It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This image is along Whitewater Street, taken some time just before 1900. How do we know this? First, the small shed-like building was the old horse-drawn engine house for the fire department. According to old maps, it was demolished by 1904 after the City Hall was built in 1900 with large fire department quarters. Also, the building to the left, part of the old Winchester and Partridge wagon factory (closed c.1893) has a sign that reads, “George Kinney & Company Flour, Feed, and Salt.” George Kinney started his feed mill business in 1894, but it only lasted a few years. By 1898, the building housed agricultural implements. Historic information is often helpful in dating photographs.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

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