Bob Stull's Map of Downtown in 1950

1940's to 1950  (Bob Stull’s Map of Ladoga businesses from 1935-1950)

Library

Barber shop (Later beauty shop)

Charlies Hughes Appliance Store

McMurtrey’s Grocery

Pool Room

Harry Brunst Meat Market

McGaughey Hardware

Telephone Office

Bouse Drug Store

Two empty buildings where the canning company stored canned goods in the winter until they were sold during the war. (Bob’s Dad, Bruce, fired the stoves so that the canned goods would not freeze.)

North on Washington

Bank

Berry’s then Nicholson’s Restaurant

Wendell Blaydes Furniture Store

Shoe Repair

Hi Vail’s Barber Shop

Ladoga Leader building

Just west of the bank was an ice cream shop, later a beauty shop

West on Washington Street

Sidner’s Dry Goods (West of Sidner’s was an Ice cream store, then Bob Elliot’s gas Station.

Next building upstairs were offices of Dr. Gross and Dr. Blix and Dr. Werts, dentist

After the doctors offices was Bob Warner’s Ford Garage.

Across the alley was the Golden Rule Garage

Going back north on Washington were Edwin Barnard’s home and the Home Comfort Shop.

Next was Dr, Denny’s home and office

Going east on Main Street from Washington Street.

Bill Oliver’s Electric Store

Ladoga Building and Loan

Widdop’s and Stover’s grocery

Post Office

Pennington’s Tavern

Alley

Slade’s Barber Shop

Herman Davis’ Chevrolet Garage

Alley

Theater

Empty

Gene Hubble’s Restaurant

Using the Monon RR as guide

Monon Depot was east of RR tracks on Taylor Street

Across Taylor St was a temporary Ice House with the RR water tower just east of it

Next was the elevator

Across Main Street south of the elevator was the Lumber Yard.  Just east of the Lumber Yard was the city water tower.  (Does anybody remember climbing the water tower and looking out over the town?)

South of the Lumber Yard was McClellan’s Coal Company.

On the west side of the RR tracks at the corner of Sycamore Street and Elm Street was Hillis and Oliver’s Machine Shop.

South of Hillis and Oliver’s was an unused Ice House.

L-R Oscar Featherstone, Unk, Sam Kessler.  On running board. Bob Long Wally Lewellyn, and Harley Barnare