Indie Local History
Formerly Bob Gentry’s Barber Shop (c1961), Paujer Cycle (c1981), Wersells Bike and Ski Shop (1983), Wersells Bike Shop (1983). Breaking Away (1985). Closed 1991.
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Back in the ’80s there was a small cluster of dirt mounds behind the Kmart at 5956 Central Avenue. Perhaps about five to ten of them, about four or five feet high and maybe ten feet in diameter. Over the years vegetation and small trees grew on them.
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Head-Quarters opened in 1969 and was located on the north side of Sylvania Avenue between Jackman Road and Berwick Avenue, former site of Sylvania Avenue Hardware. Head-Quarters was owned by Rick Campbell who also owned the Dry Mouth Cafe (formerly Firehouse). Campbell later relocated/reopened his store to 3340 Dorr Steet in 1974 in the former Tabard Inn. The 1638 building was demolished in 1999.
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I have yet to find an original name for this small shopping center, assuming there ever was one. So I’m calling it Fisher Plaza. Carl and Anna Fisher once owned the property and had the plaza built in 1950-51. The builder was D.A. Spitznaugle.
Was located on the northwest corner of Blossman and Holland-Sylvania, next to Frontier Bar (later Driftwood Lounge). Operated by Roy Jones, who also operated the Frontier Bar and lived in the home directly next door to the market. Was later known as Stars Carry Out.
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Built 1957. Closed 1973. Became, and is currently, the site of the Canberra Corp.
Continue reading “McCarty Lumber Co., 3610 Holland-Sylvania Rd.”
Opened c1961. Closed c1978.
Continue reading “Greenbrier Nursery and Gift Shop, 3700 Holland-Sylvania Rd.”
Opened in 1976. Closed 2017. Now U-Haul Self Storage and Truck Rental.
Continue reading “Kmart, 1801 W. Alexis Rd.”
Was located in Fisher Plaza (location circled in white in image below). Opened 1960. Formerly Shelton Hardware Company. Was briefly Central Avenue Mini Mart c1990, and has been various businesses since.
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Founded by Jim and Joyce Massey Goodyear in 1964. Located at 1210 N. Byrne Road.
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