE.
404 MERLE D. DAWSON CONST. CO AND JESSE S. HAMMER (NO.27)
BUILT THIS BUILDING IN 1959 TAKING OVER
12 LOTS FOR BLDG AND PARKING LOT ..
IN 1994 THE HAMMER FAMILY CELEBRATED 82 YEARS
IN BUSINESS
FARMER CITY I.G.A. INC. JESSE S. HAMMER DONNA J
HAMMER & MICHAEL KENT HAMMITT 1983-1994
FARMER CITY I.G.A. JESSE S. HAMMER SOLE OWNER
1982-1983
IN 1980 THE FRONT PART WAS REMODELED BY
JERRY RAU CONSTRUCTION CO
FARMER CITY IGA. PARTNERSHIP MERVIN J. GARDNER
AND JESSE S. HAMMER 1959-1982
HOMER VANCE CAR REPAIR.
BLACKSMITH SHOPS C.L.ROLLINS 1940’S BERT
SKIRVIN FOR MANY YEARS; EARLY DAYS KNUPP & SONS
ROUTE 54 CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT
320 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILT THIS BLDG. IN 1894. (NO.28)
IT HAS ALWAYS USED THE 2ND FLOOR.
BLUE RIDGE FLOWER SHOP 1987-1994
WEBB’S MEN STORE 1960-1986.
FREDERICKSON FURNITURE NO.2 1950’S.
HAROLD OVERMEYER CAR REPAIR
FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS: E.P.WILSON,S.E.HOLMES,J.
HOLMES,TRENKLE BROTHERS .,JOHN KNAPP
ROY SAVAGE -BUICK CAR DEALER
CAR DEALERS: M.B. MALONEY- OVERLAND CARS; HELMICK&
LOWMAN FORD CARS; 1910’S 1920’S
LORDS FARM IMPLEMENT 1870’S
JOHN MCKINLEY RES. 1860’S
318 BLDG. BUILT BY THE REDMAN LODGE 2ND FLOOR USED (NO.29)
FOR MANY YEARS BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST #55
2ND FLOOR MADE INTO APARTMENTS 1994
PEOPLES CAFE 1986-1994 JIM FOSTER
PEOPLES CAFE OWNER THEN MR. & MRS JIM FOSTER
1930’S -1986
FORMER OWNERS : WAYNE AND JOSIE ROCKHOLD,
- & MRS CHAS. HELMICK, ALMA LENNING,
TED & JAKE AMLONG, CARL & COTTON MONEN,
JACK & KATY MONEN.
QUALITY CAFE- ORA O’NEAL MOVED HERE ABOUT
1929 FROM THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET.
HAROLD’S GROCERY JAKE HAROLD 1920’S -1929?
316 PEGGY’S HALLMARK SHOP 1986-1994 (NO.30)
MAY’S BROS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
1983-1986.
T-N-T SHIRTS & CRAFTS & SEARS CATALOGUE STORE
MARY JORDAN 1981-1983
SEARS CATALOGUE STORE -PEGGY MAY 1976-1981
NECCI SEWING MACHINE SHOP -OWNER KREPPS
- C. PACE REAL ESTATE & BROKER 1959-1970
ELMO CADLE SNACK SHOP 1957-1958
JOHN COMSTOCK PASTRY SHOP 1953-1956
HORNSBY’S 1939-1942
- & C. MONEN VARIETY STORE 1938-1939
CLARK MONUMENTS– C.D.ROCK & ROY ROCK
1910’S-1930’S
ANDY ALBRIGHT HARNESS SHOP 1870’S-1880
314 B&B (NEW NAME) BOB AND BARB JARBOE 1994 (NO.31)
THE -N- SPOT BOB& BARB JARBOE 1990-1993
CORPORATION OWNED OUT OF CHAMPAIGN PIA’S
1989-1990
LOlL WILLIAMS OWNER 1987-1989
MR & MRS TOM STANLEY 1981-1986
MARION RUDISILL 1971-1981
THE DIAMOND HORSEHOE-BOB & MARIANNE MCKINLEY
1948-1971
EL CLAR CAFE MRS T. O. JOHNSON 1936-1946
ROBERT PARISH TAVERN 1940’S
WILBUR FOULKS INS. 1020’S-1930’S
MILAN MOORE & HASWELL MOORE JEWELRY BEFORE 1920
1870’S’S F.M.RITT-SEWING MACHINES,POST OFFICE
ROBERT HAYS GENERAL STORE 1860’S
312 MERLE’S STYLING 1980’S- 2011 (NO. 32)
MARTY’S BARBER SHOP 1970’S
GEO HOFFMAN INS. 1967-1976
SEPTI-SAN CO. DON THURBER 1950’S-1960’S
WESTERN AUTO STORE 1949-1954 WALT PEALE,GLEN
TENNYSON, WILLIAM STRATMAN
SMITTY’S BARBER SHOP 1938-1947
JIM (RED) BELL BARBER SHOP 1924-1938
L.S.BEALOR BARBER SHOP 1921-1924
310 1990-1994 ILLINOIS BALLET, AND PRAIRIE (NO. 33)
DANCENTRAL, SCHOOL OF PROPER TRAINING
1989-1990 DRESS SHOP
LOVE’S APPARREL1987
WEAR HAUS CLOTHING 1970’S-1980’S
NEW BUILDING
BURNED
POOL HALL; ROY HUNTER, JAMES PRICE,VERNELLE
WARREN, NALEWAY POOL HALL, WALT’S REC. CENTER
GUY WENCE AMUSEMENT CLUB 1910’S FOR MANY YEARS
FRANK ZILICK BARBER ON 2ND FLOOR 1920-1940
308 RICKS TAVERN– W.T.RICK FAMILY 1983-1994 (NO. 34)
WESTERN AUTO–ART & JEAN ARTMAN 1970’S
CABINET SHOP WEAR HAUS 1970’S
FARMER CITY “LOCKER PLANT: ED REESER,RAY REESER,
FRANK KIRK, FRED REYNOLDS 1940’S–1960’S
ELMORE MEATS 1930’S
HURLEY MEAT MARKET 1920’S-1930’S
- L. KREPPS MEATS 1910-1920’S
306 (NO.35)
304 LISA WARREN BEAUTY SHOP 1994
VACANT 1986
LAMBS VARIETY STORE 1985-1986
HORNSBY’S VARIETY STORE 1941-1985 FRANCES TURPIN
MANAGER
COLLIER’S HARDWARE AND APPLIANCE STORE 1935-1941
- S. HAMMER WAREHOUSE 1933-1935 HE HELD ONE OF
THE FIRST DANCES FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES.
FARM IMPLEMENTS & HARDWARE :WINGERROTH,: HYATT
SHELL & JONES; FRED ARBOGAST; PHIL ROUS.
- L. WALLER GENERAL STORE 1960’S
302 (NO.36)
THIS WAS A STAIRWAY TO THE SECOND FLOOR -CLOSED
300 MCKINLEY WATER CONDITIONING 1986-2011
FEESE INS. 1986
FARMER CITY INSURAL INC. 1980’S
GOOD EARTH REALTY 1974-1980
COUNTRY COMPANIES INS. 1970’S
BROCK & HENSLEY PRODUCE 1940’S
REX JACKSON GROCERY 1917-1974
HAMMER & HAMMER GROCERY 1912-1917
HAMMER & YEAGLE GROCERY 1911-1912
JACKSON & CO. GROCERY 1906-1911
WEBB. AND SWINEY GROCERY; MUNCH AND WEBB
GROCERY;- JIM JACKSON & BRO GROCERY 1891-1895
- W. ALDER GRAIN BUYER 1890
- W. COOK GROCERIES 1876-1880’S
BUILDING BUILT IN 1976 BY THOMAS SLICK
RICHTER BROS STORE DRY GOODS & GROCERIES 1860
WATER STREET CROSSES MAIN ST. AT THIS POINT.
226 MAIN STREET VIDEO 1991-2011 (NO. 37)
LIL’ ANGELS 1987-1988
LIL’ ANGELS CHILDREN SHOP MRS SHARI BAIN
1980-1986
COUNTRY SAMPLER 1974-1979
BOB LEWIS HARDWARE 1950-1970 JAMES E. COOKE
RADIO REPAIR
PHIL ROUS HARDWARE 1935-1950
HARROLD’S GROCERY 1930’S
WILSON & WATSON WOMEN’S STORE & GROCERIES
1920-1929
JAY E. MCKAY GROCERY 1912-1922
C,C, ELLIOTT DEPT STORE & GROCERIES 1902-1912
J.H. BEAN GROCERY
HOWARDS GROCERY 1870’S 1879
WILLIAM YOUNG GROCERY 1860’S
MASONS BUILT DOUBLE BUILDING IN 1879 FOR 224 & 226
224 F. C. G & H SOCIETY 1991-2011 (NO. 38)
SOMMER’S DANCE STUDIO INC. 1980-1990
CAFES: SCOTT’S PLACE 1980’S MATCH BOOK CAFE 1977-1979
- P. BURGER CASTLE 1976 SNORKY’S PLACE 1975
S & H CAFE 1970’S, THE FARM HOUSE 1970,S,
DEANS CAFE 1960’S C.& L CAFE CHARLES & LUCY
THARP 1960’S ELMO’S SNACK SHOP 1950’S.
WESTERN AUTO STORE WILLIAM STRATMAN 1954-1956
THE BLOSSOM SHOP MR. & MRS ROBERT BARROW. 1951-1954
LYLE AND LAVERNE MORGAN 1947-1951
ROUS GIFT SHOP 1940’S
BREHM’S CANDY KITCHEN 1892-1930
ABE EPPSTEIN & JACOB BACH ‘CLOTHING 1870-1879
222 VACANT 1991-2011 (NO. 39)
DANIEL DOLBERT OWNER 1991-1994
- DAVID R. MORGRET OPTOMETRIST 1984-1991
- J. NILE MITCHELL OPTOMETRIST 1918-1946
- S. E. KELLY OPTOMETRIST AND EXRAY.
BUILDING BUILT BY S. E. KELLY IN 1918
MAX NATHAN DEPT. STORE 1904-1906
CHRISTIAN GARVER & SAMUEL GARVER DRUGGISTS 1870-1879
220 SMITH-JOHANNS INS. AGENCY 1961-2011 (NO. 40)
PHOTO SHOP WALTER SHARP 1959
MIS -KAY DRESS SHOP COLBY CARLOCK 1957
WAYNE LARISON CABINET SHOP 1950’S
RUSSELL MEYERS UPTOWN GRILL 1940’S-1951
GEO. FULLER UPTOWN GRILL 1940’S
ROADES ICE CREAM SHOPPE 1940’S
A.P. GROCERY 1924-1930’S HORATIO E. RIGGS, MIKE CRAGO
- BATES–THE ECOMONY STORE 1914-1923
WARD WEEDMAN VARIETY STORE 1900’S 1914
MAX NATHAN DEPT. STORE 1904-1906
JOHN CAMPBELL GROCERY BEFORE 1904
MURPHY& MICHAEL SALOON 1870-1879
218 VACANT ?-2011 (NO. 41)
Farmer City General Store ?-?
F.C.DRUGS INC.BILL SIVER & MARK CASTRAVILLO OWNERS
1992-1994
MASON’S DRUG STORE LEON AND DON MASON OWNERS 1954-1992
WILLIAM P. MASSOCK DRUG STORE 1928-1954
CLYDE HUDDELSTON DRUG STORE 1898-1928
STILLER BROS DRUGS 1895-1898
- LITTLE JOHN DRUG STORE 1888-?
- W. SANGSTER GROCERIES 1870-1879
216 Farmer City Art Glass ????-2011 (NO.42)
Salt Creek Printing ????-????
RAYMER PRINTING 1984-1994
BELLES BOOTERY WALLACE & CLARABELLE LAMB 1974-1983
MOS”S AND EDWIN EPPSTEIN & SONS BOOTS AND SHOES MARIAN
EPPSTEIN
–MR HENRY SCHMITZ REPAIRED SHOES FOR YEARS 1886-1973
- M. CUMMINS SHOE SHOP 1881-1886
GEORGE ERLER SHOEMAKER 1860’S -1870’S
- BERMAN JEWELER 1870’S 1879
214 YOUNG’S –YE OLDE HAIR SHOPPE 1980-2011 (NO. 43)
JAKE YOUNG BARBER SHOP & ED YOUNG’S STYLING SALON
1938-1980
DICK MITCHELL MEAT MARKET 1928-1930’S
WALDEN’S BARBER SHOP 1930- 1938
W.H.GOULD JEWELER& OPTOMETRIST 1917-1920
FRED DIEGEL GROCERY 1910-1910
DAVE MITCHELL -FIRST PICTURE SHOW -1905-1910
THIS WAS AN ALLEY IN THE EARLY DAYS
212 VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CENTER 1986-1994 (NO.44)
MINI MALL OWNER ROGER AND PAT SCHNEMAN 1982-1986
SHROCK CABINETS 1974-1978
- & S. FURNITURE 1962-1974 (TED SCHIELD & HARLAN KIMLER)
FARMER CITY IGA 1946-1959 JESSE S. HAMMER & MERVIN GARDNER
PARTNERS. MARGARET T. HAMMER WAS ACTIVE IN THE STORE TILL
SHE WAS 88.
HAMMER’S GROCERY MARGARET T. HAMMER 1934-1946
HAMMER’S HAPPY HOUR STORE JESSE S. HAMMER SR.1917-1934
WILLIAM YOUNG & SONS GROCERY 1880-1910’S SON’S BRUCE & TOM
JOHN LONGMATE GROCERY STORE 1870- 1879
- YOUNG RES.BEFORE 1874.
JESSE S. HAMMER SR. DIED IN 1934
JESSE S HAMMER BUILT A 2 1/2 STORY BRICK BUILDING WITH 4 FT
FONDATIONS TO REPLACE THE TWO OLDER BUILDINGS IN 1917
210 VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER 1986-1994 (NO.45)
REPEAT ALL OWNERS FROM 1917=1986 THAT OCCUPIED 2 STORE
SPACES.
J.H. MITCHELL MEAT MARKET 1910’S
HARRISON &’ SONS HARDWARE 1870’S-1879
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870’S
208 MID-WEST AGRI. INS.SERVICES INC. 1991-1994 (NO.46)
TRI-COUNTY INS. 1991
KELLY INS. TED& TERI KELLY OWNERS 1988-1991
VACANT 1986
GAME MASTER ANSON LAMB 1986
ROBERTS JEWELRY STORE 1967-1982
CLARENCE BLOOM JEWELRY 1960’S
VAUGH’S OBERLINK JEWELRY 1956-1960
LAVERN MORGAN GIFT SHOP1956-1958
V.C.SWINEY JEWELRY & ETHEL
REEDER BOOTERY1946-1950’S
KINCAID SHOE STORE 1923 1945
LOU A. THOMASSEN BAKERY 1921-1923
HYATT & CO. MILLINERY 1921 AND BEFORE
BEN OVERSTREET JEWELRY 1890’S -1908
I.C. SABIN SHOES 1890’S
W.T. BEAN SHOE STORE 1883-1890’S
WILLIAM YOUNG GROCERIES 1870’S 1879
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870
206 K. & S. FURNITURE STORE 1976-2011 (NO. 47)
MARSHAL. T.AND RICHARD COLLIER ALLLIANCE AND WALLPAPER
STORE 1941-1976
CURTIS DRUG STORE 1933-1941
GARVER DRUG STORE BENNY GARVER 1880’S 1933
(BENNY WOULD PLAY SCHOOL DAYS ON HIS TRUMPET ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL)
WM YOUNG RES BEFORE 1870
204 K. & S. FURNITURE STORE 1974-2011 (NO. 48)
FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1952-1971
ROYAL BLUE STORE ELMER SAGE, LESTER KIRBY
KROGER STORE 1927-1934 O.C.EVERETT
HARRY L WILLIAMS HARDWARE 1900-1920’S
HARDWARE STORES: HARRISON & SONS, HARRISON & GREER, PONS & RICHARDS, FOX& CARR, WILLIAMS & JOHNSON 1898-1900’S
- H. SELTZER FURNITURE 1870’S – 1880’S
PRESENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1879 AND REMODELED IN 1952
- YOUNG RES. BEFORE 1870.
202 K. & S FURNITURE 1974-2011 (NO. 49)
PRESENT BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1879 AND REMODELED IN 1952
FARMER CITY STATE BANK 1941-1994
FARMER CITY CURRENCY EXCHANGE ROSS C. RINEHART 1930’S-1941
THE OLD FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1894-1930
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1874-1894
2ND FLOOR
ROBERT GAMMAGE 1961-1970
HERRICK LAW OFFICE 1868-1961
GREEN ST. CROSSES MAIN STREET AT THIS POINT
120 WAYNE COPLEY OWNER 1994 (NO. 50)
PIZZA PARLOR 1987-1989
FAMILY PIZZA WAYNE AND MARY ANN COPLEY 1983-1986
COPLEY COUNTERS SHOP 1977-1980
ARNOLD FURNITURE STORAGE
EARL AND ANN RICH GROCERY 1955-?
KROGER STORE 1934-1955 GLEN SNIFF, H.H. HACHETT
PARROTT & CO. 1916-1930’S
THE FAIR; DRY GOODS & GROCERIES
TULL BROS. 1903-1916
BUSEY 1900-1903
A,M.WAND 1895-1900
V.N. HINKLE 1890-1895
PRESENT BLDG WAS BUILT IN 1894–GOULD AND YOUNG
DAVID KELLY & JOHN GOULD BLACKSMITH’S 1870’S-1880’S
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
2ND FLOOR AND REAR OF GOULD BLDG.
BEFORE 1900-DR. A.D.JESSELS, DR.L. STORE KELLY,
- M. T. MACE
AFTER 1900 – DR. I. C. MORRICAL DR. JOHN ZIEGLER
- R. M. HATHAWAY, DR. J. E. NIENHIUS
- CARL NYDEGGAR, L.G. RITTENHOUSE
VET., SAM AMACHER DRY CLEANING,
A.E. POWLEY DRY CLEANING, DR. HARRY T.
CLARNO VET. PRE- FAB 1950’S, EARL HENRY
BARBER.
118 APARTMENTS – 1990-1994 (NO. 51)
VACANT 1987-1990
VARIETY STORE 1986-1987 JIM COPLEY
COPLEY COUNTERS 1970’S -1986
BOWLING ALLEY’S: LEVI MURPHY 1950’S
EDDIE’S BOWLING 1945-1951
FOX BOWLING 1940’S
FARMER CITY BOWLING 1930’S
ELZA PETTIT SECOND HAND STORE 1920’S -1930’S
PARROT & CO. GROCERY 1908-1920’S
J.W. NICHOLS & SONS GROCERY 1900-1908
THE FAIR GROCERY GROCERY A.M. WAND 1895-1900
HAFFNERS BARBER SHOP 1890-1894
H.S. CHAPPELEAL BOOTS AND SHOES 1870′-1880’S
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
116 1994 PURCHASED BY RAY ALEXANDER (NO. 52)
1988-1992 VACANT
1987 BURNED
1987 HENRY’S BARBER SHOP
1986 NEW IMAGE BEAUTY SHOP
1986 HENRY’S BARBER SHOP
TREND SETTERS 1975-1985
PROVIN MUSIC SHOP 1974
A.M. MIDDLESTEAD MUSIC STORE 1950’S -1960’S
SHERE INS. AND CONNELL INS.
WOODS BARBER SHOP 1950’S
L.S. BEALOR BARBER SHOP 1924- 1956
J.S. GASSAWAY BARBER SHOP 1910’S-1920’S
KALAHORS BARBER SHOP 1910’S
HAFFNER’S BARBER SHOP -1894-1900’S
PRESENT BUILDING BUILT BY HAFFNER 1894
M.L. WEEDMAN MEATS 1885-1894
ORIE HARRISON CIGAR STORE 1884
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
114 BUILDING TORN DOWN IN 1987 LOT REMAINS VACANT (NO. 53)
PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S -1986 MOVED TO NEW BLDG.
THE NEW COMMERCIAL HOTEL 1894-1957
COMMERCIAL HOTEL 1876-1894
BUILDING BUILT ==BY CUMMINGS IN 1894
R.N. HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
112 BUILDING TORN DOWN IN 1987 (NO. 54)
LOT VACANT 1987-2011
PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S 1986
DAISY VANCE INSURANCE 1960
ROSS C. SWARTZ INSURANCE 1940-1960
JOHN WEEDMAN NATIONAL BANK 1885-1932
PRESENT BLDG. BUILT IN 1894
JOHN WEEDMAN BANKER 1876-1885
THOMAS BROS & JOHN WEEDMAN BANK 1870-1876
R.N.HANKINS RES. & WAGON SHOP BEFORE 1870
THE NEXT BUSINESSES ARE DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SQUARE
110 PRE-FAB TRANSIT CO. 1960’S-1994 (NO. 55)
SHAFFER’S ANTIQUES 1950’S
JOE CLARNO IMPLEMENT DEALER 1950’S
LAWRENCE IMPLEMENT DEALER 1949-1952
- M. STUTZMAN IMPLEMENT DEALER 1936-1949
- DICK MITCHELL BUTCHER 1921-1928
ELI TUCKER GROCERY 1903-1910
JONES BROS GROCERY 1910’S
GEORGE CHISHOLM GROCERY 1870’S 1903
108 1994 PRE-FAB TRANSIT (NO. 56)
1986 VACANT
DAVIS SIGN & DISPLAY 1950’S
FARM IMPLEMENTS F. M. STUTZMAN; JOE CLARNO
NEALS BAKERY 1921-1930’S
BANEY’S BAKERY
- L. WEEDMAN MEAT MARKET 1895-1902
R.C. MARTEN HARNESS SHOP 1890’S
106 1994 WAYNE COPLEY (NO. 57)
1986 VACANT
FARMER CITY FIRE DEPT. 1930’S- 1970’S
O.H. REESER AUTO SALES
WARTON AUTO SALES 1920’S
- N. MORELAND FURNITURE 1911-1918
G.W. HELMICK -MAXWELL GARAGE 1910
C.M. MOORE LIQUORS 1890’S
MORELAND BUILT BLDG IN 1911
104 VACANT 1994 (NO. 58)
REEVES DAIRY BAR 1960
SY’S DAIRY BAR 1950’S-1960’S
CHAS. MEYER’S FARM SUPPLY 1940-1954
STENSEL’S BUILT BLDG IN 1895
STENSELS UNDERTAKERS 1895-1922
STENSELS SHOP 1922-?
102 WAYNE COPLEY 1994 ( NO. 59)
CHUCK BAIN’S RELOADING OF AMMUNITION STORE 1989-1992
LAUNDRY 1955- 1970’S
FARMER CITY JOURNAL 1895-1952 E.S. WHITEMAN, OWNER
2ND FLOOR
INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS 1895-1950
MARKET STREET CROSSES MAIN· ST. AT THIS POINT N. MAIN STARTS
101 GEORGE DUNN I. H. AND CASE DEALER 1966-1994 (NO. 60)
RUSSELL AND FRED MILBURN FARM SUPPLY 1954-1966
CHASE MEY&RS FARM SUPPLY 1945-1954
APARTMENTS 2ND FLOOR 1945-1954
103 (NO. 61)
GEORGE DUNN INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER & CASE DEALER
1947-1994
R.T. CORD I. DEALER 1941-1947
CHARLES STROHL INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER DEALER 1930’S
BUICK GARAGE 1930’S
- E. HYATT INTERNATIONAL; DEALER 1930’S
HYATT, SHELL & JONES GM AUTO & FARM MACHINERY 1920’S
G.W. HEKMICK FARM IMPLEMENT & AUTO 1900’S-1910’S
BUILDING BUILT BY O. WARNER IN 1895
107 GEO DUNN I. H. & CASE DEALER 1947-1994
MONROE HOTEL 1930’S – 1938 BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN
ELDORADO HOTEL 1890’s-1920’s O. WARNER; ANSON ALlBEE
PARK HOTEL 1880’S B. GRAY PONCE WHITE
- NICHOLAS HOTEL 1870’S
109 GEO. DUNN I. H. & CASE DEALER 1947-1994 ( NO. 63}
PARK BARN BERT WEEDWARD LIVERY 1910’S
A.W. HUFFMAN & CO. 1900’S
SWINEY LIVERY STABLE. 1890’S
BREEDER OF HORSES 1880’S
