Main Street looking south showing post office, Churubusco, Indiana, close-up section 3
1909 postmarked postcard view of Main Street in Churubusco, Indiana. The photographer was looking southeast from the Washington Street intersection. The farthest buildings in this scene were south of the Vandalia Railroad tracks.
The sign on the building at the left edge of this scene advertised O. GANDY & CO. THE EXCHANGE BANK. The 1905 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Churubusco shows a repository in the north half of that building and the bank in the south half. The 1911 map set identified the repository as a carriage repository. A 1910 state auditor’s report¹ identified the bank as The Exchange Bank of O. Gandy & Co. and indicated a Certificate of Authority had been issued in 1905. Oscar Gandy was the owner. The 1907 Whitley County history included the following paragraph about the founding of the bank.
“On September 11, 1893, Oscar Gandy established the "Exchange Bank" under the firm name of O. Gandy & Co.. with a capital of $10.000. The Exchnage [sic] Bank has always done a prosperous business and is considered one of our most substantial financial affairs and has increased its capital to $25,000. The present officers and employes are O. Gandy, president; E. E. Gandy, cashier; John A. Pressler, assistant cashier; Ursula Magers, bookkeeper; Minnie Anderson, stenographer; and George Gump, janitor.“²
The history also included an entry on page 305 stating the bank building was built in 1898.
Two brick buildings stood south of the bank building. Business names were printed on the awnings, but are not clear enough to read. The 1905 map set shows a meat market in the north building and department store in the south building. The 1911 map set shows the meat market and a clothing, dry goods and furniture business in the buildings.
Next door, the wood frame building housed (from north to south) the Churubusco Post Office, a bakery and a barbershop according to the 1905 map set. The 1911 map set shows a newer and longer brick building that housed (from north to south) a notions business, the post office, a confectionery and tobacco business, a jewelry business and a barbershop. The only visible sign on that building in this postcard scene was the US POST OFFICE sign.
Across the street, the most distant businesses were south of Whitley Street. Two of the signs appear to advertise a MEAT MARKET and A GROCERY. The 1905 and 1911 Sanborn™ map sets show a grocery in that block, but not in the different locations for each year. Neither shows a meat market. Another small sign in that block advertised a lunch room, but it’s difficult to tell which building the sign is on. The 1905 map set shows two restaurants in that block and the 1911 map set shows a single restaurant.
Farther north (closer to the photographer) were signs advertising CITY DRUG STORE, DENTIST and ICE CREAM SODA. The soda sign undoubtedly belonged with the drugstore sign. It is difficult to tell which signs belonged with which building. Although these signs may appear to be in front of one of the two two-story brick buildings, they were probably in front of the wood frame building across the alley to the north. Both map sets show a drugstore as the second business north of Whitley Street in a two-story wood frame building on the north side of the alley. This was directly across Main Street from the post office. The 1905 map set actually identifies the store as a drugs and stationery business.
The 1907 county history listed J. F. Criswell & Son and Miss Mary Eikenberry & Co. as owners of drug stores in town. However, a 1905 directory of retail druggists listed the names as Craig & Boggs and Eikenberry & Co. A 1908 directory listed A. B. Craig and Mary Eikenberry.
The only dentist listed for Churubusco in a 1914 directory was Frank B. Weaver, a 1900 graduate of Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago. The dental office would probably have been upstairs and the Sanborn™ map sets typically don’t identify those offices unless they are in separate buildings.
The awnings at the right edge of the postcard were on a group of small buildings near the southwest corner of Washington Street. A wood frame building stood on that corner and is outside this view. It housed a grocery and millinery shop. The awning at the right edge of this postcard may belong to the millinery shop. The other awnings were on a brick building south of the corner, and one awning appears to advertise M. KOCHER. Both Sanborn™ map sets show a boots and shoes business at that location. The 1907 county history reported that Mr. Kocher built a brick building in Churubusco in 1892 and ran his boots and shoes business in the building.
1. Auditor of the State of Indiana, Annual Report (Indianapolis, IN: William B. Burford, 1910). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=l_dJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
2. Samuel P. Kaler and Richard H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1907), pages 307-308. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=-hUVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front....
This image was created by Thomas Keesling from a postcard courtesy of the Indiana Postal History Society.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
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Main Street looking south showing post office, Churubusco, Indiana, close-up section 3
1909 postmarked postcard view of Main Street in Churubusco, Indiana. The photographer was looking southeast from the Washington Street intersection. The farthest buildings in this scene were south of the Vandalia Railroad tracks.
The sign on the building at the left edge of this scene advertised O. GANDY & CO. THE EXCHANGE BANK. The 1905 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Churubusco shows a repository in the north half of that building and the bank in the south half. The 1911 map set identified the repository as a carriage repository. A 1910 state auditor’s report¹ identified the bank as The Exchange Bank of O. Gandy & Co. and indicated a Certificate of Authority had been issued in 1905. Oscar Gandy was the owner. The 1907 Whitley County history included the following paragraph about the founding of the bank.
“On September 11, 1893, Oscar Gandy established the "Exchange Bank" under the firm name of O. Gandy & Co.. with a capital of $10.000. The Exchnage [sic] Bank has always done a prosperous business and is considered one of our most substantial financial affairs and has increased its capital to $25,000. The present officers and employes are O. Gandy, president; E. E. Gandy, cashier; John A. Pressler, assistant cashier; Ursula Magers, bookkeeper; Minnie Anderson, stenographer; and George Gump, janitor.“²
The history also included an entry on page 305 stating the bank building was built in 1898.
Two brick buildings stood south of the bank building. Business names were printed on the awnings, but are not clear enough to read. The 1905 map set shows a meat market in the north building and department store in the south building. The 1911 map set shows the meat market and a clothing, dry goods and furniture business in the buildings.
Next door, the wood frame building housed (from north to south) the Churubusco Post Office, a bakery and a barbershop according to the 1905 map set. The 1911 map set shows a newer and longer brick building that housed (from north to south) a notions business, the post office, a confectionery and tobacco business, a jewelry business and a barbershop. The only visible sign on that building in this postcard scene was the US POST OFFICE sign.
Across the street, the most distant businesses were south of Whitley Street. Two of the signs appear to advertise a MEAT MARKET and A GROCERY. The 1905 and 1911 Sanborn™ map sets show a grocery in that block, but not in the different locations for each year. Neither shows a meat market. Another small sign in that block advertised a lunch room, but it’s difficult to tell which building the sign is on. The 1905 map set shows two restaurants in that block and the 1911 map set shows a single restaurant.
Farther north (closer to the photographer) were signs advertising CITY DRUG STORE, DENTIST and ICE CREAM SODA. The soda sign undoubtedly belonged with the drugstore sign. It is difficult to tell which signs belonged with which building. Although these signs may appear to be in front of one of the two two-story brick buildings, they were probably in front of the wood frame building across the alley to the north. Both map sets show a drugstore as the second business north of Whitley Street in a two-story wood frame building on the north side of the alley. This was directly across Main Street from the post office. The 1905 map set actually identifies the store as a drugs and stationery business.
The 1907 county history listed J. F. Criswell & Son and Miss Mary Eikenberry & Co. as owners of drug stores in town. However, a 1905 directory of retail druggists listed the names as Craig & Boggs and Eikenberry & Co. A 1908 directory listed A. B. Craig and Mary Eikenberry.
The only dentist listed for Churubusco in a 1914 directory was Frank B. Weaver, a 1900 graduate of Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago. The dental office would probably have been upstairs and the Sanborn™ map sets typically don’t identify those offices unless they are in separate buildings.
The awnings at the right edge of the postcard were on a group of small buildings near the southwest corner of Washington Street. A wood frame building stood on that corner and is outside this view. It housed a grocery and millinery shop. The awning at the right edge of this postcard may belong to the millinery shop. The other awnings were on a brick building south of the corner, and one awning appears to advertise M. KOCHER. Both Sanborn™ map sets show a boots and shoes business at that location. The 1907 county history reported that Mr. Kocher built a brick building in Churubusco in 1892 and ran his boots and shoes business in the building.
1. Auditor of the State of Indiana, Annual Report (Indianapolis, IN: William B. Burford, 1910). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=l_dJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
2. Samuel P. Kaler and Richard H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1907), pages 307-308. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=-hUVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front....
This image was created by Thomas Keesling from a postcard courtesy of the Indiana Postal History Society.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
www.flickr.com/photos/hoosier_recollections/27546603985/i...
Copyright 2005-2016 by Hoosier Recollections. All rights reserved. This image is part of a creative package that includes the associated text, geodata and/or other information. Neither this package in its entirety nor any of the individual components may be downloaded, transmitted or reproduced without the prior written permission of Hoosier Recollections.