Name/Title
Commercial Buildings with Awnings, North Main Looking South from MonroeEntry/Object ID
240.0633Description
Commercial buildings with awnings, North Main, looking south from Monroe 1910 -1930 (message on back by Campbell) reads: "Historical Subject: Old Time view of Main Street, East Side looking south from Monroe. The first building was first used as a residence by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Sibley, founders of Lindenwood College. Later, somewhat remodeled it was the first and for many years occupied by the Union Savings Bank, with Joseph Alexander as cashier.
The second building, according to tradition, was the site of a very early day stone church (verbally stated as the second Episcopal Church, the first being corner Second and Jefferson, old Goebel photo. gallery. The Church later moved to Clark and Benton and laid the foundation of a very pretentious church, which was never built, but the small church on the back of the lot built as temporary hqs been used. The foundation was very extensive, and proposed church very elaborate. For many years the abandoned church, unfunded, was referred to as the Church of a hundred corners). The stones of the old Church wre built into the Central Flour Mills (9 XL), a very large and properous flour mill.
The third building was the A.R. Huning Dry Goods Store, the leading provider dry goods store. The upper 3rd floor was the home of the Masonic Lodge."Create Date
October 7, 2005Update Date
March 26, 2026