Deck's Drug Store
I'm not at all happy about the focus on this shot, but it is the only one I have from this angle.
Doc’s Soda Fountain and Deck's Pharmacy Museum, Girard Illinois, September 2016.
Deck's Drug store opened in 1884 and was run by the Deck family for three generations.
The soda fountain was added in 1929, so for a short period Route 66 travelers would have been able to stop here for some refreshment. Route 66 was realigned in 1930 and then bypassed Girard.
The pharmacy closed on 2001 when Bob and Bill Deck both retired. In 2007 the Ernst family reopened it as a restaurant (Doc's Soda Fountain) and the Deck family maintains a small pharmacy museum there as well.
Deck's Drug Store
I'm not at all happy about the focus on this shot, but it is the only one I have from this angle.
Doc’s Soda Fountain and Deck's Pharmacy Museum, Girard Illinois, September 2016.
Deck's Drug store opened in 1884 and was run by the Deck family for three generations.
The soda fountain was added in 1929, so for a short period Route 66 travelers would have been able to stop here for some refreshment. Route 66 was realigned in 1930 and then bypassed Girard.
The pharmacy closed on 2001 when Bob and Bill Deck both retired. In 2007 the Ernst family reopened it as a restaurant (Doc's Soda Fountain) and the Deck family maintains a small pharmacy museum there as well.