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Most locations are from 1949 City Directory
Original occupants may no longer exist




Fairgrounds Concession#1 Circus#2 Circus#3

CIRCUS FAIRGROUNDS
CONCESSION STAND
6th & Atchison



The first photograph was taken in the early 1900s at Fairgrounds located at 6th and Atchison. The lot at 6 & Atchison was used for circuses and other events
The first photo is Rick Stafford's grandfather, James (Jimmy) Byrne, the man leaning on the pole, and his crew selling
Coca Cola at the concession stand
Look at those shirts, they have Coca Cola written all over them. Check out those old Coca Cola bottles & cases
The 2nd photo shows a St Joseph Trolley stopped at the circus at 6th & Atchison
Photo #1 was donated by Rick Stafford
Photo #2 was donated by John Fulmer



Patee Hall

PATEE MARKET in 1860


Located on 10th street, between Olive & Lafayette
Photo donated by John Fulmer



Patee Hall Patee Hall

PATEE HALL
PATEE MARKET


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




COTRELL FURNACE COMPANY


413 North 13th Street





CRANE SUPPLIES


Hardware store
5010 King Hill Avenue





CREVERLING CABINET
& HARDWARE SHOP


1415 Messanie Street





CUT RATE LUMBER COMPANY


5th & Patee Street





DYER HARDWARE STORE


1013 Hickory





EAST END HARDWARE


3222 Mitchell Avenue

Chuck Combs his wife were the owners & operators. Chuck told me that Mrs Combs passed away in 2002
This was a full service hardware store, if he didn't have it, he would get it for you. Several businesses have occupied the location since the hardware store closed





GEIWITZ HARDWARE


5026 King Hill Avenue





NINDERY HARDWARE


6122 King Hill Avenue





MARTY HARDWARE
& SUPPLY STORE


6209 King Hill Avenue





MODERN HARDWARE & REPAIR


1116 South 26th Street
Later to move to 26th & Frederick Avenue





NEUDORFF HARDWARE


114 South 4th Street





ONE STOP DEPARTMENT STORE


5910 King Hill Avenue





SCANLAN'S HARDWARE


238 Illinois





SEARS HARDWARE


1717 Commercial





STOCK YARDS
FARMER'S STORES


311 Cherokee





USHLER'S HARDWARE


1810 Olive Street




Vavra Bakery Vavra Bakery

VAVRA'S BAKERY



Located at 1202 Sycamore Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Stueber Carpet Cleaning

STUEBER CLEANING COMPANY



Located at 18th & Seneca Street
Specialized in carpet & rug cleaning

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Spark Of Beauty

SPARK OF BEAUTY & BARBER SHOP



Located at 1312 South 27th Street

I used to get my haircut here in the early '60s
I can't remember what it was called back then
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Snapps Dry Cleaners

SNAPP'S DRY CLEANERS



Located at 1801 Commercial

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Pryor Plumbing

PRYOR PLUMBING



Located at 1901 Messanie Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



US POST OFFICE

US POST OFFICE



Located at 2637 Lafayette Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Moose Davis Firestone

MOOSE DAVIS FIRESTONE



Located at 22nd & Olive Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Marshall Automotive

MARSHALL AUTOMOTIVE STORE



Located at 921-923 South 10th Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Joe Holland Barber Shop

JOE HOLLAND BARBER SHOP



Located at 2303 South 11th Street

Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Hatcher Potato Chips Groves Checker Foods

HATCHER POTATO CHIP FACTORY
GROVES CHECKER FOODS



Located at 2633 Lafayette Street
There has been a lot of different businesses in this building
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



E & M Dress Shop

E & M DRESS SHOP



Located at 3302 Mitchell Avenue
There has been a lot of different businesses in this building
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Charm Girl Cabinet Shop

CHARM GIRL CABINET SHOP



This shop was located 1615 South 33rd Street
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Einbenders

EINBENDERS
POLLOCK REFRIGERATION
POLLOCK HOBBY SHOP



This shop was located on the SE corner of 10th & Sacramento
Once owned by Lester Einbender, later Maurice & Bob Pollock had their refrigeration & hobby shop here
Photo was donated by John Fulmer



Chapman Cabinet Shop

CHAPMAN CABINET SHOP



This shop was located 1401 Sacramento
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Bellon Bakery

BELLON BAKERY
BURNSTEIN BAKERY
CHRISTMAN BAKERY



3 different bakeries have occupied this building over the years
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



South Park Merchantile Dry Goods

SOUTH PARK
MERCANTILE DRY GOODS



This store was located 1722 Commercial
Photo was donated by Rodney Keyes



Staffords

STAFFORD'S
GENERAL MERCHANDISE



This store was located at 2314 South 11th St
It was owned & operated by Byron Stafford
Photo was taken in 1957
Photo was donated by Rick Stafford



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.


CB&Q Office

CB&Q OFFICE BUILDING
with staff - 1909

C B&Q RR office building and staff
This building was located at 3rd & Sylvanie
Photo date: August 3, 1909
Photo donated by Rodney Keyes

The railroad office building was originally 4 stories tall
It was originally the main headquarters for the Hannibal & St Joe Railroad (H&StJ), before the CB&Q took it over
The top 2 floors were subsequently removed and only 2 floors remained
There was a big freight house to the south of it.
It was a really busy place in the 1950s.
The first floor had the Local Freight Office, with a big staff, and the Law Department.
The 2nd floor had the Superintendent's office with several people, three Roadmasters, a Master Carpenter, Trainmaster's office, Timekeeper's office, PBX telephone operator (switchboarda with plug in cables), and Chief Dispatcher's office, and the Wire Chief's office.
Also, there was a basement where records were stored.

CB&Q Yard Office


CB&Q YARD OFFICE

Photo donated by Rodney Keyes


CB&Q Sand Tower CB&Q Turntable CB&Q Turntable CB&Q Roundhouse CB&Q Locomotive


CB&Q TURNTABLE
CB&Q ROUNDHOUSE
BN SAND TOWER
CB&Q LOCOMOTIVE #4980

CB& Q Roundhouse, BN Sandtower, round house, turntable and CB&Q Locomotive #4980
These photos were donated by Rodney Keyes
The color photos were taken in 1980 prior to the structures being destroyed
The roundhouse photo depicts door changes made after the turntable was no longer used

Gary's Barber Shop

GARY'S BARBER SHOP
AND JAK'S TROPHY SALES

Located at 22nd & Lafayette St
Gary's Barber Shop was located in the right half and Jak's Trophy in the left
Jak's still operates in this building


1st Lutheran Church

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

Located at 302 So 10th St
2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis


WYATT PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

WYATT PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Located at 28th & MItchell Avenue

2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis


Jerre Anne Cafeteria Jerre Anne Cafeteria

Jerre Anne Cafeteria


Jerre Anne Cafeteria was located at 26th & Mitchell and had served a great homemade dinner and fabulous homemade pasteries since it opened in 1930
Jerre Anne's was more than just another restaurant. It was a piece of St. Joseph history
Jerre Anne's was the oldest restaurant in St. Joseph when it closed in July 2008
It began as a delicatessen owned and operated by two sisters: Afra Stolz Lineberry and Frances Carolus
The sisters began by just offering cool refreshments to the trolley drivers and their passengers, since the trolley's route ended on the corner in front of Jerre Anne's
The Jerre Anne Food Shop was named after Frances' two daughters, Geraldine "Jerre" Carolus Lawhon and Anne Carolus Benitz
In July 2008, Jerre Anne's is now closed and out of business. The building still sits empty as of May 2011

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


Pony Express Stables Pony Express Stables Pony Express Stables Pony Express Stables
Pony Express Stables Pony Express Monument 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
Bottom 4 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



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



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
11th & Atchison

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.



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.


STAR BEAUTY SHOP
1101 OLIVE STREET




MULDER'S FOOD MARKET
1115 OLIVE STREET





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