707-715 Edmond Street

Name/Title

707-715 Edmond Street

Entry/Object ID

2020.25.1020

Description

COMMERCIAL BLOCK BUILDING 707 Edmond Street Remodeled 1892, 1915, 1951 & 1958 Circa 1881 HEATON-BOWMAN FUNERAL HOME 707 Edmond Street Circa 1892 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO 707 Edmond Street Circa 1917 BASKET STORES COMPANY OFFICE 707 Edmond Street Circa 1917 BASKET STORE No 71 707 Edmond Street Circa 1935 ST JOSEPH PAINT & GLASS COMPANY 707 Edmond Street Circa 1937 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO 707 Edmond Street Circa 1954 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO 707 Edmond Street Circa 1957 VACANT 707 Edmond Street Circa 1958 BECHTOLD & ROUSE BICYCLE SHOP 707 Edmond Street THE BASKET STORE 707 Edmond Street HOUSE OF WHEELS & TOYS 707 Edmond Street BIG BOY'S TOYS 707 Edmond Street BAD ART BISTRO RESTAURANT 707 Edmond This 2 story commercial block building has an altered store front and upper story clad with synthetic siding This building once housed Pittsburgh Plate Glass and a Basket Store Then it became Bechtold & Rouse Bicycle Shop The Bicycle shop was sold to Red Rouse and became the House of Wheels and Toys Red Rouse ran it for many years selling hobbies, crafts and toys Around 1990, Red sold it to Curt Gardener who renamed it Big Boy's Toys Big Boy's Toys closed its doors in January 1997 A dress shop replaced the Hobby Shop The dress shop suffered a terrible fire in 1998 and was remodeled Bad Art Bistro Restaurant currently occupies the building The restaurant offers great gourmet food in a quirky, artistiy atmosphere Bad Art Bistro is located near the historic Missouri Theater There used to be a tavern to the west, it was torn down after the 1998 fire The tavern was called the Midway, then the Office, and then finally Avis Tavern THE DUNCAN BUILDING 715 Edmond Street Circa 1900 UP TO DATE RESTAURANT 715 Edmond Street Circa 1912 OSCAR SCHMIDT SHOE STORE 715 Edmond Street Circa 1924 OSCAR SCHMIDT SHOE STORE 715 Edmond Street https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/7thstreet/south7th.html

Photograph Details

Subject

Photographs, Advertisements