Here is an advertisement created by Gerald Abele Signs for the Dilgart & Bittner Company. (Most records list Dilgart as the correct spelling of the
first partner’s name, though the sign gives the spelling as Dilgert.) According
to A Standard History of Erie County, by Hewson L. Peeke, Dilgart & Bittner
was “a business which Sandusky
people regard with special pride, and for many years its development and
prosperity have reflected upon the thorough commercial enterprise and character
of William H. Dilgart, senior proprietor.”
William H. Dilgart came to Sandusky in 1901, and opened a furniture
store in the Odd Fellows building. On March 4, 1905 William H. Dilgart and
William P. Bittner formed a partnership, and the company was incorporated in
1907. The business, located on East
Market Street , was a retail establishment which
sold furniture, floor coverings, stoves, and other household items. After a fire in 1906, the store relocated at Wayne and East
Market Streets.
After another fire in 1916, the Dilgart & Bittner store
moved to East Washington Row.
In the mid 1920’s, the partnership between Mr. Dilgart and
Mr. Bittner was dissolved, but William H. Dilgart continued in the furniture
business. William P. Bittner went on to become secretary of the Erie County
Investment Company.
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