121 No. 9th Street
(Also formerly known first as Oak Street, then as Center Street)Address: 121 North 9th Street
Legal Description: Part of the South Half of Lot 81
Building: Citizens Bank Building/Masonic Temple
1872 Vacant Lot
1875 Emily Northup purchased the lot from the State of Nebraska and R. B. Spear. A two-story frame building was built shortly thereafter. One or two other frame buildings may have been located on the lot on North 9th Street.
1883 In January, Mrs. Northrup sold fancy dry goods.
1883 In April, Mrs. Northrup moved to Albany, NY.
DATE Emily V. (Emilie V.) sold Lot 81 to J. Jensen and W. H. Cooksey.
1883 J. Jensen and W. H. Cooksey and wives sold the East ½ of Lot 81to D. W. DeWolf and C. C. Shumway.
DATE J. Jensen and wife sold their one-half interest in the West ½ of Lot 81 to The Citizens Bank.
DATE Wm. H. Cooksey and wife sold their one-half interest in the West ½ of Lot 81 to The Citizens Bank.
DATE The bank later sold the north 72 feet of the West ½ of Lot 81 to DeWolf and Shumway.
1883 J. E. Spear bought the building occupied by Jensen & Cooksey as a law office and H. Wittemeyer as a tailor shop and moved it to his lot just east of Mozee Brothers’ new store.
1884 J. Jensen made plans to construct a new business building in the first of 1885. It was located on the corner occupied by the old Northrup building. The new building was 28 x 60, two stories and had a lower store room. The upper story was finished off for offices.
1884 Mrs. Fillebrown’s Millinery was located here.
1885 Citizens Bank opened under new proprietorship.
1885 Citizens Bank was organized and occupied offices at the corner of Center and Court Streets (9th and G Street). The building was a 2-story frame structure. The post office was located in one of the rooms that faced west on Center Street.
1890 The original wooden building was moved two blocks east to the corner of Pearl and Court Streets (11th and G Street). It was later moved to the north end of lot 96. Over the years it was used as apartments and commercial space. It was eventually dismantled.
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 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 retail firm of Solomon & Nathan moved their clothing and dry goods store here, with the main entrance on Court (G) Street. They had previously been in the Union Block.
1893 J. A. Larkin, manager of South Platte Land and Loan Company, was one door north of the post office.
1906 Solomon & Nathan’s had a closing sale.
1907 The Picard Pharmacy moved from the Dempster Building into the rooms vacated by Solomon & Nathan. The drugstore stock of wallpaper, paint, and other decorating items was located in this area.
1910 The Citizens Bank burned in February and a new building replaced it before Christmas. The new building did not divide this area into two rooms and the Picard Pharmacy used the entire area for their wallpaper, paint, and decorating stock.
1927 The State Banking Commission closed the bank on July 12, 1927.
1928 Sometime before 1930, this area was divided into two storefronts, each with its own entrance. The foot of the “L” was divided into two offices. The south part became the location of the Geneva Insurance & Realty Company, while the Picard Pharmacy continued to use the north part.
1928 Len J. Davis sold his interest in the Geneva Insurance & Realty Co. John P. Davis managed the company.
1930 In December, the Elite Beauty shop, owned by Mary Hitch, moved here from 130 No. 9th.
1930 Also in December, the Geneva Insurance & Realty Company, John P. Davis, manager, moved one door south into a room formerly a part of the Citizens State Bank suite.
1933 The Sanborn Maps show that the south part of the foot of the “L” had been made into a separate office or store area.
1933 The Geneva Insurance & Realty Company moved one door south to 117 No. 9th.
1933 The Elite Beauty Shop moved to the Geneva State Bank basement at 116 No. 9th.
1936 Hinkles Package Store moved from 806 G into this space because of a fire.
1947 The Fries family purchased the Hinkle Package Store, changing the name to the Fries Package Store.
1955 The Fries Package Store moved to a building at 119 No. 10th and the Soil Conservation Service office moved here from 117 No 9th.
1978 The Soil Conservation Office moved to 137 No. 8th.
1978 Central Nebraska Family Planning had an office here.
1981 Central Nebraska Family Planning left this location.
1982 The Record Rack was here, formerly Game Room at 908 ½ G Street, arcade games.
1983 New Frontier Agency, Dan Peterson and Chuck Turner.
1986 The Studio, owned and operated by Pat Grothe and Peggy Oliva, moved here from offices in the Old Gym at 141 No. 11th. They did picture framing, sold art supplies, and did some graphic design.
1997 The Studio moved around the corner to 908 G Street.
2003 Geneva Video and Candy Barrel, operated by Alice Genereaux, opened here.
2006 Geneva Video closed.
2007 Pastor Tim Bullock opened a Baptist church here.
2011 The Baptist church moved to the Senior Center at 1120 F Street.
2011 This space was vacant
2019 This space was used as a coffee shop and bakery
2021 Designing Woman moved here from 858 G, Cheryl Colman, owner.
This was ongoing as of the last posting.