Highlights on the remainder of High Street

Highlights on the remainder of High Street.

Frank Octo was at 63 to 75 High Street. He sold parlor stoves.

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Sanborn 1895 map for Octo Block

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435 to 439 High Street was a block called the O’Neil Block. It is where the Cuban Market is now and is a good starting point. This was a three story building. This was the Red Men’s Hall for the Improved Order of the Red Men. In 1900, there were a multitude of other fraternal groups that used this building. One such group was the Catholic Order of the Foresters.

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In 1900 also the Caledonia Benefit Club meets here. Likewise, the Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Society.

Sanborn map analysis:

Sanborn 1884 map

Sanborn 1895 map

Sanborn 1915 map shows it as a 4 floor building with store fronts

map B

Sanborn 1949 map

Sanborn 1956 map

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