Main Street  from near Fourth and Main looking N/W

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  This is the north side of the 400 block  of Main Street in Seneca, Kansas around of before the turn of the century. . Click on picture  and numbers will appear.
# 1 Location of Fire station and will be replaced  in 1917 and dedicated  January  1, 1918, also two other building which appear to be same ones that are on the location today.
 

# 2 This Citizens State Bank in the west half and with  C. C. G Scoville  president  and the Skoville  Hardware  owned by A. L. L. Scoville in the east half of the building. other picture on this web site will prove this.

# 3  This is building which will have the A. L. L Scoville Hardware sign painted on the east side    by 1915, however. This building belonged to Samuel Lappin be fore 1876 and then George Williams and later this was the Luebbe Hardware and today it is "Buggy Days"

# 4  This is the space where the first log cabin was located in Seneca owned by
Finley Lappin and was to replaced this with a drug store and by 1915 there was a theater in this location which was named the "Royal Picture Theater." Another picture on this web site to prove this.

 #5 The  Thompson  and Wempe store located her in 1904 and the sign on the west side of the store is still visible today in 2004.  A 1994 Seneca Tribune article refers to the large barrel  of candy in the west window of the Thomson Wempe. To day is is Mitchell Appliance Store.
 

# 6 The National Bank Building which also housed The Seneca State Savings Bank. Other pictures and adds on this web page to prove this.

#7. The small Shop next to the bank was Dan's Barbra Shop, Dan retired in 2004. Early records show this to be a tin shop and then some remember it a  hamburger shop.  In the 1930 and 40s the Northcott  Barber Shop with a many as  three barber chairs and was owned by Irwin Hank of Sabetha..

# 8.  Uncertain at this time, now Seneca Variety covers this area and the next two stores this way.

# 9.  Kampert Drug store until Seneca Variety was built.

# 10. This  building is still is in tact and is part of   Seneca Variety Store today.

Need name for some of these early businesses farther east where the Variety Store is today. 


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This page last updated on 11/15/2005