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Loder Street & Pearl Street Corner Fire in 1921

A & P Store c.1966 - now Preston Auto Truck Center building...

Park Avenue/Main Street Aerial View.....c.1966

Aerial View including Seneca St. area.........c.1966

1966 Aerial View of Wellsville

Aftermath of 1954 fire destroying Wellsville City Hall...

Aftermath of 1921 Fire at corner of Loder & Pearl Streets.......

Baldwin Block, Main Street, Wellsville,NY

Interesting stories exist regarding the pictures of the Baldwin Block.  As you note in the picture above, the sign "Last Call" denotes location of a Fire Sale conducted by Otis & Day off premises of the actual fire.  The fire was in 1901 as Jan Pinney has proven from her database of newsprint articles.  "In June 1901 the Otis and Day Hardware Store building burned. It was at 31-33 North Main Street in I.W. Fassett’s Fireproof Block [the Burrous building – I.W. Fassett built the Block in 1871.] After the fire, Otto Engelder purchased the burned portion of the Block and rebuilt. This building [the Engelder Block] is next south of Pizza King and has a 1901 date on its front."   A picture below (reprint of Remember When from Wellsville Daily Reporter or Pennysaver) shows the Otis-Day Fire Sale Sign, apparently a little earlier than the top picture. (Jane Pinney is currently President of Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society and a contributor to this website.)

(For additional information on Charles Day, Press Here)

(A larger view of this picture can be seen on the Wellsville Central School website, Old Picture Album, page 3 PRESS HERE )

In June 1901 the Otis and Day Hardware Store building burned. It was at 31-33 North Main Street in I.W. Fassett’s Fireproof Block [the Burrous building – I.W. Fassett built the Block in 1871.] After the fire, Otto Engelder purchased the burned portion of the Block and rebuilt. This building [the Engelder Block] is next south of Pizza King and has a 1901 date on its front.

More recent, Baldwin Block of 1960s

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