517-519-521 N Main

517 N Main

This building can be dated to 1878 with altered store front in the 1920s or 30s. N. Barnum & Co. was one of the best known businesses to locate at 517 Main. A dry good store, Barnum's opened in 1878 in the building next door and boasted that they had "the best assorted stocks of dry goods, clothing, boots, and shoes, hats and caps, and etc, to be found anywhere." Barnum's moved to the 517 N Main location in approximately 1900.

519 N Main

Newton's first Opera House, built in 1878, was located at 519 N Main. After the Ragsdale was built, Henry J. Sprinkler operated a furniture and undertaking business.

521 N Main - Wilson Drugs, 1978

(Billie Wilson, Kristine Schmucker)