122 No. 9th Street
(Also formerly known first as Oak Street, then as Center Street)Address: 122 North 9th Street
Legal Description: Part of North ½ of Lot 80
Building: Building north of Geneva State Bank
1884 In November, a new shoe shop was opened in the Bigelow building next door to the telephone exchange. J. Faust opened a shoe shop one door north of the telephone office on Center street.
1890 In February, the Uglow Bros. completed a building just north of the First National Bank to do blacksmithing.
1890 In September, the Uglow Bros. blacksmith shop was closed out on execution. Most of the effects were bought by Henderson & Son.
1892 In October, the Fillmore County Broom Factory was here. A. Adams & Co. opened the factory.
1892 In November, the broom factory moved to the corner south of the Platt House on South 8th.
1892 Frank Lutz, dealer in liquor and wines, was opposite the post office.
1896 The Geneva Republic-Journal moved here from 127 No. 10th. The building was a few feet from the bank building, so A. O. Taylor moved the building up to the bank building, built an addition on the west end, and extended steam pipes into it. Frank O. Edgecombe, publisher of the Journal and Republican of Geneva, purchased the Nebraska Signal at Fairmont and consolidated papers under the name The Nebraska Signal.
1896 F. H. Camp the tonsorial artist had rooms on the first floor of the Gazette building. He had an artistic sign painted on his windows by T. L. Williams.
1896 In April, H. C. Bruner moved his office here.
1897 The Sanborn maps showed a printing office here.
1898 In January, the Signal consolidated with the Grafton Courier.
1898 In April, the Signal moved across the street to the Kessler building at 131 No. 9th, which was purchased by Mrs. Edgecombe.
1899 Russell Lyman moved The Palace Saloon here from 984 G Street. He was granted a liquor license for Lot 80.
1900 C. M. Barnett had a harness shop.
1901 The Enterprise Printing Co. was here. W. J. Waite was president and C. F. Waite was secretary. They published the Geneva Gazette.
1902 In May, Russell Lyman moved his saloon from the rear of the Fraternity temple to 824 G street.
1902 In May, the Geneva Gazette moved down from the second floor of the Fraternity temple into the room vacated by the saloon.
1902 The Sanborn maps showed a printing office here.
1903 The Gazette moved materials it needed two doors south--room that had been vacated by Waite’s barbershop--while they waited for repairs to their building.
1905 Frank Sloan, attorney, had an office here. A connecting door was made to the bank building.
1906 The Geneva Gazette had lately been sold to W. L. Martin.
1907 Mrs. H. M. Acker had the Metropolitan Millinery here.
1909 The Sanborn maps showed a millinery shop here.
1910 The Geneva Gazette was sold to W. C. Laymon.
1911 The Geneva Gazette was sold to Frank Edgecombe and combined with the Signal at 131 No. 9th.
1920 Mrs. Acker sold the Metropolitan Millinery to Etta Hall.
1922 The Sanborn maps showed a millinery shop here.
1926 Etta Hall had a millinery shop at this location.
1926 The Hall Hat Shop moved from the old frame building to her new room at 130 N 9th.
1926 The new brick addition was added north of Geneva State Bank.
1926 Walton’s Barbershop moved into this space.
1932 Walton’s Barbershop and Gale Walton Furs.
1933 The Sanborn maps showed a barbershop here.
1935 Walton sold the barbershop to Stub McKimmey, who sold it back to Gerald Walton.
1943 The Sanborn maps showed a barbershop here.
1965 Walton’s Barbershop closed after 55 years in business. The Geneva State Bank remodeled the space into a drive-through banking window.
1985 The Geneva State Bank moved the drive-through banking services to a new building northwest of the bank, north of the alley with the entrance on H Street. The resulting space in the bank was converted to office use.
2012 The brick building built in 1926 was demolished and a new building replaced it. The drive-through banking windows were moved back to the north end of the new building, providing direct access from the bank to the two teller windows.
2014 The Geneva State Bank merged with the Bank of Roseland, and the name changed to Heartland Bank.
This business was ongoing as of the last posting.