It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This image is from c.1880 and is the east block of the south side of Main Street.

On Sunday, May 17 at 1:00 at the Cravath Lakefront Community Building, the historical society will hold its annual meeting and program, “Whitewater Stories.” The stories are new information that is being posted on our website. One of the stories we will present is a short history of how downtown Whitewater developed over the decades.

This image prominently features the corner building, the First National Bank Block, built in 1873, and attached to an older building on First Street that was built in 1856. Later the home of the First Citizens State Bank, the building has always been a prominent location in the downtown. Note that the building to the left is not the building that is there today. That building was demolished in 1885 for the Stewart Block that stands there today. This helps date the photo to pre-1885.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society

(1718ST, edited, Whitewater Historical Society)