38 Webster Street - The Schnell Building


This 1936 photo looks west on Tremont Street to Webster.  In the Schnell Building on the corner, an Atlantic & Pacific (A&P) store was in business. The buiding was constructed in 1890 by George E. Schnell.  In the early 1900's a theatre operated in this building.  For decades it housed Schnell's mens and boys wear, which began on South Niagara Street in Tonawanda.  In later years, it housed a television store.  In 2005, it houses an antique business.  In 1927, the building(s) from 34-38 were known as the Fowler Block.

 


Photos: Courtesy of George Trautman Collection

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