151-155 So. 10th Street

Address: 151 and 155 South 10^th Street

Legal Description: Spears Sub Div., Lots 105, 106 and W ½ of 107. All Lots 1 and 2 Block 7 except N 23’ Lot 1 and 2

Building: IOOF and GAR on Second Story

1877 Ida Camp and E. L. Mercer owned the property

1877 Jason Morrill owned the N ½ of Lot 1 and S 23’.

1877 W. J. Carrier had a blacksmith shop here until moving to 984 G.

1879 Jason Byers owned the N ½ of Lot 1.

1880 Chas. A. Warner owned Lot 2.

1880 J. E. Mack owned Lot 2.

1880 In February, W. S. Crawford had a harness shop on Lot 1.

1881 Vic Arenschield owned the S 23’ of Lot 1.

1881 Cordelia Carrier owned Lot 2.

1882 Secton and Shumway owned the N ½ of Lot 1.

1882 John Dempster owned Lot 2.

1882 Aaron McPherson owned Lot 2.

1883 Ida Camp owned the S 23’ of Lot 1.

1883 J. L. Platt & Co. owned Lot 2.

1883 Elvira McPherson owned Lot 2.

1883 In August, the old red building just south of the Review office was raised up and repaired. The upper part was fitted up for a residence and was occupied by A. McPherson who operated a coal yard.

1883 In August, George Vodra occupied the lower story of the McPherson building with a blacksmith shop.

1883 O. P. Locey opened a carpenter shop in the McPherson coal building (Lot 2). In November of this year, he was located at the second house south of J. T. Platt's store on Church Street.

1884 Hillard Bell owned the N ½ of Lot 1.

1884 George DeWolfe owned the N ½ of Lot 1.

1884 Shumway owned the N ½ of Lot 1.

1884 In November, O. P. Locey moved his carpenter shop into Crawford’s building.

1884 George Vodra had a blacksmith shop on Lot 2

1885 C. C. Shumway owned the S 23’ of Lot 1.

1885 Locey and Stayner did all kinds of cabinet work.

1885 S. J. Henderson rented the McPherson building (Lot 2) and opened a blacksmith shop.

1886 E. J. Stone built a building. The second story was to be used for an IOOF Hall.

1886 N. G. Taylor, insurance agent, had an office in the E. J. Stone building.

1887 E. J. Stone owned all of Lot 1.

1887 Aaron McPherson moved his large residence from the business part of town to the Dempster addition. He was crowded out by the demands of business for his location.

1887 In January, E. J. Stone was appointed the Colorado state agent for the Monitor Windmill Co. He went to Denver to look for a location for a distribution center. He appears to be back in Geneva again in 1891.

1888 William Holmes owned all of Lot 1.

1888 Paul Carey owned Lot 2.

1889 Clark & Bumgardner, implement dealers

1890 Clark & Bumgardner were selling Walter A. Wood harvesters and mowers.

1890 The partnership of George Clark and George H. Bumgardner was dissolved by mutual consent.

1891 E. J. Stone, Crete Monitor Windmills, dealer in windmills, pumps, pipe & fittings. Their office was with Bumgardner Implements.

1892 S. S. Walker, painter & paperhanger.

1892 The Sanborn maps show a hardware store on Lot 1 and Lot 2 was vacant.

1895 J. B. Sexton owned the property.

1895 Joseph Moore owned the property.

1895 John Christiancy and George Hedges formed a partnership to manufacture brooms. They were at the former stand of Camp & McPherson.

1897 The Sanborn maps show Lots 1 and 2 as vacant.

1899 Walt Huston sold buggies and implements under the G.A.R. hall. He had a feed store on the corner by the new scales at 996 G Street.

1899 Walt Huston sold his feed business on the corner by the new scales to C. A. Smith. Huston continued with the implement business here.

1900 Alice N. Carey owned Lot 2.

1902 The Sanborn maps showed agricultural implements.

1903 Maude Shickley owned Lot 2.

1903 Walt Huston moved his implement business to the Barnett implement house at 806/808 G Street..

1903 In March, Huston moved to the Barnett warehouse at the northwest corner of the square.

1905 The Wilson Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) bought both Lots 1 & 2. They used the second story of the building for their meetings.

1905 Wal Huston moved his implement business back to the G.A.R. building. The G.A.R. built an addition on their building that was also used by Huston. Huston erected a new farm scale in front of his place of business.

Note: May 4, 1929, the GAR turned over its ceremonial colors to the Geneva American Legion. They dissolved because so few Civil War veterans remained.

1908 Walt Huston sold his business to W. C. & Charles Peterson. They sold agricultural implements.

1909 The Sanborn maps showed agricultural implements.

1911 W. C. Peterson & Co. began selling Buicks. They also sold John Deere and Moline plows.

1911 W. C. Peterson sold their implement business to W. E. Vanderkalk (Vanderkolk) of David City. Peterson and Co. continued selling Buick, Jackson, and Velie automobiles. They planned to build a garage for their automobile business.

1911 Four weeks later, the implement business was transferred from Vanderkalk (Vanderkolk) back to the original owners, W. C. Peterson & Co.

1911 A gas pump was installed in front of their store.

1912 W. C. Peterson & Co. tore out the old office at their implement store. They built a partition and provided two new offices.

1913 W. C. Peterson & Co. moved to the old laundry building at 179 So. 10^th.

1917 The GAR building formerly occupied by the W. C. Peterson Implement Business was remodeled for use as an auto sales room by the Geneva Auto Co.

1921 Beatrice Cream Station Co. and Nelson Bros. Poultry Co. were located here with Wm. Aldrup as manager.

1922 The Sanborn map showed a poultry house on Lot 1 and a store house on Lot 2

1922 Beatrice Cream Station moved to 128 No. 10^th with George Willy as manager.

1926 The Farmers Produce Station, Otto Paul manager, was located here. When the building was sold, the business moved to 1030 G Street.

1927 Fillmore County Co-op Produce Association purchased the property from the GAR post due to the declining number of Civil War veterans.

1929 Fillmore County Co-op added a filling station.

1931 Karl Brinkman of Lincoln was the manager of the Fillmore County Co-op Association.

1932 Karl Brinkman leased and renamed the business Brinkman Produce Company.

1933 Harrison Ward owned the property.

1933 The Sanborn map showed a produce business.

1936 Brinkman’s successor was Ernest Ellison’s grocery store. Mr. Brinkman retained his wholesale produce business and long distance trucking business. He moved his office to the second floor of his building.

1938 The K. C. Brinkman grocery store returned to this location from the west business block.

1945 Tom Brower bought Lots 1 & 2 from the Farmers Co-op Association, which had not been operating for several years. He and his sons operated a farm equipment business here, moving from 145 So. 10^th.

1948 In January, Cal Jones purchased the building from Mr. Brower and moved his auto glass business here.

1948 In June, Cal Jones closed his business and returned to McCook.

1948 In September, Don Massoth purchased a lot on the east side of the square.

1949 Jack Watson owned the property.

1950 Don’s Automotive Supply built a new building. The firm operated a wholesale and retail automotive parts and supply business. Massoth continued to operate his automotive repair shop.

1951 Lichti Repair joined Don’s Automotive.

1957 Don Massoth sold his automotive repair business to Reuben Lichti.

1958 Don Massoth sold his automotive supply business to Herman Walenta of Lincoln and Art Stuber of Crete, Don’s Automotive Supply.

1960 Reuben and Vera Lichti purchased Don’s Automotive Supply.

1961 Wayne’s Repair, complete auto repair, opened in part of the Lichti store.

1965 Reuben Lichti owned the property.

1968 Wayne’s Repair closed. Lichti Auto Supply continued.

1981 Lichti Auto Supply joined with NAPA Auto Part

2005 Craig and Shelly German and Reuben and Vera Lichti owned the property.

2005 Eagle Auto Supply purchased Lichti Auto Supply, continuing as a NAPA agency.