858/860 G Street

 Address: 858 and 860 G Street

 Legal Description: East ½ of Lot 77

 Building: White/ Willey/ Woodworth

1872 Vacant Lot

1879 G. W. Smith and W. V. Fifield bought Lot 77 from the State of Nebraska.  They later sold the East ½ of Lot 77 to Lizzie Miller.  

1879 G. W. Smith sold the West ½ of Lot 77 to W. V. Fifield.

1883 Albert O. Taylor bought the property from Lizzie Miller.

1884 Day & Taylor, real estate and loan agents, had an office here.

1889 A. O. Taylor and Robert Schofield built a two story brick building on Lot 77.  Taylor owned the west half of the lot and Schofield owned the east half.

1891 Samuel M. White purchased East ½ of Lot 77 from Robert Schofield.

1892 G. R. Green’s Jewelry store moved here.

1892 The Sanborn Map showed a jewelry store here.

1893 The Geneva National Bank was located here.

1894 In February, The Nickel Plate Store with Byron Mershon moved here.  The stock from the Broquet dry goods store in the Union block and the grocery stock from their former location in the opera block (936 G) were all combined  into one location at the Geneva National Bank building.

1894 In June, J. H. Dempster was located under the Geneva National Bank.  He sold insurance and real estate.

1894 In June, F. M. Sturdevant, lawyer, advertised his office at the Geneva National Bank Corner.

1894 In July, Charlie Daum opened a barbershop in the basement of Geneva National Bank.  That month he closed this shop and he and Fanning opened a barbershop in the basement of the Fraternity Temple at 112 North 9th.

1894 Albert O. Taylor died October 25 of typhoid fever.  A. O. Taylor was the president of Geneva National Bank.

1894 In November, Byron Mershon’s Nickel Plate Store returned to the Union block. (812 G)

1895 Cooksey’s drug store and G. R. Green’s jewelry was here.

1895 In April, G. R. Green moved his jewelry store from the Cooksey drug store to the room vacated by Mr. Crocker in the Dempster Block. (918 G)

1895 In September, W. H. Cooksey moved his drug stock to the old Luke building. (824)

1895 In November, Newton Hitch moved his grocery store here.

1897 The Sanborn Map showed a grocery store here.

1897 In January, Ora Merrill moved his barbershop here.

1897 Drs. Canine and Stephenson formed a partnership and rented an office in the O. A. Taylor block over Hitch’s store.

1899 The Geneva State Bank purchased the assets of Geneva National Bank and First National Bank and the three story red brick building at 896 G Street.

1901 Alexander White purchased the East ½ of Lot 77 from Samuel White and wife.

1901 The Sanborn Map showed a dry goods and grocery store here.

1909 In April, the two-story brick building owned by E. B. Woodworth and occupied by the Hanlin restaurant was sold to H. A. Greenwalt of Exeter.

1909 The Sanborn Map showed a restaurant here.

1909 In September, R. F. Hanlin sold the cafe to W. M. Coleman.

1910 Orlie Merrill’s barber shop was located here.  He installed a bathtub. E. J. Dempster, owner of the building, sank a cesspool for the water connection.

1910 In September, R. F. Hanlin purchased the Calumet Cafe back from William Coleman.  

1911 William Fiedler was employed in the O. A. Merrill barbershop.

1913 In April, R. F. Hanlin purchased the interest of his brother Wilber in the Calumet Cafe and was then the sole owner.

1913 In December, P. R. Hanlin was the proprietor of the Calumet Cafe.

1914 Orlie Merrill sold his barber shop to his son, Hallie.

1916 In May, the Calumet Cafe moved to space vacated by Shepardson’s Grocery (812 G).

1916 In June, W. L. Spear & Co, bought from Jerome Greenwalt the business house that stood next to their place of business.

1922 The Sanborn Map showed a hardware store here.

1925 In September, W. L. Spear used the rooms formerly used by the Geneva National Bank.

1927 The Maryland Café opened for business under the ownership of William (Stub) Hourigan.  It was located one door east of Spear’s Hardware.   The space was formerly used by W. L. Spear & Co.  Mr. and Mrs. Hourigan resided over the café.

1931 The Maryland Café moved to the first door east of the Sunbeam Theater in the east business block (954 G Street).

1931 Keep-U-Neat cleaning establishment, G. D. Young, proprietor, left this location and moved to 130 North 9th Street.

1933 The Sanborn Map showed a store here.

1934 Jesse C. Preble of Lincoln opened the Modern Cash Grocery here and remained here until 1937.  Tim Hourigan assisted them.

1936 In January, J. C. Preble sold the Modern Cash Grocery to Lester A. Johnson of North Bend.

1938 In January, Lester Johnson closed the Modern Cash Grocery and moved to Bayard to start a grocery store.

1938 Brinkman Grocery & Produce, Karl Brinkman owner, operated their business here one year, then returned to their previous location in the Brinkman building on the east side of the square (151 So. 10th).

1939 A. H. Fulton moved his Gambles store from the east business block to the room formerly occupied by the Brinkman Grocery in the west business block.

1943 The Sanborn Maps showed a store here.

1951 Gambles moved to 930 G Street.

1952 Pott’s Furniture Store opened in the Picard building.  The space was formerly occupied by Gambles.

1954 In January, Owen Cartwright moved his Radio & TV Sales and Service to the store formerly operated by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Potts.  Owen Cartwright purchased the stock of Pott’s Furniture and continued to handle a line of furniture along with his radio and TV business.

1955 In March, Vaughn Fulton purchased Owen Cartwright’s furniture stock and combined it with his in an auction to reduce stock in order to order more new stock.

1957 Owen Cartwright purchased the Ernest Ellison building on the east side of the square.  Owen Cartwright moved to 137 South 10th. Street

1958 Herb Dondlinger and Charles Miller opened a new business, The Dondlinger & Miller Insurance Agency was here. 

1958 Central Electric & Gas moved here from 138 North 9th and changed their name to Western Power & Gas.  

1961 Earl Jacox bought the East ½ of Lot 77 at a sheriff’s sale.

At this point, the building at 860 G Street  was divided into two addresses:  858 G Street and 860 G Street.

1963 Dondlinger & Miller Insurance Agency closed their office here.

1966 Lincoln Production Credit had an office at 858 G Street.

1967 Western Power & Gas moved to a new location at 854 G Street.

1968 Earl Jacox moved Jacox Jewelry and The Vogue Clothing stores to 858 G from the 954 G Street.  

1974 H & R Block tax and bookkeeping had an office at 858 G Street. 

1975 The Lincoln Production Credit PCA office was moved to a new location at 139 No. 9th Street.

1976 Lonnie Cargile, CPA opened an office in Geneva at 858 G Street. 

1976 H & R Block moved their office to 102 North 8th Street.  

1977 Lonnie Cargile, CPA purchased Apley’s body shop building located at 141 North 10th Street.  He had the space remodeled into five offices.

1980 State Farm Insurance had an office located at 858 G Street.  Dan Jantzen was the agent.

1983 New Frontier Insurance Agency, owned by Dan Petersen, opened their new office at 858 G Street.  They only remained here one year, then relocated to 121 N 9th Street.

1993 Kinfolk Fabric, owned by Nancy Fleecs, moved to this location (860) from 1021 G Street (the big white house south of York State Bank).

1993 Earl Jacox closed out the Vogue Clothing stock, but continued to repair watches and clocks.  He shared space with Kinfolk Fabric at 860 G Street.

1995 Kinfolk Fabric had a going out of business sale in June of 1995.

1996 Silks-N-Such, owned by Karen Allgood, opened here at 860 G Street.  She specialized in silk and dried flower arrangements and wall hangings.    

1997 Guys and Gals Beauty Shop, operated by Carolyn Ackermann and Nina Westfall, opened for business at 860 G Street.

1998 Silks-N-Such moved to 137 North 8th Street, sharing space with Geneva Floral.

2007 Earl Jacox retired and closed his watch and clock repair business.

2009 Mikela’s used items and collections moved here(858) from South 10th Street.  Beverly Churchill was the owner.  It was open for one year.

2011         Carolyn Ackermann passed away, and Nina Westfall continued with Guys and Gals Beauty Shop (860).

2013 Designing Woman, Cheryl Colman, owner (858).  

2021 In June, Nina Westfall retired and sold her building (860) to  Carla Boysen, who moved to Bruning from Colorado.  Carla planned to open a thrift store at this location.

2022 In June, Carla Boysen opened Treasure Trove, a second-hand goods store.

2022 In December, Treasure Trove closed and the building was purchased by Brandon Reinsch and Bill Blundell.

2023 In April, Uptown Looks, a salon operated by Brittanie Schleuter and Aracely Martinez, opened.

This was ongoing as of last posting.