Our tour of Princeton’s 19th century west-side industries continues with visits to three sites often associated with the seven-mile channel that brought the Mecan River
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LOTS O’ HISTORY | ZUEHLS HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
I was sad to see the “For Sale” sign go up at the former Zuehls Heating and Air Conditioning building at 601 South Fulton Street.
THE DISTILLERY, TANNERY & SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Three significant 19th century sites on Princeton’s west side have received scant attention in local histories: a distillery completed by Herman Scovill in 1872, a
PRINCETON RADAR STATION
I don’t know if it went up while I was in Australia or I just missed it this summer, but I was surprised a few
AUGUST SWANKE’S WEST-SIDE EMPIRE
Area historian Elaine Reetz did an excellent job capturing the history of the wagon and blacksmith shops built and operated by August Swanke on Princeton’s
LOTS O’ HISTORY: THE WESTERN HOUSE
The building at 1002 West Main Street in Princeton, today home to Drunky Brewsters Bar & Grill, is perhaps best known to local historians as