the year 1894
Built in 1894, more of the story later, below.
In the news
"Six cases of tardiness last week" in Room 11..... Some of the family names mentioned: Hemsworth Baker, Longwell, Clift, Lane, Giffen, Hood, and Phillips.
Big things going on at the church
entertainment
The racetrack, established in 1882, has some fine activities arranged.
Advertisements
G. R. martin, whose advertisement for his meat market is above, had the year before built a house across from the methodist church. Photo 537, from Kim Vrtiska, the g.r. martin house:
The 1994 record for the Table Rock Public Square Historic District (National Historic Register) says this about the G. R. Martin house (with internal references omitted):
G.R. Martin House, 1893. A one - and - one - half story vernacular frame house located at the north west corner of Pennsylvania and Nebraska streets. It was constructed in 1893 for G.R. Martin who owned a meat mar ket and the Table Rock Opera House. Martin owned the house un til 1900 w hen it was sold to H. M. Bates. Although asphalt siding has been installed over the original clapboard , the house retains its historic character. The Martin House and the adjacent Pattison - Burrow House, provide visual enclosure representing the north west boundary of the district.
G.R. Martin House, 1893. A one - and - one - half story vernacular frame house located at the north west corner of Pennsylvania and Nebraska streets. It was constructed in 1893 for G.R. Martin who owned a meat mar ket and the Table Rock Opera House. Martin owned the house un til 1900 w hen it was sold to H. M. Bates. Although asphalt siding has been installed over the original clapboard , the house retains its historic character. The Martin House and the adjacent Pattison - Burrow House, provide visual enclosure representing the north west boundary of the district.
Below, the G. R. Martin house in 1994, with the Pattison-Burrow House (built in 1909) to the left:
william taylor, who advertised that he had moved into his new and commodious building, was referring to what MANY of us today know as the argus building.
The National Historic Register for the Public Square Historic District also includes the William Taylor Building. That document estimates the age of the building as 1895 ("circa" 1895) because that is when Taylor first mortgaged the building. The assumption is that he took out a mortgage to buy it. However, the construction date of 1894 is established by the advertisement above.
The 1994 paperwork for the National Historic Register says this about the William Taylor Building: "The Taylor Building is located at the southeast corner of Luzerne and Houston Streets. Along with the adjacent Richarson-Kovanda Building [now owned by Joe Sochor], it survived the 1920 fire and is an example of a one-story, one-part brick commercial building. The building was the precursor to the restrained style of the 1920 structures that were built in the district soon after the fire. A simple corbelling course atop the parapet is the only ornamentation used throughout the facade. William Taylor purchased the property from David K . Miller, a trustee of the State Bank of Table Rock, in August 1892 for $1,000. Taylor acquired mortgages totalling $4,800 from the State Bank of Table Rock, half in 1895 and 1897. In July 1903, Taylor sold the building."
The 1994 paperwork for the National Historic Register says this about the William Taylor Building: "The Taylor Building is located at the southeast corner of Luzerne and Houston Streets. Along with the adjacent Richarson-Kovanda Building [now owned by Joe Sochor], it survived the 1920 fire and is an example of a one-story, one-part brick commercial building. The building was the precursor to the restrained style of the 1920 structures that were built in the district soon after the fire. A simple corbelling course atop the parapet is the only ornamentation used throughout the facade. William Taylor purchased the property from David K . Miller, a trustee of the State Bank of Table Rock, in August 1892 for $1,000. Taylor acquired mortgages totalling $4,800 from the State Bank of Table Rock, half in 1895 and 1897. In July 1903, Taylor sold the building."
Photo 467 shows the William Taylor building far right, with the name Buerstetta and Company painted on it. This picture is pre-1916, because the theater at the east end had not been built. It is probably post-1903 because the name Buerstetta (not Taylor) marked the building. Thank you to Kim Vrtiska for this photo.
the state bank of table rock, which advertised above, had built its new building only 4 years before.
Photo 202 shows the bank, built in 1890 (some say 1892), five to seven years after the bank had been established. Next to it you see the Opera House, with glass-fronted stores where the drugstore and Pope's are now located. The bank and opera house look new. They were. You can tell that because the building now housing the Legion Hall had not yet been built on the north side of the opera house; it was reportedly built in 1893. (The post office was on the south side of the bank building, to the far left of the photo; the sign over the door says Post Office.)
farewells were said
Loved ones said good bye to five children and some adults. This is based on listings of interments in FindaGrave.com.