140 No. 9th Street

Address: 140 North 9^th Street

Legal Description: Part North ½ Lot 80

Building: Building north of Geneva State Bank

1872 Vacant lot

1888 Probably used by D. C. Mowry as a storage building for his business. He had a business called Geneva Manufacture and Repair.

1892 The Sanborn maps showed a store here.

1897 The Sanborn maps showed this as storage.

1899 D. C. Mowry, plumbing and steam fitting, was here.

1902 The Sanborn maps showed this as plumbing.

1905 Frank Bentley purchased the plumbing and heating business of Dave Mowry and moved it here.

1906 He had the room fitted up as a modern plumbing establishment. A large room was partitioned off the front and plastered and fitted up for an office and display room. The rear of the room was used for a workshop.

1909 The Sanborn maps showed this as plumbing.

1914 Frank Bentley employed Otis E. Davis of Auburn in his plumbing business. Mr. Davis was a former resident of Geneva and worked as a tinner and plumber for W. L. Spear & Co.

1922 The Sanborn maps showed this as plumbing.

1922 In April, A. E. Brabham left the employ of Frank Bentley and opened his own plumbing business at 141 No. 10th.

1922 In May, W. L. Spear purchased the general plumbing and heating business of Frank Bentley. The business to be continued at this location.

1922 In July, W. E. Bruce moved his machine repair shop from the west side of the square to the Frank Bentley warehouse on the alley south of the city auditorium.

1922 The Bentley’s moved to California.

1923 In November, W. L. Spear vacated the building across from the post office which they used for their plumbing department. This building was also used by Frank Bentley as a plumbing shop. The building was to be torn down and moved to O. A. Merrill’s place on the south edge of town. The location belonged to a trusteeship composed of stockholders of the Geneva State Bank. No plans for the site at that time.

1923 In December, workmen began to tear down the building formerly occupied by F. B. Bentley and W. L. Spear & Co. The building was one of the early business houses in the city, being first occupied by the City Drug Store.

1927 The post Office moved into the north 48’ of the new brick block at 138 and 140 No. 9^th from the location across the street at 139 No. 9^th.

1940 A new government-owned post office building was completed at 212 No. 9^th Street.

1940 A partition was installed in the building, dividing it into two offices, the north about 28’ long and south about 20’ long, each with a separate entrance on the east.

1941 Dr. Joseph Bixby moved his medical practice from offices at 920 ½ G Street.

1948 After Dr. J. J. Bixby died, Dr. Albert Ashby and son Dr. Charles F. Ashby, who had a practice in Fairmont, opened an office here.

1968 Dr. Albert A. Ashby passed away and Dr. C. F. Ashby continued in practice at this location.

2004 Dr. C. F. Ashby moved his offices to the medical clinic located in the west wing of the Fillmore County Hospital at 13^th and H Streets.

2012 The building was demolished and the north end of a new building was the home of the new drive through banking facility, allowing it to have direct access to the bank and providing 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.