Picture above  from the 1938 Courier Tribune Centennial Edition  information  below from same.

As stated by the Courier Tribune of 1938, the picture that was taken in 1869, shows Main street looking east from what is now the Kramer Bank Building corner which is called the Old Bank Building.  The first building with the sign "Printing" was the first news paper office building in Seneca." The Old National Bank Building now occupies this location today.

The second building is an early day location of the tin shop of John Fuller, Sr., who entered business in Seneca as early as 1871, in partnership with Aaron Root. Today, that building is Dan's Barber Shop and prior to this was The J. L. Northcott Barber Shop.  It was remembered as having three barber chairs where many of the business men made a  early stop for a shave for two bits (25 cents) and one could also get a shoe shine for a dime. It was a place to get the latest news and also swap a  few stories.  This building was owned by Irvin Hank of Sabetha.  Dan Free bought the shop in 1966.  In the early days,  I was told, it had been a Hamburger shop.

The 1938 Courier identifies the  third building with the plow on the top,  as where the printing house of A. J. Roberts & Sons were located. There seems to have been a hardware at the time that this picture was taken with no information as to the name, perhaps that can be discovered in time.

This next two buildings are not identified.   However,  the next three stores after Dan's Barbershop and before the Variety store were:   Jones Furniture store, Kampert's Drug Store, and Wolkamp Furniture.

The Fourth building  was the Fuller Hardware in 1938 and of Selby & Draney Restraint earlier as identified by the Courier.

The next building was identified as the location of the National Bank in 1938 which was organized in 1874.  Beyond this one,  which is the tall building,  is the same as the in the  first building in the picture below which is on the  north side of the street looking west. This building, the "Dickerson" was the headquarters of  Lappin and Scrafford, the early promoters of Seneca.

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Finley Lappin's son, Samuel Lappin and Charles G. Scrafford was in the banking business also and printed their script or perhaps John P. Cone may have printed it as he had a printing press in the back of this building. Samuel Lappin and Charles Scrafford   got into trouble and was arrested and charged  with defrauding the state out of money by selling Fake School Bonds  with bogus signatures.   Story on different page -  use backspace key to return here

These  pictures above are not originals as they were computer enhanced and the sky cleared of blemishes and lighting and contrast increased..  Larger copies may be ordered at the Nemaha County Historical Society for a reasonable price. The picture above has been reduced in size and compressed there-by messing up the text.