Main Street ca 1910
Title
Main Street ca 1910
Description
Main Street looking south, taken between 1909 (new bandstand visible) and 1910 (Gem Theater at 220 Main). The businesses are similar to the other July 4, 1910 photos taken by Gus Persson but there are no decorations so it is taken sometime earlier than that. Note the dirt streets and the quiet atmosphere--not many people are visible.
Left to right:
232 Main: Belcher Brothers took over the Model Bargain store around 1905. Note the bowling pins and balls on the pediment--the building was erected as a bowling alley around the turn of the century.
230 Main: Pinnock Printery (thus the Post Cards sign on the awning) advertised that they moved into this "expressly built building just south of the Model Bargain Store in July, 1908. They sold stationery & school supplies as well. In the 1912 Sanborn map, this building housed a cobbler shop.
228 Main: Moses N. Wien's Department Store opened at this location around 1909 or 10 .At his former location in the Dacy Block (N.E. corner of E. Judd & N. Benton), he originally sold clothing for men and boys but added women's apparel & dry goods. When he moved to Main Street he added boots & shoes, furniture, kitchen cabinets and refrigerators. He died in 1929 but the business continued until it went bankrupt in 1933. His son Julius started Wien's Women's Wear that same year
224-226 Main: In 1908, the Gaulke Brothers sold their billiards hall to D. R. Joslyn and E. R. Hoy, who in turn leased the hall to George Tompkins who ran the adjoining Oliver Bowling Alley (as in Oliver Typewriter). The two businesses together became the Oliver Amusement Parlors. There was also an automatic shooting gallery under the bowling alley. The 1914 City Directory lists Mills & White Bowling and Billiard Parlors.
222 Main: Wittenburg & Bodenschatz candy company was here in 1902 with a soda fountain & candy counters on the first floor and the candy factory with a gasoline-run engine to run the ice machine in the rear and basement. They moved out in 1903 and Vincent & Lee Saloon took its place.
220 Main: Star Theater. Although this photo is dated 1910, by the July 4, 1910 photo, the building is identified as the Gem Theater. This is also the location of the Huntzinger Main Street Restaurant and one of the first buildings to be erected after the 1892 fire. John Huntzinger also operated the Waverly House in 1900.
218 Main: this was either a confectionery (1905) or perhaps a restaurant (Stearns & Stamets in 1914 city directory)
216 Main
212-214 Main: Waverly House was erected in 1900 by Marcellus Joslyn on the location of the original hotel that was burned in the 1892 fire. It had 17 rooms and several bath rooms on the second floor with the office & restaurant on the first floor. The third floor was used by the Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, the Eagles Club and the Knights of Pythias. There was a barber shop on the south side of the first floor and a bakery on the Benton Street side.
208 Main: Crystal Palace saloon. A few months after the 1892 fire, H. J. Herdklotz re-opened the Crystal Palace with new fixtures, cigars, and liquor. In 1901, he sold the saloon to Joseph Conners & Charles Stone (see photo ID 76)
204 Main: the side door shares the building with 108 Cass. Melvin Tripp had his photography studio here. It is possible to see the frame building and the false rectangular front that faces Cass St.
Across the street
116 Cass: rear view
203-211 Main: three frame buildings on the site of the current Classic Cinema's Woodstock Theatre. See Photo ID 81
Oddfellows
Left to right:
232 Main: Belcher Brothers took over the Model Bargain store around 1905. Note the bowling pins and balls on the pediment--the building was erected as a bowling alley around the turn of the century.
230 Main: Pinnock Printery (thus the Post Cards sign on the awning) advertised that they moved into this "expressly built building just south of the Model Bargain Store in July, 1908. They sold stationery & school supplies as well. In the 1912 Sanborn map, this building housed a cobbler shop.
228 Main: Moses N. Wien's Department Store opened at this location around 1909 or 10 .At his former location in the Dacy Block (N.E. corner of E. Judd & N. Benton), he originally sold clothing for men and boys but added women's apparel & dry goods. When he moved to Main Street he added boots & shoes, furniture, kitchen cabinets and refrigerators. He died in 1929 but the business continued until it went bankrupt in 1933. His son Julius started Wien's Women's Wear that same year
224-226 Main: In 1908, the Gaulke Brothers sold their billiards hall to D. R. Joslyn and E. R. Hoy, who in turn leased the hall to George Tompkins who ran the adjoining Oliver Bowling Alley (as in Oliver Typewriter). The two businesses together became the Oliver Amusement Parlors. There was also an automatic shooting gallery under the bowling alley. The 1914 City Directory lists Mills & White Bowling and Billiard Parlors.
222 Main: Wittenburg & Bodenschatz candy company was here in 1902 with a soda fountain & candy counters on the first floor and the candy factory with a gasoline-run engine to run the ice machine in the rear and basement. They moved out in 1903 and Vincent & Lee Saloon took its place.
220 Main: Star Theater. Although this photo is dated 1910, by the July 4, 1910 photo, the building is identified as the Gem Theater. This is also the location of the Huntzinger Main Street Restaurant and one of the first buildings to be erected after the 1892 fire. John Huntzinger also operated the Waverly House in 1900.
218 Main: this was either a confectionery (1905) or perhaps a restaurant (Stearns & Stamets in 1914 city directory)
216 Main
212-214 Main: Waverly House was erected in 1900 by Marcellus Joslyn on the location of the original hotel that was burned in the 1892 fire. It had 17 rooms and several bath rooms on the second floor with the office & restaurant on the first floor. The third floor was used by the Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, the Eagles Club and the Knights of Pythias. There was a barber shop on the south side of the first floor and a bakery on the Benton Street side.
208 Main: Crystal Palace saloon. A few months after the 1892 fire, H. J. Herdklotz re-opened the Crystal Palace with new fixtures, cigars, and liquor. In 1901, he sold the saloon to Joseph Conners & Charles Stone (see photo ID 76)
204 Main: the side door shares the building with 108 Cass. Melvin Tripp had his photography studio here. It is possible to see the frame building and the false rectangular front that faces Cass St.
Across the street
116 Cass: rear view
203-211 Main: three frame buildings on the site of the current Classic Cinema's Woodstock Theatre. See Photo ID 81
Oddfellows
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Sesqui scans
Date
1909/1910
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Citation
Persson, Gus, “Main Street ca 1910,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed June 9, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/248.
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