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Downtown Shamokin

Business photos from Independence Street and Market Street.

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Artist's illustration (minus the marks near the flag pole) of the new American Legion Building- ...The first library was established in a vacant room on the first floor of the Shamokin High School, Eighth and Arch streets, in fall 1923. The school board set aside money in the spring to be used for a library for both students and the public. The Shamokin class of 1923 also set aside $100 for the library. The first library in its own home opened Sept. 20, 1953, at 508 N. Eighth St. The E.R. Leader Building at 69 E. Independence St. (Laundromat) was purchased with the help of a $18,000 donation by John Gillespie. The library was dedicated Sept. 25, 1963. On Nov. 22, 1966, work for the new library started began where Wolfe's department store was located. It was dedicated on June 24, 1967. John. S. Luckens, a local architect, designed the structure. $167,000 in federal grants and $43,000 in local funds were used to build the library. The city leased the building from the American Legion, through the War Memorial Corporation board, for 99 years for $1. The lease was renegotiated in 2013.
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Artist's illustration (minus the marks near the flag pole) of the new American Legion Building- ...The first library was established in a vacant room on the first floor of the Shamokin High School, Eighth and Arch streets, in fall 1923. The school board set aside money in the spring to be used for a library for both students and the public. The Shamokin class of 1923 also set aside $100 for the library. The first library in its own home opened Sept. 20, 1953, at 508 N. Eighth St. The E.R. Leader Building at 69 E. Independence St. (Laundromat) was purchased with the help of a $18,000 donation by John Gillespie. The library was dedicated Sept. 25, 1963. On Nov. 22, 1966, work for the new library started began where Wolfe's department store was located. It was dedicated on June 24, 1967. John. S. Luckens, a local architect, designed the structure. $167,000 in federal grants and $43,000 in local funds were used to build the library. The city leased the building from the American Legion, through the War Memorial Corporation board, for 99 years for $1. The lease was renegotiated in 2013.

  • Composite of Shamokin store fronts.
  • Brown Stationer store front.
  • Bootery store front.
  • (1964) Store front of Millie's Dress Shop, which was located on Spruce Street.
  • Hancocks Drug Store.
  • Hancocks Drug Store.
  • *Low-Res* The Windsor at night- The American Legion Building was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1924, two years after the cornerstone was laid. Around 375 people attended the dedication. The bottom floor served as Wolfe's Department Store for many years. In the mean time, a public push for a public library started in 1939 when the Shamokin Women's Club, spearheaded by Mrs. Raddin, started a drive a library fund. The library association organized April of 1940...
  • Shamokin and Independence streets- You can see the towers for Saint Edward Church, Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church and Grant Grade School. The buildings in the foreground were torn down some time in the beginning of the 21st Century.
  • (1952) Independence and Shamokin streets.
  • (03.31.1955) Bur Employment at Rock and Independence streets.
  • (03.31.1955) Bur Employment at Rock and Independence streets.
  • Ray Klees Newspapers at Rock and Independence street.
  • (1964) BPOE along Independence Street.
  • Triangle. (To the right is the Coney.)
  • Maybe Towne Appliance next to the Coney Island.
  • *Low-Res* The Windsor Hotel- I don't know much about this building. It was located at Independence and Liberty streets where the American Legion Building now stands. It was destroyed by fire in 1920. (The old quarters for the Rescue Fire Company is seen at lower-right.)
  • Artist's illustration (minus the marks near the flag pole) of the new American Legion Building- ...The first library was established in a vacant room on the first floor of the Shamokin High School, Eighth and Arch streets, in fall 1923. The school board set aside money in the spring to be used for a library for both students and the public. The Shamokin class of 1923 also set aside $100 for the library. The first library in its own home opened Sept. 20, 1953, at 508 N. Eighth St. The E.R. Leader Building at 69 E. Independence St. (Laundromat) was purchased with the help of a $18,000 donation by John Gillespie. The library was dedicated Sept. 25, 1963. On Nov. 22, 1966, work for the new library started began where Wolfe's department store was located. It was dedicated on June 24, 1967. John. S. Luckens, a local architect, designed the structure. $167,000 in federal grants and $43,000 in local funds were used to build the library. The city leased the building from the American Legion, through the War Memorial Corporation board, for 99 years for $1. The lease was renegotiated in 2013.
  • (3-3) Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library dedication program from June 24, 1967.
  • (1952) American Legion building, which housed Wolfe's. Wolfe's Department Store before the library, which was dedicated in June of 1967.
  • (1924) American Legion.
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