117 No. 9th Street

Address: 117 North 9th Street

Legal Description: Part of the South Half of Lot 81

Building: Citizens Bank Building/Masonic Temple

1872 Vacant Lot          

1875 Emily Northrup purchased the lot from the State of Nebraska and R. B. Spear.  

1877 In February, C. M. Northrup was an attorney here.

1877 In November, Northrup, Burr & Likes, law and collection office was here.

1879 A two-story frame building was built shortly thereafter.  This was the Northrup Building.  It faced south with business rooms on the   ground floor and offices located on the second floor.  A small office was located in the northwest corner with a separate entrance.  Occupant was unknown.

1883 In January, Mrs. Northrup sold fancy dry goods.

1883 In April, Mrs. Northrup moved to Albany, NY.

1884 J. Jensen and David Griffith purchased an interest in the Citizens Bank and made that their business after January 1.  They planned to erect a new building on the corner where Jensen’s law office was.

1884 In May, E. W. Billings had a law office in the Citizens Bank. 

1884 In October, Billings formed a partnership with Donisthorpe and they moved to the Bigelow building on Center street--112-118 No. 9th.

1884 The post office was located here.

1884 E. G. Stiles and W. G. Clark had a hardware business two doors south of the post office.

1885 The Northup Building on the corner of Center & Court streets was moved.  In its place a building was to be built that was 24 x 60, two stories high and occupied by the Citizens Bank and the post office.

1885 Jensen moved his attorney’s office from the Northup building to  the Citizens Bank.  Cooksey moved his attorney’s office from the Northup building to the post office.

1886 The firm of Billings and Donisthorpe dissolved.  Mr. Donisthorpe remained at 896 G and Mr. Billings moved to an office over the post office in Citizens Bank.

1886 John A. Dempster bought an interest in the South Platte Land, Loan and Abstract Company formerly owned by Billings and Donsithorpe.

1886 T. Wilkins bought the Fillmore County Review from Arthur Scott and renamed it the Fillmore County Republican. It was located on the second floor of the building.

1886 Drs. S. M. Herb and J. C. Clark, dentists, moved into new offices in the Masonic hall building.

1888 Dr. S. M. Herb sold his property and moved to Pennsylvania.

1889 Mr. Billings was joined by Addie Billings and became Billings and Billings.

1890 The post office moved two doors north at 125 No. 9th.  The Citizens Bank had purchased the lot and moved the frame building off the lot in order to build a new three-story building.  The frame building was later moved to the corner of 11th and G St., north of the library and converted into a rooming or apartment house.

1890 A new three story brick Citizens Bank/Masonic Building was erected.  The bank occupied the south 112 feet of the west half of the building.  The balance of the first floor was retail space in the shape of an “L,” with the foot of the “L” extending west behind the bank to 9th St.  The “foot” was about 48 feet wide and divided into store rooms.  The south room was then 117 No. 9th, the center room was 121 No. 9th, and the north room was 125 No. 9th.  The brick work was done by Adams Bros. of Geneva.

1890 The post office occupied the first room on the north of the bank area.

1890 W. R. Hitch rented the double store building in the new Citizen’s Bank building and sold general stock.

1890 T. Wilkins moved his newspaper to the new building he built at 127 No. 10th.  The office was downstairs and they lived upstairs.

1897 Dr. H. L. Smith donated 2,000 books from his personal library to the Masonic and Odd Fellows for public use.  The books were housed in a room on the third floor of the Masonic Temple.

1897 Orlie A. Beals and Wilkins had a barbershop in the basement of the Citizens State Bank.

1897 F. B. Donisthorpe, attorney, had an office here.

1897 R. Ong & H. P. Wilson, attornies, had an office here.

1903 William Wilkins leased the interest of his partner, O. A. Beals, in the corner barbershop and employed C. F. Buehrer of Shickley.

1904 Mr. Beals resigned as marshal and again entered into partnership with William Wilkins in the management of the barbershop in which each owned a half interest.

1906 The library located on the third floor of the Masonic Temple was moved to 125 No. 9th Street.

1907 O. A. Beals purchased the interest of his partner, William Wilkins, in the Beals and Wilkins barbershop.

1907 The barber shops entered into an agreement to remain open until 9 o'clock each weekday evening during the summer months except Saturday, when they remain open until midnight.

1908 Williams Wilkins quit his position at the Beals Barbershop to become a farmer.

1908 Dorsey Dudley of Oak was employed at O. A. Beal’s barbershop to succeed William Wilkins.

1910 The Citizens Bank building burned and a new building replaced it. The Citizens Bank owned this space.

1927 The Citizens Bank was ordered closed by State Banking authorities.  It was open only to complete the process of paying off creditors and closing the bank out.

1930 The Geneva State Bank became owner of part of the building owned by the defunct Citizens State Bank.

1930 Geneva Insurance and Realty Co., John P. Davis manager moved here from one door north.  Len J. Davis sold his interest in the company and John P. Davis resumed the management of the company.

1942 The Fillmore County Selective Service office was located here.   

1948 The Selective Servce office moved to the basement at 908 1/2 G.

1948 The Soil Conservation Office, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture, was located here.

1949 In April, the Geneva Insurance and Realty Co., John P. Davis, manager, retired. The business was taken over by the Geneva Land Co., Hugh Wilkins manager located in the Geneva State Bank building at 896 G.

1949 In June, this space was leased by the Fillmore County Agricultural Conservation Association.  This office adjoined the Agricultural Conservation Association office which was located in the former Citizens State Bank.

1955 The Soil Conservation Office moved to 121 No. 9th.

1956 Occupants unknown through 1958.

1958 Dr. D. C. Anderson moved his practice from his home to this location.

1961 Dr. D. C. Anderson, Optometrist moved his business to 908 G Street.

1961 Dave Steider, Jr owned and operated Steider’s Barber Shop here.

1965 Dave Steider moved to his new building at 121 So. 10th Street.

1967 Pat Bazelman Sole Quick moved the Nu Style Beauty Salon here from No. 8th.

1998 Pat Bazelman Sole Quick closed the Nu Style Beauty Salon.

2002 Ken Knappert of Lincoln purchased Nu Style Beauty Salon and opened All About Hair.

This was ongoing as of the last posting.