Photo of Main Street South of Chestnut Street in Stillwater, Minnesota including Reed's Block at 201 Main Street South, Brunswick Block including 209-211 Main Street South, First National Bank at 215 Main Street South, and buildings on the east side of street from 219 to 301 South Main Street. Winona Knits, Brine's, and Simonet's.
View of Vine Street (later renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses shown include: the Savage Cafe, Razors Edge Barbershop, the Savage Post Office, Dan Patch Bowling Lanes, and Norm's Watch and Clock Repair. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
The view of Water Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota; to the east (right) is the Water Street Inn (formerly the Lumberman's Exchange) at 101 Water Street South.
View of Second Street east of Myrtle Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Signs are visible for Shorty's dry cleaners, Stillwater Gazette newspaper, and The Old Post Office Shoppes.
The view of Main Street North from Mulberry Street East in Stillwater, Minnesota; Staples Sawmill is in background and the buildings in foreground have since been removed.
Photographic postcard showing the exterior of W. O. Dustin's store in Elmore. People stand on the sidewalk in front of the store and a horse drawn sleigh is visible on the left side of the image.
The view of Chestnut Street from 2nd Street South in Stillwater, Minnesota, near western edge of Stillwater Commercial Historic District. The Stillwater Lift Bridge is in the background; several downtown businesses and buildings bordering Chestnut Street are included in the picture.
View of North Main Street from Myrtle which features Croixside Printing, 124 Main Street, and an Antiques Store in the McKusick Building in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Second Street looking North in Stillwater, Minnesota. Visible are the building at 233 2nd Street South and the First National Bank building at 213 Chestnut Street East.
After a 1961 fire destroyed the Kearney Grocery Store, downtown Savage, Minnesota owners Gene and Mary Kearney constructed Savage's Valley Shopping Center which included ta new location for the Savage Post Office, Bloomquist Hardware, Jim Brady Drug along with Kearney's Variety and Grocery Store.
The Trade Winds Travel building was located at 118 Main Street South, Stillwater Minnesota. Silver Light Photography Studio is also pictured. Built approximately 1867-1884, the building is made of limestone block.
The Vine Street Cafe, Utility and Gas Service, Rosecran's Electric, the Colonial Bakery, and then Singewald's roofing were at one time located in this former residence on Vine Street, (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota. The building was torn down in 1982 for an apartment complex.
South Main Street in Stillwater, Minnesota including Tamarack House Gallery at 236 Main Street South, Hooley's TV and Appliance at 232 Main Street South, Stillwater Pet and Supplies at 268 Main Street South, Mad Capper Saloon at 269 Main Street South, and Martin's Clothing at 214-218 Main Street South in Stillwater, Minnesota. Visible in the background is a sign for Lumberjack Days.
View of the front exterior of Swatez Dry Goods Store, which was part of the vibrant business community that served the North Side neighborhood during it's heyday from the 1920s through the 1950s. The store was at the corner of 6th Street and Girard Avenue North, and sold clothes, shoes and housewares.
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Stores on North Main Street in Stillwater, Minnesota, including Stillwater Paint, Mainstreet Antique, Jim Beam's Ryle Saloon, and R.L, Schneider, dentist in the Excelsior Block at 118-126 Main Street North. The Excelsior Block Built in 1882 is a two story, four bay, red brick structure trimmed in stone. Second story windows have a Queen Anne-style colored glass window transoms. There is elaborate corbelling on the brick cornice and a paneled metal parapet with central gabled configuration.
View of Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. Businesses include Stillwater Book and Stationery at 114 Main Street North. Stillwater Paint, and Main Street Antiques are in the Excelsior Block, built in 1882, at 118-126 North Main Street.
View of the north side of Chestnut Street east of Main Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Included are Mosier Block, 129 South Main Street, 306-308 Chestnut Street East building, and the Lumbermen's Exchange Building 113-121 Water Street South. Stillwater Bakery and Foxy's Shoe Repair are pictured.
Stillwater Bakery was in the Mosier Brothers Block, built 1888 at 129 Main Street South and a building undergoing remodeling at 306 Chestnut East in Stillwater, Minnesota.