Society Sights (September 2023)

September’s “Then and Now Image” shows the first block on the west side of South Main Street. The image shows buildings of the St. James Hotel (last building on the left) and the First National Bank (last building on the right). This was taken near the corner of Dewey Ave and Main St, looking southwest. The focus in the photograph are the “nine loads of fat hogs.” It was taken in 1913. Today, in the same location of the bank, the American Heritage Bank stands on the corner, stretching along the block to where St. James Hotel once stood.