Webster Street Gallery
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West side of Webster Street between Sweeney Street and Tremont Street; on the left, built in 1859, is half of the present 20-26 Webster Street building. In 1877 the building at the right was replaced by the structure existing today which became known as the Kent Music Hall building, owned by Alexander G. Kent, lumberman, of Kent & Reisterer Lumber Co. In the spring of 1897, Frank X. Batt opened an extensive hardware store here, which he operated until selling it five years later to the Knapp-Cramer Company, which later became Cramer Industrial Supplies. |
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| West side of Webster Street between Sweeney Street and Tremont Street in the 1890's. Note the building behind the first light pole has replaced the structure in the preceding photo of 20-26 Webster Street. |
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| A similar view of the block in the previous two photos in the 1890's. |
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| The west side of Webster between Sweeney Street and Tremont Street, with the railroad tracks running down the east side of the street. Circa 1890's. |
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| The west side of Webster Steet in the 1950's. Some of the businesses on the street at the time were the Sugar Bowl, Leverton's Ladies and Children's Wear, George E. Schnell and Sons Men's Wear, Wilder's Hardware, Walker and Monroe Jewelers, Fowler Electric, G. C. Murphy's, Zeher's Restaurant, Witkop and Holmes Furniture, Burn's Barber Shop, Laurel Electric Appliances, Parker's Jewelry, John C. Beltz Cigars and Tobacco, Schwartz's Men's Shop, Norton Auto and Home Supply, the Mayfair Restaurant, Century Auto Parts, and B. F. Goodrich Tires. Courtesy of William C. Wittkowsky Collection. |