Main Street: 100 years ago

Here are pictures of Main Street, with captions on the back stating that they were taken between 1906 and 1908 - when on-street parking was meant for horses.

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Main Street showing P.O. and Bank, 1908

 

View of Main Street, 12-1906

Alcorn's Store 10-6-1907, 3:00 PM

Washington Ave and Main Street, 1908

Here is the same building, as it currently stands over 100 years later.


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Notable Main Street features already in place back then:  granite curbs; brick sidewalk; overhead electricity; domestic water supply and underground stormwater management.