119-127 N Main

Today, Auto Parts and a bank are located at this address, but at one time a fire station, hotel and Peter Pan Ice Cream store were part of this busy intersection.

119 N Main

From approximately 1926 until 1948, Fire Station # 2 was located at 119 N Main. The fire department was located on the south portion of the building pictured where the garage door is visible. The firemen may have lived above. One man recalled that "when the door was open you could see the fire engine." Another remembered when he was a young boy, the firemen would sit in front of the station on metal chairs. He and his friends would ride bikes past and stop to visit with the crew. And sometimes, the firemen would allow the boys to go inside and slide down the pole.

By 1952, a new Fire Station had been built at 200 E 3rd.

119 -123 N Main

The Hotel Meridian/Cafe first appears in the directories in 1923 at 119-123 N. Main and occupies the north portion of the building. After 1926, the Hotel is listed as occupying 123 N. Main, with the Cafe at 121 N. Main, Newton. The hotel was first managed by Lucia B. Oakes Millner and later by her daughter-in-law Winona Linville Millner Sloan.

The buildings at 119-123 N. Main (seen in the 1968 photo) were torn down in approximately 1970.

123 N Main

A Peter Pan Ice Cream Store appears at the 123 N. Main address from 1956 to 1966. In the 1960s a free standing Peter Pan store was built at this location. It later became a Pancake restaurant and then a Dairy Queen.

127 N Main

Miller's Sinclair Service Station was located at 127 N Main.

(Kristine Schmucker)