Pottin and Kinney Block

The Pottin and Kinney Block is at 348-356 High Street.

In 1907 it is the Johnson Book Store with a parent company in Springfield.

By 1930 it had become the Jacobson Block.

That block is now two separate modern blocks.

As for firms at that location, there was the Booth Meat Company at 354 High Street.

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Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map

Sanborn 1889 map shows three 4 floor buildings in a row

Sanborn 1895 map

Sanborn 1915 map shows three 4 floor buildings in a row

Sanborn 1949 map shows a 4 floor building with a stone faced facade

Sanborn 1956 map shows that it was built in 1955 and is one floor for two separate buildings

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