"Scheidt and Keilman's Bee Hive Store had one entrance on Third Street. Remodeling, the building became part of the First State Bank offices. Again remodeled, and a small building added, Binder opened a jewelry shop in the small room which was later owned by Matt Seling. It is now an antique shop. In the former bank building on the Third Street side is now a Christian Science reading room (503 E. Third St.) and Prudential employment office."Images (links open in a new window):
♦ A then-and-now post that includes two exterior views of the Bee Hive.
♦ The interior of the Bee Hive circa 1919.
♦ A circa-1907 view of the intersection of Main and Third that prominently features 501 – 505 E. Third St.
"Lawrence Traeger's building was the next structure. He lived upstairs above his saloon. These rooms have always been used as a saloon. A small building north of the saloon has always been a lunch room. Some of the owners have been Mrs. Mitchell and her son, Harry, Rufle Lautzenhizer, Kenny and Emma Keilman and Elmer Kittredge. Eva Theodoras now runs G&E Lunch (231 Main St.)."
"George Stocker built most of the buildings in the 300 block of Main Street. The building on this corner was erected in 1888. It housed the First State Bank when it was organized in 1899. Scheidt and Keilman's "Bee Hive" was in the south room. They also had a front on Third Street. The First State Bank was closed in 1929 and Gary National Bank opened a Hobart branch here. When they built on the old mill site, Lincoln Loan opened offices. Now Knight Coin & Stamp (301 Main St.) uses the rooms. Dr. Weisjahn had a dental office upstairs. Now the upstairs rooms are residences. Where Scheidt and Keilman had the Bee Hive, a restaurant later opened. Marshall Parry moved his "Royal Blue" store here from Third Street. Leonard Blair succeeded Parry in the grocery business and Hobart Fetterer followed Blair. Later a shoe store and a carpet store were here. And it is now the Craft Corner."