{"id":28050,"date":"2020-01-25T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=28050"},"modified":"2020-01-22T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:49:26","slug":"a-flag-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/a-flag-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"A FLAG POLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By: Stan Jordan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the corner of S. Main and Daggett Street. I have never heard before about a flag pole in the middle of Main Street. I\u2019m sure it was taken out early because that became SR 49 somewhere before 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That right hand store was built about 1900 and was owned by Jerry Anspaugh. In 1911, Joe Carr had a grocery store and meat market on this corner till after WWII, but it had been remodeled a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That next place was Warren Seslar\u2019s garage, built in 1912, a very modern and up to date building. Notice the Texaco gas pump, I think that car on the left is of early 1920 vintage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next store after the garage was opened first by Alex Grant as a hardware then L. Smith and Son. bought it in 1908. They demolished it and built it as it is now in 1927. A little later on they became a Buick and Pontiac car dealer. As time went on, about the turn of the century, they were the oldest family owned Buick dealer in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before they went out of business, they had a hardware, sold kitchen equipment, sold farm equipment, new and used cars, all types of garage work was a big part in Antwerp\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those last two buildings on the right were built in 1894. It started out as a grocery store, but after WWI became a restaurant there on the corner for years, and the one beside it was also a restaurant most of those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see by the poles that we had lights and phones by this time. So all of this together, I would say this picture was taken in the late 1920\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a good look at this corner picture, because next week\u2019s photo is of the same corner, but at an earlier time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See ya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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