(Editor’s note: With this post, we’ve completed surveying the first 100 years of each of the lots, buildings, key owners and best-known occupants for the
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LOTS O’ HISTORY – BLOCK E, LOT 4 | 432-438 WEST WATER
Only one original building remains on Lot 4 of Block E – the building at 432 West Water Street, today Candi’s Corner and known to
LOTS O’ HISTORY – LOT 7, BLOCK C (602-608 WEST WATER)
Tracing the history of the large corner store on Lot 7, Block C – Twister since 1998 and Hotmar’s hardware store in my youth –
LOTS O’ HISTORY – WATER LOT 26 | THE BUCKHORN (531 WEST WATER STREET)
The Buckhorn bar building at 531 West Water Street was built in 1913 and replaced a wood frame building – the fourth store in Princeton
MORE AUTO GARAGES, IMPLEMENT DEALERS
Previous posts discussed Princeton’s first drive-in gas stations and the better-known garages that sprung up to handle sales and service. By the end of the
EARLY AUTO GARAGES, IMPLEMENT DEALERS
A previous recent post discussed the early manned drive-in gas stations that replaced roadside or curbside pumps. By the end of the 1920s most local