Fire at Hall and Eckert 1908

Fire at Hall and Eckert 1908

The remains of the fire at Hall & Eckert lumber yard at Madison and E. Jackson streets in 1908. Since the tracks run at the bottom of the photo, we are viewing it from Jefferson St. Jim thought the unknown photographer was standing on the roof of the livery stable which was next to the lumber yard. All, or nearly all, of the buildings have been demolished.
[Woodstock Sentinel April 23, 1908]

Although the photographer is unknown, the style is that of Gus Persson, including the crispness of the print.

In an undated clipping from the Woodstock Independent, Jim Keefe identified the large white house as the Ellsworth House and the taller building to the left of it as the Ellsworth Machine Shop. Both buildings were on Church St., identified as E. Washington in the March 6,1902 Woodstock Sentinel article.

The Ellsworth home was the scene of the murder of B. F. Ellsworth, his wife Alice Ellsworth, and their "roomer" Amos Anderson on Feb. 26, 1902. The son, Earl Ellsworth reported the murder, claiming that his father shot the roomer and his mother. Eventually, the son admitted to shooting his father and Amos Anderson and was sentenced to life in prison with one day of solitary confinement each year.

Woodstock Sentinel March 6,1902
Woodstock Sentinel Oct. 2, 1902
Woodstock Sentinel Sept. 17, 1903
Woodstock Sentinel Oct. 15, 1903
Woodstock Sentinel April 28, 1904

Keefe, Jim

1908