| Additional Information: | Commercial block; parapet with brick panels and string course; round arch windows with keystone, corbel stop and pilasters; continuous sill along 130 and corbeling and corbel stops along 132 between floors; windows and first floor store front altered; rear of building on DeWitt displays some of the elements.
Service Drug store previously contained Casey's Youthtown in the mid-1950's. It is now the Spectacle Shop. Appliances were sold in the store in the 1940s and early 1950s. Medcare was operated by Gus Ratke in the 1950s (Eulberg 1993).
William Niemeyer engaged in the grocery and fruit retail business in 1861 through 1890. He owned 130-132 W. Cook between 1867 when the building was constructed and about 1895f and probably occupied it between 1867 and 1890 (Butterfield 1880: 918; Portage Public Library n.d. [photo, 1880s]).
Edward W. Moran and Martin Moran began a grocery in Portage as Moran Bros. by 1873. In 1880, Edward Moran continued the business as sole proprietor through 1917. By 1890, Moran carried crockery and glassware as well as groceries. The store may have occupied 128 W. Cook (57/15) by 1890 and was at that location between 1908 and 1910. Sometime after 1910 through 1918, Moran relocated his store at 130-132 W. Cook (57/13) (Democrat 7/30/97; Butterfield 1880: 663). Carey's Variety Store opened on 130-132 W. Cook in the remodeled Moran Grocery in 1929 (Register-Democrat 11/15/1829).
Waterhouse and Davis established their drug company on the south side of W. Cook near W. Wisconsin in 1867-1868. A clerk with the drug company since 186, Edmund S. Purdy purchased the company in 1871. With partner Henry Merrell, he formed the drug company of Purdy and Merrell. At the death of Merrell in 1876, he maintained the business as sole proprietor of the Purdy Drug Company. The Purdy Drug Store located at 102 W. Cook (25/21) after the burning of the PettiboneBlock in 1880. It remained there until 1907 when replaced by the First National Bank. While at that corner, it occupied both floors and basement of the 20 by 100 foot business space. In 1877, Purdy advertised their business as "...Wholesale and retail dealers in Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Books and Stationery, Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs
(Merrell, Woodard & Co. 1877). By 1889, the drugstore also manufactured and sold soft drinks including Purdy's Carbonized Root Beer, Ginger Ale, and Kahla Cream. They were advertised as temperance drinks. Ben D. Merrell joined the Purdy Drug Company by 1890. The company moved to the 132 W. Cook in 1907. In 1909, Oscar A. Klenert succeeded the Purdy Drug Company. Along with nine other buildings in the block between W. Wisconsin and DeWitt and south of W. Cook, the Klenert Pharmacy underwent a remodeling program by Mittelstaedt Brothers and Carl Kutzke along its front in 1923. While the building fronted on W. Cook, the prescription window was located at the rear W. Wisconsin. By 1929, the Johnson Drugstore and by 1948 the Service Drug Company elocated at 130-132 W. Cook (Butterfield 1880: 663, 920-21; Portage Public Schools 1948-51: Portage Daily Register 12/23/1889; Register-Democrat 2/2/ 1924); 4/27/1923; Democrat 7/30/1897: 7; Portage Public Library n.d. [photo].
Ira Q. Ridgeway associated with Frank Treadway in the Jolly Gallery before or shortly after 1870. He sold the company to Plumb and Loomis by 1873 but remained associated wiht the business until about 1875. Ridgeway then purchased his own gallery and remained in business until 1898. In that year, he was followed by Edward L. Memhard who maintained his studio on the second floor of 132 W. Cook in 1908-09 (Democrat 7/30/1897; Portage Daily Register 4/22/1972). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sanborn Perris Map Co.
132: 130:
1929: drugs 1929: store
1918: drugs 1918, 1910, 1901, 1894, 1889, 1885
1910: drugs and photos 2nd
1901: groceries and photos 2nd
1894: same
1889: same
1882: (Stoner): stores present but probably not in 1868 (Rugen)
Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863-
132 130
1925-30: Oscar A. Klenert 1900-1930: E.W. Moran (1930 sold to Robert Christen
1880-1890: Paul Schuman 1867-1895: Williamk Niemeyer
1867-76: D.A. Goodyear 1866: George Helmann
1866: W.H. Eldred
The building appears to have been erected as a small block in 1867-1868.
Directories:
1955: (130) Service Drug; (132) YouthTown (Johnson Printing Co.)
1948: (130) Service Drug; (132) ? (Commonwealth Telephone Co.)
1937?
1929: 132) Johnson Drugstore; 130 vacant (Smith-Baumann)
1927-28, 1924-25, 1921, 1919-20: Oscar Klenert, drugs and Edward Moran, grocer (R.L. Polk & Co.)
1917 (132) Oscar A. Klenert, drugs; (130) Edward W. Moran, grocer (Farrell)
1910: (132) O.A. Klenert, drug store; (130) Edward W. Moran, grocer at 128 W. Cook (Voshardt)
1908-09: (132) Purdy Drug Co. (S.H. Moore)
1905-06, 1901-02: Purdy Drug Co. E.S. Purdy, manager (R.L. Polk & Co.)
1897-98:
1890: William Niemeyer, grocer, s.s. Cook, 5 e. Wisconsin (130) (Wright)
1885: William Niemeyer, grocer (Mahen and Eckstein)
1870: Niemeyer, William, grocer, Cook (Chapin)
1865: Niemeyer, William dealer in groceries and fruits (Hawes) |
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