Kubach General Store (Gillette Tavern), 1905
Black-and-white photograph with four men, one woman, and two girls standing in front of a two-story tavern/inn. A horse-drawn carriage with one horse is on the left side of the building, and a horse-drawn carriage for Bohemian Bottled Beer is stopped in front of the building.
Name/Title
Kubach General Store (Gillette Tavern), 1905Entry/Object ID
150.79Tags
Lee Road, 1900s, Warrensville Township, Moreland NeighborhoodDescription
Black-and-white photograph depicting the Gillette Tavern/Kubach General Store, built c.1860s-1880, at the corner of Kinsman (now Chagrin) and Lee. Land and tavern were sold to Fred Kubach in 1901, and Fred and his wife Amelia operated a tavern/general store through the mid-1920s. Fred and Amelia raised two daughters, Prisca/Presca Kubach Ellicott and Louisa/Louise Kubach Fieg. Handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies the people as (left to right): Prisca's uncle, Fred Kubach (Prisca's father), Louisa Kubach (Prisca's sister), Amelia Kubach (Prisca's mother), Prisca Kubach, and the town baker. The man at the bottled beer carriage is unidentified.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Frederick Kubach, Amelia Kubach, Gillette TavernSubject Place
Township
Warrensville TownshipCounty
Cuyahoga CountyState/Province
OhioCountry
United StatesNeighborhood
Chagrin-Lee-AvalonCity
Shaker HeightsCategory
Photographs
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