1030 G Street

Address: 1030 G Street

Legal Description: Lot 94 West 1/2

Building:

DATE The State of Nebraska sold lot 94 to C. M. Northrup.

DATE C. M. Northrup estate sold lot 94 to John Longly.

DATE Estate of John Longly divided property among his heirs.

DATE Nicholas Longly and wife sold lot 94 to James C. Bortner.

1890 Nick Longly had a woodshop at this location.

1890 In July, S. J. Henderson just finished his new blacksmith shop on the Longly lots, (east) of the Cone lumber yard.

1890 In September, S. J. Henderson was doing a thriving business at blacksmithing in his new quarter. He is located east of the Cone lumber yard.

1890 In November, S. J. Henderson’s general blacksmith business is located first door west of Longly’s wagon shop.

1890 In December, Nick Longly moved his woodshop a short distance to the east of his old shop (1040 G).

1892 The Sanborn maps show a one-story frame structure here.

1892 Wm. Mourer had a blacksmith shop here, first door west of the Longly Wagon Shop.

1893 Wm. Mourer sold his blacksmith shop to W. G. C. Wooster and moved to the “Strip.”

1894 W. G. C. Wooster was ready to accommodate customers at his new blacksmith shop.

1895 Due to the ill health of his wife, W. G. C. Wooster, sold his blacksmith shop to William H. Smith and moved to Denver. Mr. Smith had previously been employed at this business. He also secured the services of Dan Haskins to assist him.

1896 In March, D. B. Bentley and Wm. Smith consolidated their businesses into a new firm, named Bentley & Smith. They were located at Wooster’s old stand.

1896 In June, Bentley & Smith moved their blacksmith shop, building and all, to the lot east of Van Nice & Morrow’s grocery store.

1896 In September, D. B. Bentley bought out his partner, W. H. Smith, and ran the blacksmith shop at the Bentley and Smith stand with the assistance of his son Frank.

1897 In January, Paul Dusek of Milligan purchased Will Smith’s interest in the Bentley & Smith blacksmith shop and moved his part of the shop, including the front part of the building, to the rear of Camp’s store. Mr. Dusek’s shop fronted on Court Street. Mr. Bentley began at once to build a new front on his shop and continued at that location.

1897 In June, Sanborn maps showed this lot was now vacant.

1898 Mr. and Mrs. Wooster moved back to Geneva and built a new blacksmith shop at the site of his old stand next to Nick Longly’s wood shop.

1900 W. G. C. Wooster placed a rack in his blacksmith shop that held the animal in such a way that it could not injure itself or the shoer. The horse could not kick or hardly move.

1901 W. G. C. Wooster sold the building he occupied as a blacksmith to Frank Bentley. Mr. Wooster went to Pawnee City to look for a new location. Just a week or so after purchasing this building, Frank Bentley accepted a position with W. L. Spear & Co.

1901 In April, Mr. and Mrs. Wooster were not satisfied with their removal from Geneva to Pawnee City and returned.

1902 Sanborn maps show a one-story frame building that was used for agricultural implements.

1909 Sanborn maps show a one-story building here that was being used for storage.

1915 Elmer Whittle moved his repair shop to the Longly building west of the shop now occupied by Nick Longly. “Whittle kin fix it.”

1918 Elmer Whittle moved his machine shop from this lot (the building across the street from the library) to a building on the William Wagner place. Apparently at some time, Mr. Whittle was operating his business from his home located six blocks north of the city library. In 1928 he moved most of his machine shop equipment to Lushton where he opened an auto repair business. He planned to maintain his residence in Geneva.

1918 In November, Stewart Heiderstadt established a storage battery business here in the Longly building formerly occupied by Elmer Whittle. He operated the business under the name Geneva Storage Battery Co. He had a generator that would charge twenty batteries at once.

1921 In February Stewart Heiderstadt moved his storage battery station to the Tharp Motor Co. garage at 145 No. 8th.

1921 L. Lotman sold Cornhusker tires from here.

1921 John Salzman purchased the tire business of L. Lotman.

1922 In May, Sanborn maps showed a one-story building that was listed as a cobbler.

1922 In November, Salzman advertised electric shoe shop, tires, and furs and hides.

1925 In order to expand the Shaw building at 1044 G the Longly wagon shop at 1040 was moved west to where the blacksmith shop was. The blacksmith shop was either moved or torn down.

1926 In April, the Farmers Produce Station moved to Court Street across from the library on the west side of the Shaner garage. Otto Paul was the manager. The produce station moved to this location from the GAR building at 151 South 10th Street.

1927 The Farmers Produce station was still located here in July, as the building was given a coat of paint.

1932 The cream station of Otto Paul was raided by Sheriff Steinacher. They confiscated two gallons of wine, one gallon and five pints of whiskey, one pint of alcohol and thirty-eight quarts of home brew.

1933 Sanborn Maps show a two-story frame building on the west ½ of lot 94. The notes indicate the property was used for produce.

1934 Mrs. J. C. Bortner sold property to Carl E. Schneider.

1936 Carl Schneider and wife sold lot 94 to Ethel Stinton.

1937 In August, Ralph Myers opened a shoe repair shop in the Otto Paul building.

DATE Ethel Stinton Jones sold to J. Floyd Bernard.

DATE J. Floyd Bernard sold property to A. A. Ulm.

1941 A. A. Ulm of Randolph, owner of the property, made arrangements to have repairs made to the building occupied by C. M. Hourigan. A new sidewalk was also laid in front of the building.

1943 Sanborn Maps show a two-story frame building on the west ½ of the lot. The notes indicate the property was used for oil.

1945 Ralph Myers cut back on the hours he was open.

1947 In September, Walter Ingwerson, opened the Myers Shoe Shop.

1955 The heirs of A. A. Ulm sold lot 94 to Charles M. Hourigan.

1956 C. M. Hourigan had a public sale of his stock of oils and greases. He retired and moved to Denver.

1965 Mr. Hourigan’s heirs sold it to John W. Wilkins.

1974 The lot became the property of Fillmore County Bank.

This was ongoing as of the last posting.