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In 1929, an unidentified photographer took pictures of
A small store selling snacks and cigarettes can be seen on the left side of the
photo. By looking in the city directory for 1927-28, we can make an educated guess that the store was the Albert E. Moos grocery, at 533 Decatur. (There were at least 94 groceries in Sandusky at this time.) If you look closely near the first automobile parked along the right side of
A note on the original photo describes this as 522 Decatur Street. Today, the even-numbered side of the 500 block of Decatur Street is occupied by Sandusky Central Catholic School properties.
Marked “Looking south on
Again, we can see the pile of stones in front of the house, which gives us some perspective. Now the odd-numbered houses (on the west side of the street) are on the right of the photo. Here is how that block looked about 40 years later:
Today, you can use Google Maps to further view the evolution of this block.
The
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In the 2nd of the 4 photos shown, I believe that the 2-story bldg in that 2nd photo is what was then the convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame, the Catholic order of nuns that staffed St. Mary's School for many decades, including the years when I was a student in that school(1942-54). My aunt, Caroline Erney, lived in one of the houses on the west side of Decature across the street from the convent.
She lived at I believe, 519 Decatur, and Caroline was my great-grandmother, and Arlene, my great aunt, was her daughter.
Very neat to see the house in two views, Her husband Benjamin, was a well known local carpenter/contractor until his death in 1949. The linden tree he planted in front still stands, but the house today is sadly neglected.
Thanks to the relative OF MINE who posted that Sept 24 entry!! Ben Erney was my dad (Cyril Daniel)'s uncle who built the house I grew up in, at 1126 Fifth Street at the corner of Buckingham. Uncle Ben and Dad's father (my grandfather) Wilhlem Daniel were in business together as home builders until Wilhem died (before WWI). I remember my dad relating the stories that during slow times, like the recession of 1893 (date ??), they would move thier family into one of the newly built homes until a buyer could be found for it. As I recall, they built several homes on Shelby Street near Hayes Ave. I still have some old carpenter tools, handed down by my dad, tools that I am certain were originally his father's, from the time he and Uncle Ben Erney were partners in home construction. Finally, our house at 1126 Fifth was completed by Uncle Ben in 1924, in the week a tornado swept through Sandusky. My dad and Mom were on thier honeymoon in Canada when they got the news, so they cut short thier trip to Quebec to return to their unscathed "Erney-built" home, the place they would live in for the rest of thier lives.
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