South of Felix Street




WYATT PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

WYATT PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH


Located at 28th & MItchell Avenue

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



JERRE ANNE CAFETERIA & BAKERY

JERRE ANNE
CAFETERIA & BAKERY


Located at 2640 MItchell Avenue
Famous for their fine home cooked meals and pastries

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



BUIS BEAUTY SHOP

BUIS BEAUTY SHOP


Located on north east corner of 30th & Lafayette
This used to be Buis Beauty Shop, owned by Gale Buis' parents
Various shops occupied the adjoining space

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



Virgil's Muny Inn

MUNY INN


Located on north west corner of 33rd & Mitchell

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



George Francis Hy-Klas Grocery

GEORGE FRANCIS
HY-KLAS GROCERY


Located on north west corner of 31st & Penn. Later sold to John Warden who ran the store for numerous years.
2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



St Joseph Museum St Joseph Museum

St Joseph Museum


St Joseph Museum. A very beautiful and well stocked museum. (until 2007 or such) The contents were moved to a new location on the east side of town. This building is located at 12th & Charles Sts in what was once the Tootle Mansion.
2008 Color photo donated by Terry McGinnis



Patee House Museum

PATEE HOUSE MUSEUM


Located at 10th & Patee, this building contains lots of very interest artifacts from the yesteryears of St Joseph's history. Jesse James house sits outside on the property
2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



Growney Grocery

PAUL GROWNEY GROCERY


Located on South 29th Street, between Messanie and Angelique. This was a popular small family grocery store once owned and operated by Paul Growney. The store was purchased by Otto Pinzino and operated for a few more years as Pinzino Grocery.
2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



Dick Ruoff Grocery

DICK RUOFF HYKLAS GROCERY


Once a white wood sided building, this store was located on the NE corner of 29th & Edmond. This was a popular HyKlas grocery store owned and operated by Dick Ruoff. I can remember in the early 1950's my grandmother giving me a quarter, telling me to get a loaf of bread and quart of milk, allowing me to buy a 3 Musketeer candy bar and still have change to give her back. The bread was wrapped in wax paper and the milk had a cardboard stopper.

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis



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Pony Express Stables Pony Express Monument

Pony Express Stables


Pony Express Stables, located between 9th & 10th Streets on Penn. Photo #1 shows what it looked when the Pony Express began it's run from here to Sacramento. It has since been restored
2008 Bottom 2 photos donated by Terry McGinnis



I Buy Anything

I BUY ANYTHING


Located east of 22nd & Messanie Street, across from Sears on the south side of the street.
You could spend hours walking inside and outside looking at all the junk
(The junk would now considered antiques)
The man would buy anything from anyone and have it available for sale.
For many years, there was a giant shotgun hanging over the door.
His son, Curly Kelder, once told me how many 18 wheelers and train cars it took to ship it all to someone who had purchased everything after his father died. It was something like 9 trucks full and a bunch of boxcars, I will have to ask him again.
Photo donated by Marcie Vogel
Her grandfather took this photo in 1944



Schmidt Carriage Schmidt Carriage

D.H. SCHMIDT
CARRIAGE & WAGON COMPANY


Photo #1 is the original building when the business began
Located at 9th & Lafayette. Manufactured moving vans, trucks, carriages, buggies and business wagons.
Photo donated by Wheeler Schmidt



Patee Hall

PATEE HALL


Located on 10th street, between Olive & Lafayette
Photo donated by Wheeler Schmidt



Glidewell Pharmacy

Glidewell's Pharmacy


Glidewell Pharmacy, located at 3002 Lafayette, served one neighborhood for 84 years. Ray Glidewell had opened the original pharmacy in 1908. The pharmacy is out of business now and another business resides there.



Union Depot#1 Union Depot#2 Burlington Zephyr#3 Burlington Zephyr#4

Union Depot


Photo #1: St Joseph Union Depot
This once beautiful structure was located on South 6th Street, south of Mitchell Avenue. It had marble floors and gold plated bathroom fixtures. 50 to 90 trains came through this station on a daily basis. It had been an empty large building since the 1960's until it was finally torn down. Does anyone know when it was torn down??

Photos 2, 3 & 4 were donated by Ken West

Photo #2: Photo of the "Silver Streak Zephyr" & train crew while sitting at the St Joseph Depot, November 1934 on it's maiden run (K.C., St.Joseph, Omaha & Lincoln)
Photo #3: Engineer L.P. Miller posing with his grandchild.
Photo #4: Engineer L.P. Miller holding his grandkid out the window



CB&Q Turntable CB&Q Turntable

CB&Q TURNTABLE


This was located at 6th & Atchison in front of the CB&Q roundhouse. The roundhouse was torn down first and then several years later the turntable was removed
The arial view shows where the roundhouse and turntable were once located. The darker circle is where the turntable was located.

Coal Yards

Coal Companies


Two coal suppliers in St Joseph were the Fogarty and Kneib Companies. At the top is the Fogarty Coal yard on 6th Street about 1930. Beneath, to the left, the Kneib Coal Company when it was located at 15th & Mitchell. At the right bottom is the Kneib Coal Company when it was located at 1402 Renick.



Shanty Town

Shanty Town


Shanty Town, used to be located across street from Quaker Oats back in the 1930's



Quaker Oats

Quaker Oats


Quaker Oats, one of, if not "the" largest employer in St Joseph, was located at 2811 South 11th St.  Quaker Oats pulled out of St Joseph,  putting over 600 employees out of work. The smell of the oats & puffed wheat brings back childhood memories of everyone that lived in the South Park area.  Lifeline foods now occupies the huge structure.



Don Lawrence

Don Lawrence Gas Station


The original of Don Lawrence's Amoco Gas Station on the corner of 8th & Mitchell. Notice the old auto carrier truck. It only held for new cars. Today they can hold 8 or more. Trolley lines at the top of picture as they turn the corner heading east.



Shanin Pharmacy

Shanin Pharmacy


This was once Shanin Pharmacy. Located at 26th & Messanie. In the 50's & 60's, before school, this place was packed with Central High School students. It was one of the very few old pharmacies left in town. Eckard's Pharmacy has just purchased Shannin's and shut it down in 2000. It is currently now combination resturant & bar.



Saverino Lock & Key

Saverino Lock & Key


Still in business, Saverino's Lock & Key is still run by the Saverino brothers. Bicycles are also sold & repaired here.



1890 Building

1890 Building


This building was built in 1890. Located at 25th & Messanie. There used to be a camera shop, a barber shop & other businesses here of which I can't remember what they were.



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