Blair’s Downtown – Block 37

Lots 29-30

1909 Sanborn Map

Lots 29-30

Block 37, lot 22, Blair, Nebraska
  • 1902 – Mayle and Hungate Buildings. According to Dick Lippincott, Fred Mayle had a confectionary shop on the lower level.
  • 1909 – Gutschow General Merchandise
  • 1923 – Christensen’s Groceries and Meats
  • 1930s – 2nd Floor was Dr. Mead’s Dental Office
  • 1950s – Blue Goose Super Store
  • 1970s – Gibson’s Discount Department Store, later became Pamida
  • 2003 – Eagles Social Hall
  • Fernando’s
Block 37, Lots 29-30, Blair, NE

View looking northwest down Washington Street from the old Walker Avenue (now 16th street) intersection – Note the two story Mayle and Hungate Building on the right. Original Halftone Post Card – Nathan Krämer Collection Catalog No. DWT-0055

Block 37, Lots 29-30, Blair, Nebraska

Gutschow General Merchandise 

Block 37, Blair, Nebraska

Looking towards the west from the corner of old Walker Avenue (now 16th Street). Mayle & Hungate Building is on the right side. Halftone scan Published: Cover of 1998 Calendar disk from E Gentzler Catalog No. DWT-0011

A picture from the 1950s, looking west.

A picture from the 1950s, looking west. 

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