Webster Street Gallery
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| Union Clothing House at the southwest corner of Webster Street at Goundry Street. |
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| The west side of Webster Street at at Tremont in winter, circa 1909. From the left, Drewes and Fick Shoe Store, the Sugar Bowl, Will Brothers Clothing Store,and the Scenic Theatre at the corner of Tremont. Note the Cremo cigar advertisement on the side of the Will Brothers building. Cigars were 5 cents. |
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| Webster Street being paved with brick - circa 1913. Webster was originally paved in 1888, having been a dirt road until that time. Looking north between Tremont and Goundry. The second building from the left was J. C. Beltz Tobacconist. |
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| Webster Street - circa 1920's - looking south from Goundry Street. The Buffalo-Niagara Falls line of the New York Central Railroad ran on the east side of Webster Street. The tall 6-story building on the east side is the Smith Building, at times also known as the Sweeney Building. Located at the corner of Tremont Street, and known as North Tonawanda's "skyscraper". Businesses on the street at this time were State National Bank, Mundie Jewelry Co., Cramer Hardware, Knickerbocher Dancing Academy, Fowler Electric, Oelker's Shoe Store, Wilder Hardware, Colonial Shoeshine Parlor, Belmont Restaurant, Top and Bottom Store, J. C. Beltz Tobacconist, Twin City Restaurant, Western Union, National District Telephone Co., Schwartz's Men's Store, Union Clothing House, Drewes and Fick Boot Shop, and the Sugar Bowl. The Riviera (or Rivera) Theatre had not yet been established. |
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| Looking north from the Circle in Tonawanda, the Bascule Bridge, the Smith Building visible on the east side of Webster Street, the Webster Building, also known as the Sweeney Building and the Telephone Building over the years, at the north end of the bridge, with the Van Raalte Silk Mills plant directly behind it on Sweeney Street. An S. H. Stumph photo. |