Square Northeast Side, circa 1866

Square Northeast Side, circa 1866

"VIEW OF THE HOY BLOCK DURING CIVIL WAR DAYS This excellent picture of the northeast side of the public square shows the Hoy Block [100-104 Cass], consisting of the first three store rooms to the right of the picture, together with a fourth building, which, back in the [eighteen] eighties was the property of John Kennedy, father of the late A. D. Kennedy of this city [106 Cass]. The corner frame building was the Stone Shoe Store building [108 Cass], which burned only a year ago. Note the building in the street to the right of the Hoy block. This building stood in what is now Benton street, between the Dacy Block [220 N. Benton] and Slavin & Merwin Block [Benton side of 214 N. Main]. It was removed to permit opening Benton street to the railroad tracks. Back in the [eighteen] eighties the Hoy Block, a brick structure, was raised four feet above its former level to bring it up to the new grade of the street in front, which had been filled from year to year. This job was considered quite an improvement by the late owner, M. D. Hoy, and was accomplished by workmen while the tenants in the building continued "business as usual." [Woodstock Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec. 3 p2]
Sentinel [209 N. Benton]
Hoy Drugs and Medicines, Books and Stationery [100 Cass]
J. S. Medlar's Photograph Gallery [third floor 100 Cass]
Masonic Hall [100 Cass]
Building in the background on Benton is the F. W. Buell Flour and Feed Mill on Clay Street [301 Clay]
Square park in Winter
Wooden fence
Horses and buggies
Note how much bigger the trees are compared to the 1858 photo of the square & courthouse.

Medlar Studio

1866~