It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society.

This week’s image is the opposite view of last week’s. It was taken at the corner of First and Center Streets in front of the large Bower’s New Metropolitan Block. It shows three buildings on Main Street, two of which are not extant. The two-story building to the right of the three-story building and the three-story building were torn down for the Schultz Brothers “dime” store, now the Main Street Shoppes. The three-story building was reportedly the first brick building constructed in the downtown in the early 1850s. The two-story building was constructed in 1912 and replaced an old hotel. It was the home of McAlister’s Department Store. The building to the left of the three-story building is still standing. It was built in 1872 for Joseph Haubert’s Harness shop and now houses Fanatico’s restaurant.

Join us next week for another winter scene in downtown Whitewater.

(3723P, Whitewater Historical Society)