In 1892, Hancock & Co. (W.H. Hancock, J.P. Mitchell and Thomas Wills) had a meat market at 116 E. Brown St.

Emil Carriere sold “hardware, stoves, tinware, paints, oils, guns, ammunition and domestic sewing machines, tin and sheet iron works” at 120 E. Brown St. in 1892.

By 1902, William H. Mitchell was selling “hardware, stoves, etc.” at 120 E. Brown St.

In 1907 and again in 1913, the city directories listed William H. Mitchell as running a general hardware store at 116 E. Brown St.

Where the hardware store was originally located is now the home of Mayme’s Bar and Sully’s Hair Styling. (Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo)

Street numbering was subject to change in the early years, and this building may have been both 116 and 120 E. Brown St.

Note the acorn sign hanging above the entrance.

Mitchell later moved to 207 S. Stephenson Ave. and then to the C.E. Parent building at 219 S. Stephenson Ave. by 1925.

Mitchell Hardware remained there until 1977 and was razed in 1978, when the drive-through banking window was installed.

In 1902, the building to the right of the W.H. Mitchell Hardware Store at 122 E. Brown St. was the smaller of two stores operated by Gunnarson & Berg (C. Gunnarson & Claus Berg), selling “furniture, paints and wall paper.”

Their other store was located at 619 S. Stephenson Ave., where they sold “furniture, wall paper and paints,” and the two men worked as painters and paper hangers.

John M. Garvey sold flour and feed at 122 E. Brown St. in 1913, and was still there in 1925. There were no further entries at that address in later city directories.

The other photo is a view of where the hardware store was originally located, and is now the home of Mayme’s Bar and Sully’s Hair Styling.

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