By: Stan Jordan
This photo is from the John Paulding Historical Society collection. My boss enlarged it from 2 X 4 inches up to 8 ½ X 11and it made things a lot more clear.
I’m going to guess that this was between 1875 to 1880. Like it says, corner of S. Main and Daggett. I think that corner is now the Barnwood Specialties.
If you will notice, the town pump here in the left corner. That pump was usable for many years, I think till after WWII. I guess progress done away with it…that and the health people.
This store was in a frame building, but sometime around the 1890’s it was made into a brick building. That was done by the IOOF. There about 1910, Dave sold out to Alex Grant.
Then later, it was bought by J. P. Bakle and after a few years, it closed up. The Bakle’s lived in the first house east of this corner.
There have been lots of Zubers in Antwerp. At the time of this picture, there was a John B. Zuber, who was mayor of Amtwerp. In my time as a mailman from 1949 till 1981 there were six families of Zuber’s on my R1, I guess some of them were related.
Notice the street light that burned oil? This was in 1891. At one time A John Zuber had a grocery store down where the Bee-Argus was. Also, B.A. Sigler, L.S. Long, Reeb & Diehl and later F.E. Reeb.
There was a John W. Zuber who was mayor of Antwerp from 1891 – 1898. That was ten years that Antwerp showed a lot of progress, utilities and new sidewalks.
See ya!
