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A Walk Down Main Street

By the turn of the century, dozens of shops had sprung up along Main Street in Newfoundland, and the bustling village served as the business center for the Greene, Dreher, and Sterling communities. In the 1930s the variety of commercial establishments, all within walking distance, included a bank, drugstore, movie theater, A&P, shoe repair shop, feed store, car dealership, Western Auto, two general stores and three doctors offices.
Looking north on Main Street, c. 1910.
View of crossroads with the Newfoundland Moravian Church on the right and the G. L. Waltz store at left. Dreher School can be seen beyond the Waltz store, c. 1909.
Newfoundland Moravian Church, 1908.
Wayne County House, c. 1900.
F.A. Ehrhardt General Store, with the Ehrhardt family residence in the background, c. 1910.
Frederick A. and Angelica (Oppelt) Ehrhardt residence, showing the garden in front, c. 1920.
Dreher High School, c. 1910.
Simons’ garage and car dealership, c. 1930.
Dr. Fletcher and Elizabeth (Houck) Gilpin in front of their home on Main Street, c. 1910.
Newfoundland Creamery, c. 1920.
Residence of Friend and Minnie Robacker, c. 1920.
Beesecker’s Confectionary Shop near the crossroads in Newfoundland, c. 1905.
The Newfoundland House, proprietors H. Burton and Minnie Smith, 1910s.
Hunting party in front of The Newfoundland House: William Hopps Nevin is at far right and George Brown is second from right, c. 1901.
Hiawatha Cottage, residence of Emil and Mary Walter, and Hopedale Cottage, residence of William and Cecelia (Oppelt) Heberling, were operated as summer boardinghouses in the early 1900s.
First National Bank of Newfoundland, 1927.
Haubert Theatre, 1930s.
Gilpin’s Drugstore, Roma T. Gilpin, proprietor, c. 1933.

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