Peabody Buildings Buildings 1940s
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Peabody Buildings In The
1940s
Begin Your Tour With This
End Here
Building
Start Here
Tumbleweed Antiques Sharon’s Korner Kitchen
Jeanetta’s Beauty Salon
This building housed a shoe repair shop in the basement during the war years.
This building was a popular kids hang out in the forties. It also housed the local bakery.
Don’s Drug Store
Peabody American Legion
While the lower portion of the Building was in fact a Rexall drug store, the upstairs housed a law firm.
The Huguenin Grocery and Market suffered smoke and water damage from a fire that occurred here in 1945.
Peabody Hardware
Derby - Owens Building
This business has changed little over the years. During the war Peabody Hardware was where it is today.
In the 1940s this building housed the Hargett Restaurant as well as Peggy’s Hat Shop. Bell telephone occupied the upstairs space for some time.
Slaymaker Building This building served up hot meals during the war. The Starr Café was a popular socializing stop.
Peabody Senior Center Charles Crawford a.k.a. Carl Carson operated a cleaning business in this building.
The Hub If you needed a hair cut in the war years, you could step inside this building, and into Snyder’s Barber shop to get it done.
Hudson Building This building housed a radio repair shop.
Cameo Rose Antiques Peabody Lanes This marvelous building was home to the Peabody Sunflower Theatre. Part of the space was also home to Dr. Haupt, the local optometrist, as well as Stroud
The Temple Motor Company, a Plymouth - Dodge automobile Dealership was housed here from the mid 1920s to the mid 1950s.
John DeForest acquired this building in the 1940s, and raised turkey chicks on the main floor.
Ambleside Antiques As the story goes, L.L. Cherry operated a grocery store here that was cheap and dirty.
A Little Off The Top Synthetic Resources A barber shop on the left, hot food on the right. The barbershop on the left also housed a beauty salon in the back.
Bragunier - Otte Building A.J. Stovall opened a department store in this building in 1942. The establishment offered a variety of goods.
Kollock Bank Building Bryant Keller and his partner Roy Smith operated a clothing store in this building until Keller’s death in 1944.
Mayesville Mercantile Built in 1884, this building housed McMillen Grocery during the war years. One of the original owners died of typhoid in 1887.
Jackrabbit Hollow
Osborne Building
Peabody’s notorious pool hall. Many of Peabody’s most interesting Characters spent time in this establishment during the war.
In 1945 the title to the Osborne Building transferred to Francis Baker. In November of the same year, an addition to Baker Furniture was constructed at the back to serve as a work and repair shop.
Dr. Loose Building Fred Cole opened the first Gamble Store in Peabody in this building. Cole then sold the franchise and inventory to Harry Homan, Sr. in 1945.
O.J. Roberts Building In 1941, Kroger grocery store opened at this location replacing Rorabaugh - Kennell Dry Goods.
F.H. Hopkins Building
D.J. Roberts Building
Kansas Power and Light leased the Hopkins building from the 1940’s until 1964.
Due to the lack of hosiery during the war, the Starr Drug Store had their female clerks paint their legs and draw a seam line to model to clients.
Huffman Building Baker Furniture Store Roy Smith operated a clothing store in this building in the early 1940s. In 1944, he sold his interest in the dry goods store to H.H. Wehry. Wehry managed the business until the mid 1950s. Baker Furniture owns several buildings downtown, the Huffman Building being a large part of their main floor showroom. The Smith Variety store was also housed here sometime during the 1940s. The Bakers renovated the front façade not long after acquiring the property.
Peabody State Bank Much as it is today, the Peabody State Bank was located here during the war years. Some renovation has taken place over the years. Architectural features were brought from the old First National Bank to the current Peabody State Bank building. Numerous stain glass windows were framed and back lit for hanging through out the main area of the bank. Numerous barbers have rented space in the basement over the years.
Peabody Buildings In The
1940s
Begin Your Tour With This
End Here
Building
Start Here
Tumbleweed Antiques Sharon’s Korner Kitchen
Jeanetta’s Beauty Salon
This building housed a shoe repair shop in the basement during the war years.
This building was a popular kids hang out in the forties. It also housed the local bakery.
Don’s Drug Store
Peabody American Legion
While the lower portion of the Building was in fact a Rexall drug store, the upstairs housed a law firm.
The Huguenin Grocery and Market suffered smoke and water damage from a fire that occurred here in 1945.
Peabody Hardware
Derby - Owens Building
This business has changed little over the years. During the war Peabody Hardware was where it is today.
In the 1940s this building housed the Hargett Restaurant as well as Peggy’s Hat Shop. Bell telephone occupied the upstairs space for some time.
Slaymaker Building This building served up hot meals during the war. The Starr Café was a popular socializing stop.
Peabody Senior Center Charles Crawford a.k.a. Carl Carson operated a cleaning business in this building.
The Hub If you needed a hair cut in the war years, you could step inside this building, and into Snyder’s Barber shop to get it done.
Hudson Building This building housed a radio repair shop.
Cameo Rose Antiques Peabody Lanes This marvelous building was home to the Peabody Sunflower Theatre. Part of the space was also home to Dr. Haupt, the local optometrist, as well as Stroud
The Temple Motor Company, a Plymouth - Dodge automobile Dealership was housed here from the mid 1920s to the mid 1950s.
John DeForest acquired this building in the 1940s, and raised turkey chicks on the main floor.
Ambleside Antiques As the story goes, L.L. Cherry operated a grocery store here that was cheap and dirty.
A Little Off The Top Synthetic Resources A barber shop on the left, hot food on the right. The barbershop on the left also housed a beauty salon in the back.
Bragunier - Otte Building A.J. Stovall opened a department store in this building in 1942. The establishment offered a variety of goods.
Kollock Bank Building Bryant Keller and his partner Roy Smith operated a clothing store in this building until Keller’s death in 1944.
Mayesville Mercantile Built in 1884, this building housed McMillen Grocery during the war years. One of the original owners died of typhoid in 1887.
Jackrabbit Hollow
Osborne Building
Peabody’s notorious pool hall. Many of Peabody’s most interesting Characters spent time in this establishment during the war.
In 1945 the title to the Osborne Building transferred to Francis Baker. In November of the same year, an addition to Baker Furniture was constructed at the back to serve as a work and repair shop.
Dr. Loose Building Fred Cole opened the first Gamble Store in Peabody in this building. Cole then sold the franchise and inventory to Harry Homan, Sr. in 1945.
O.J. Roberts Building In 1941, Kroger grocery store opened at this location replacing Rorabaugh - Kennell Dry Goods.
F.H. Hopkins Building
D.J. Roberts Building
Kansas Power and Light leased the Hopkins building from the 1940’s until 1964.
Due to the lack of hosiery during the war, the Starr Drug Store had their female clerks paint their legs and draw a seam line to model to clients.
Huffman Building Baker Furniture Store Roy Smith operated a clothing store in this building in the early 1940s. In 1944, he sold his interest in the dry goods store to H.H. Wehry. Wehry managed the business until the mid 1950s. Baker Furniture owns several buildings downtown, the Huffman Building being a large part of their main floor showroom. The Smith Variety store was also housed here sometime during the 1940s. The Bakers renovated the front façade not long after acquiring the property.
Peabody State Bank Much as it is today, the Peabody State Bank was located here during the war years. Some renovation has taken place over the years. Architectural features were brought from the old First National Bank to the current Peabody State Bank building. Numerous stain glass windows were framed and back lit for hanging through out the main area of the bank. Numerous barbers have rented space in the basement over the years.
