(19) 510 E. Third Street

"In the rear of the Roper building (Third and Main) was once a Chinese laundry. Hobart's Post Office was in the building from 1889 until 1910. Here also has been Baumer's bakery, dental office, art supply store and barber shop. Partlow's law office, Pfeifer's barber shop, and the Oasis saloon are now here. Upstairs are Peddicord and Troutman law offices and Krulls surveyor offices with a residence over the Oasis. Different owners have had beauty parlors on the second floor. The Jewel Shop (237 Main St.) now occupies the corner rooms."

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♦ Circa 1928, interior views of the offices of William J. Krull and Roscoe R. Peddicord (and no doubt you'll recognize Attorney Peddicord's house).

(65) 337 Main Street

"The next two-story brick had living quarters upstairs and a store below. Ahrens Saloon was here, later Redding ran the saloon. Baumer's Bakery and then Stevens Bakery and lunchroom preceded a pool room. Tempas had an ice cream parlor here before Burkes opened a restaurant. The Brown House stationery store used the rooms before the Bridal Boutique opened."

(70) 314 Main Street

"The Orcutt Building, now Bates Tavern, replaced the Mander Building where John Mander had a store and at one time the post office. Orcutt was Mander's son-in-law and opened a restaurant and hotel in the new brick building. At one time Fred Baumer had a bakery and catering business here."

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♦ I'm not sure about this one but tentatively placing it here, pending further research: the drugstore of Gordon & Buchanan in 1898, and a 1900 street scene showing the A.D. Buchanan drugstore at mid-block or slightly south. (As a point of reference in that street scene, the Strattan building can be seen at right of the man on horseback.)
♦ The Orcutt building housed the Hobart Café in 1929.
♦ A street scene from Hobart High School's 1967 yearbook, showing Bates Grill & Hotel in the Orcutt building; also, an undated menu and 5¢ token from the Bates business.

(77) 350 Main Street

"A small frame building on the northwest corner of Main and Fourth was replaced by a two-story brick. With residences upstairs, a saloon was on the first floor. Later there was a hat shop, then a dress shop here. A bakery owned by Baumer and then Corey used the rooms. A mail order office was here for a short while. Now this is where The Trunk Inc. (350 Main St.) does business."

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♦ This circa-1910 image shows the first floor occupied by a saloon.
♦ Corey Bros. Bakery in 1961 and 1964; inside the bakery in 1972.