Name/Title
Main Street, DouglasEntry/Object ID
2025.21.01Description
Photo of the business district on south side of Center Street between Spring and Main. Nearest to the camera is the 2-story brick Kerr Building with a handwritten note in the print "10 cent store". The next single-story building to the east is a "Dr. Office," then a store, then the "Central Store, an empty lot with a very small shed, a narrow building with a Bell Telephone sign, and last on the block is a "Meat Market." A horse or mule, hitched to an open buggy, is waiting in the street. The unpaved street is lined with a sidewalk and telephone/electric poles. The business in the Kerr building has a sign in the window for ice cream.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Kerr Building 33 W. Center St., Everyday People Cafe/11W Center/Douglas Dinette/Walz or Waltz Meat Market, H.A. McDonald Central Store, Douglas (not McDonald's People's Store), Center Street, 23-25 W CenterContext
As of 2019, only the buildings at both ends of the block still exist as the Button Gallery and Everyday People Cafe. The Kerr building has lost its decorative cornice. The 23 and 25 West Center buildings at mid block are twin 2-story brick retail/residential buildings flanking a central alley to a parking lot in back. Everyday People has expanded into the building to its east.Collection
Buildings: Lost, Commercial businessesCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2025.21Source or Donor
Langeance, MarylnAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalLocation
Filing cabinet
Files Accession NumberCreate Date
June 11, 2025Update Date
July 18, 2025
