Some business history on the North Main – Sheridan Media

This week’s column features some of the businesses that used to be in the many old buildings on the North Main that are being paved this winter. These businesses included hotels, theaters, many saloons, and even a Hop Sing laundromat.

This is from the Sheridan Post, October 23, 1921 – Sheridan existed as a town several years before the railroad came, and ten years after the town was founded by J.D. Locke.S. TThe hat began its long journey on the path of developmentSS Aand prosperity. In the late eighties, the B&M Railroad, successor to the present Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, announced its intention to build a line through the sand hills of Nebraska and Wyoming into Montana, there. Northern Pacific, which was built somewhat.T Earlier. It was also announced that The small town of Sheridan would be on the line of the new railroad, a statement that immediately caused panic-excitement By TIt is a village.

Here are some of the brownies mentioned in the long list of institutions. GH Cutter, Brickmaker. LM Stroud, Hotel. Moore & Peake, Livery Stable Mrs. Wunderlich, dressmaker. Kennedy & Powers, blacksmiths. Sing Hop, Laundry. D. L. Forbes, blacksmith. Dr. Seaberry, Veterinary Surgeon, Newcomer & Frazier, Contractors. P. Hama, Contractor. (Excerpted from the Sheridan Post, November 10, 1892 issue.)

Judy Armstrong, senior outreach manager for Wells Fargo in the Wyoming section of the Sheridan Library, talks about one of her current businesses.

Many of the original buildings are still there, on the north main, but now there are more modern businesses. As Sheridan moved with the times, auto dealers replaced Liberty stories, and live theater productions gave way to motion pictures.

One building that stands out in Sheridan is the Caddy House. It was built in 1893 and there were many businesses within the walls. One of the earliest references to the Caddy House was in Sheridan’s Daily Journal on August 2, 1895 – One year old today. The journal has passed its first year milestone and today marks its second year. One year ago today, on August 2, 1894, she began her journey. The Journal has noted with much interest and great pleasure the many important improvements which have taken place during the past year. By far the finest and most expensive block is “The Cady,” a fine architectural feature, built of gray stone and occupied by various county officers and businesses.

The way the texts are written, ‘block’ seems to refer to the building where the businesses are located, rather than a piece of land as is the common expression for the term ‘city block’ today.

At one time the Caddy Building housed the Caddy Opera House and this from the Sheridan Daily Journal, June 17, 1896 – of Mandoliya stream Which of the Alliance Club is it. He has asked for payment to play at Caddy’s Opera House.He left Newcastle this evening and arrived on the noon train. The club toured the Black Hills where they played to good houses and each of their entertainments was well received.

But in 1906, the top floor of Caddy House caught fire and most of it was destroyed.

From the Sheridan Post, October 9, 1906 – Caddy Opera House Early morning flames consume everything above the second floor. Firefighters fight a well-directed effort, along with the significant character of the building, preventing total destruction. – A few minutes after three o’clock on Sunday morning, a fiIt was found again when it burned too much in THViews from the northeast corner of the Caddy Opera House, on the second floor and behind the curtain and on the stage.

An alarm went in and the fire department responded with the usual promptness. It is believed that the fire had been burning for some time before it was discovered, because it started in the corner of the building, away from any street, and the window curtains were down, and the stage curtains and wings were blocking it. If it is found in front on both sideseT. Three streams of water soon played upon it, but they proved of little avail, as it gained its way, and the building seemed certain to fall. It was not impossible that the intense heat from inside, the collapse of the heavy beams of the roof and the action of the water on the heat. Stones The walls will collapse and thus completely destroy the good structure.

But in late October, reconstruction began. The Sheridan Post, October 30, 1906; Caddy Opera House – to be renovated and converted into an office building. Workers are busy clearing debris from the ruins of the Caddy Opera House building. The partially burnt logs are being taken to the cutter’s brickyard where they are used as firewood. U.G. Shores, who handles the work, informs the enterprise that the heavy timbers used for the construction of the roof have been shipped from Washington and will be here in a month. As soon as they arrive, the work will be completed as soon as possible. Walter Scott, who drew up plans for the building’s redevelopment, told us the bulk of the first floor would be occupied by current tenants Omar & Son, while the top two floors would be used for offices and offices. Class objectives. The entire building is finished to a first class standard and contains all modern conveniences.

ABC Signs, at 348 North Main, has housed several businesses over the past 116 years. One was the Palm Theatre. These two articles are from the Sheridan Post, September, 1907, and again in December. – A new establishment opened its doors Monday night to the crowd of Sheridan, which drew a large crowd and gave them perfect satisfaction. It is known as the Palm Theater and is located on the second floor of the new Williams Block on North Main Street.

Fixing Up hall for dancing. Parties and entertainment of all kinds – The EC Williams Hall on North Main Street, recently used by the Palm Theatre, can host private or social dance parties, entertainment, bazaars and can be rented by the night or by the week. Well fitted out, electric appliances, steam heat, cloak rooms, reception rooms, card rooms and a fine dance floor will be fitted in, making it convenient for social gatherings and other entertainments. The hall is controlled by FH Stotts & Co., which will have full management Place.

The Hotel Rex is located in the building at 348 N. Main. This was in the Sheridan Enterprise, July 11, 1913 –Hotel Rex is open to the public today. The Sheridan has a new hotel now open for business, the Rex, located on the second floor of Williams Hall, and being conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Bantock, formerly of Denver. For the past several months, contractor N. A. Pearson has been busy transforming the run-down unit into one of the loveliest little lodges in the West. As one enters the glass-enclosed entrance, one sees in front of them a lovely little lobby furnished with easy chairs, tables and long deep sofas. The hotel register is on the desk on the right side of the stairs. The floors of the lobby and all corridors are carpeted with a layer of soundproof cork.

The lobby itself is fitted with beautiful tungsten lights, which should illuminate the whole house. In front of the entrance are four unusually large rooms facing the main street. One of them has mahogany furniture and the other rooms have oak furniture. The remaining twenty-two rooms in the hotel are accessed by two long corridors leading back from the entrance. All of these are furnished with oak furniture and beds finished in dull brass that are used exclusively in the house. In addition to having beautiful furniture, each room has hot and cold water throughout the year, the water is made by a small heater at the back of the house in the summer. Each room has a radiator for steam heat, the house system has been carefully taken to ensure even heat. All the rooms that are not set to have windows are equipped with large skylights, so that every room has equal light. Although Rex is attached to any hotel in the city, the price should be very reasonable. Mr. and Mrs. Bantock have previous experience in operating hotels and aim to create a modern home for Sheridan.

ERA Carroll Realty was once where it now stands. bucket-blood salon, And this semi-weekly organization of October 1, 1907, mentions Salon – Tried to keep it. Charles H. Zentz and William Ayers were arrested at 10:30 p.m. Saturday night at the Blood Bucket Saloon. These people are wanted for probation. Shortly before their arrest, George Ruckdeshall was attacked while passing on Second Avenue between North Main and Val Vista. They jumped on the goal and tried to strangle him, looting their pockets. He put up a fierce fight and luckily a group of soldiers came and put the bandits on their heels. They were tracked down to the “KC” or “Bucket-of-Blood” saloon and arrested. The police turned the prisoners over to Sheriff Benefiel and they are now in the county jail. Tomorrow the men will be given a preliminary hearing in Justice Foster’s court

Sheridan looked different 100 years ago than it does today, but look beyond the modern businesses and discover what our city looked like.

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