130 No. 9th Street
Address: 130 No. 9th Street
Legal Description: Part North ½ Lot 80
Building: Building north of Geneva State Bank
1892 The Sanborn maps showed a cobbler.
1897 The Sanborn maps showed a cobbler.
1898 W. D. Miles and family moved into the building north of the Signal. Mr. Miles planned to open a bakery.
1898 W. D. Miles was unable to secure the room he expected on Court Street, so he opened his bakery here. They served lunches and meals.
1899 Miles moved his bakery to the building formerly occupied by George Zink’s billiard hall, next door to Sorrick and Sons--872 G Street.
1899 W. B. Stephens moved his shoe store here from 109 So. 10th.
1899 Major Fred Williams and Capt. Claude Ough opened a lunchroom and chophouse in the building formerly occupied by W. B. Stephens as a shoe store.
1902 The Sanborn maps showed a cobbler.
1902 In June, J. C. Bender, Sunflower shoe agent, was located here.
1903 In June, J. Bender was appointed agent for the Singer sewing machine and all repairs were obtained at his shop one door north of the Gazette office.
1903 In August, J. C. Bender put in a stock of shoes into his shoe shop.
1904 In July, the Geneva Suitatorium opened for business. C. E. Hyde and A. R. Scott, manager.
1904 In September, Alvin Scott resigned his position as manager of the Geneva Suitatorium and began work as a traveling salesman for the John Anisfield Co. selling cloaks. The new manager was Clarence Jessie of David City. The Suitatorium moved to the front room of the Fraternity Temple.
1904 In November, the Suitatorium returned to this location.
1904 In December, the Suitatorium moved to 8th and G with Waite’s barbershop and the Hyde newsstand and confectionery moved here.
1908 J. C. Bender built a new building to the north between the newsstand and Bentley Plumbing.
1908 In November, the Sheldon Newsstand was here, and was sold to Monroe Heisey.
1909 The Sanborn maps showed a cigar store.
1911 In February, Heisey moved his newsstand into the Dinneen Music Co. room on Court Street at 924 G.
1911 In March, Harry Stowell, proprietor of the Geneva Suitatorium and laundry, moved his business to the building formerly occupied by M. Heisey. Mr. Stowell was in the rear of P. H. Kuhl’s clothing store at 974 G.
1917 In Aug., Frank Held moved his tailor shop here from 110 No. 8th to the room north of the Walton Barbershop.
1917 In Dec., Frank Held suffered a stroke and passed away while at work in his tailor shop. Waltemade took over his business.
1922 The Sanborn maps showed a tailor here.
1922 William Waltemade, tailor, was here.
1925 William Waltemade partnered with Walter Weis and moved the Geneva Suitorium to the room formerly used by Hourigan and Weis in the west block. T. A. Hourigan was no longer connected to this firm.
1926 The Geneva State Bank constructed a new brick building abutting the bank building.
1926 In August, Miss Hall’s Millinery moved into her new quarters.
1926 In December, Miss Etta Hall, proprietor of the Hall Hat Shop, purchased a millinery store at Alma. She returned to Geneva about a year later.
1927 In February, the Geneva Radio Shop, Herbert Nichols, moved here. The room was recently vacated by Hall’s Millinery from 126 No. 9th.
1927 In May, Arvilla Priefert moved The Classic Beaute Shop and the millinery stock she purchased from Mrs. Jay Davis here from 121 So. 10th. Miss Priefert sold the millinery stock at reduced prices in order to close the inventory.
1928 Arvilla Priefert sold her shop to La Salle Hat Shop, Mrs. William Waltemade proprietor, which was moved to Court Street. (874 & 878 G)
1928 Dr. F. A. Wilson had a dental office here. Dr. W. E. Propst sold his dental practice to Dr. Frank Wilson of Lincoln.
1929 The Elite Beauty Shop was here.
1931 The Elite Beauty Shop moved to the Geneva State Bank basement.
1931 Geneva Skelgas Service was located here.
1931 The Keep-U-Neat cleaning establishment moved from the W. P. Hourigan Building on G Street to this location.
1936 Keep-U-Neat Cleaners discontinued business.
1937 Paul Rayer moved his cleaning business from his home (1237 L Street) to this location. The business was called Rayer Cleaners.
1937 William Waltemade of the Geneva Suitorium, purchased the Keep-U-Neat Cleaners, consolidating equipment and moving it to the Suitorium location.
1938 Les Shuster of Geneva Electric was at this location.
1942 Les Shuster closed the business.
1946 Les Shuster’s Radio and Electric Repair returned to this location after the war.
1967 Shuster’s Appliance Repair closed and the area was remodeled to allow the Ashby Clinic more space.
2004 The Ashby Clinic moved to the medical clinic in the northwest corner of the new Fillmore County Hospital complex at 13th and H Streets.
2012 The entire building that was built in 1926 was demolished by the Geneva State Bank and replaced by new offices and to move the drive through teller windows back to the main building to allow for direct connection to the bank and provide additional office space on the ground floor.
2014 The Geneva State Bank merged with the Bank of Roseland, and the name changed to Heartland Bank.
This was ongoing as of the last posting.