The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-08-24

city wualiy lamflnR lhe name ~ shs
person or hfm who plated and acid
the property nn the south ana
southwest were The ntsl and second
Montgomery additions, the lacey
addition the nfsl and serund
iiuntR additions, the Ninde VIII.
liant q Company addition and The
southsiae. ON the west we ma the
Marks, IouahridHe a Cassidy, West
ostaioosa and Baughr addition.
On tho north we have crookham.
iDonahcy, hambloton, whitacre, West
eryplt, Ninde a sonrie, Mendenhali.
Nulhallen and Ridge Place additions.
ON the east were tho w n. Smith
and w. H. Sewers first and
second additions, Daer, Kemper, Hetn.
erington, street, Myers q smith, end
IN the southeast part OF the city IL
located O'Neill's recent addition.
These and many other smaller add.
tons appear on the city map. The
city grew very rapidly In the later
years of the flfties. Emigration TO
the state being very heavy in the
years preceding the war OF the Re.
belllon. During the four years of the
terrible civil war the nation gave al
most It's entire energies TO the pre-
seryation Of the union. Internal inn
proyements received but little atten-
ton.
In the summer of 1863 six frame
buildings we're burned on the north
side of the square. These we're re-
built some years later, and on Jan. 20,
1873, were again destroyed by fire.
From the ashes Of these two fires has
sprung the Phoenix book, built in me
latter year. In 1874 four buildings
were burned on the northwest corner
of the square, causing loss OF ST..
900. A fire on the north side OF
West High avenue in 1877 entailed a
loss almost as large. The destruction
of the opera house block In 1889 in
Guided besides the opera house, Byron
8. Henry's furniture store and the
postofice. All the buildings in this
block were rebuilt ct once. Graou.
ally the old frame structures were
destroyed by fire, or became unten.
able, and were replaced by more sub
stantial brick buildings. The Cen
tennial Block, on the north side, was
built in 1876, by ]. Frankel, Richard
Parker and Christian houtZ. join
ing It on the east Is the Dixon Block,
erected in 1897. The Huber e. Kai.
bach corner, now owned by Williams
Brothers, was built IN 1882. Across
the street stands the w. II. Nugent
corner, built in 1892, and the J. Is.
McCurdy buildings were completed In
1884. Adjoining these Is the w. A.
Sewers Block, No. 2, now owned by
John A. halbach. On the corner
south OF the Downing House are the
Gibbs buildings, built in 1889. Mr..
Gibbs also built the Globe Block, ad'
joining the opera house, and the
building now occupied by the Herald
ONCE on North Market, and several
other creditable structures.
The McMlllen Block, on East First
avenue, was built I'm 1881 by DR.. b..
+. McMillen. The Evans Block, on
the southeast corner OF the square,
was built by David Evans. The w.
A. Sewers brick block covers the
southwest corner Of the square.
Tie Lacey hotel, covering the south
east quarter Of this block, Is an ele'
CANT three-story brick structure con.
tanning one hundred ana forty rooms,
and cost $4,000. Among the newer
buildings on the west side OF the
square are the Williams Block, built
In 1892; the Frankel building, now
occupied by the PfeIfer-Belmont Co,
was built in 1889, ana the Samuel Bal.
dauf corner, built in 1890. The Jones.
Reigel and kitcn Brothers new brick
block on West High avenue, just be-
ing completed, Is a. model structure.
It's erection was made necessary by O
destructive fire In February, 1905.
Our splendid court house, located
ON the east side Of the square, was
completed in 1885, at cost to the
county Of S145,000. Just east OF the
quarter block on which the court
house stands, the new county jail is
located. 1t was built in 1901, at a
cost Of $4,000. The FIRST 9ank in Os.
Kaloosa was opened March l 1855,
in the Union Block, by w. T. Smith
and NJ. r. Villains. The building
now occupied by the Mahaska County
bank was built by Crookham &C.
White in the early sixties, and has
been used as a bank building since
it's erection. The Mahaska Co. Savings
bank built the corner building now
owned and occupied by the Oskaloosa
National bank. in 1876. 1t was con
verted to national bank three years
later by vote Of the stockholders.
The Frankel bank IS located in the
Centennial block on the north side.
The building occupied by the oska,
loosa Savings bank on the west side
was built by Henry Price.
The Wightman block on the south
side Of East High avenue is a recent
substantial Improvement. Our eIe-
CANT I'M. g. A. building ON East