This has to be the last, if not the only, building in downtown Logansport, Indiana to have had an advertisement for Mail Pouch tobacco painted on an exterior wall. The block for this address is between E. Broadway and E. Market. The Logansport City Building stands across the street at the present time, on the corner of E. Broadway and S. Sixth Street.
In the above photo 315 S. Sixth Street is the dark building in the center. At left the Gossard factory (gone now) and the old Post Office, which faces E. Market (still there).
The building at the right of the parking lot was the former Pharos Tribune building, which was replaced with a new building which it occupies still - and this current building covers the entire parking lot pictured here.
Built around 1907 the building housed an electrical business. Mr. N. Costenborder, electrician advertised in the local newspapers. He was an "expert" at "refinishing chandeliers".
In 1912 George Dial and Ora Goble opened a tire repair shop in the building. At the time the property directly across from them was a livery stable and offered "parking" for horse and wagon when rural folks came to town.
1933 Ad (opened in 1930):
Owned by Fred and Mildred Llewellyn.
By 1938 the structure was shared by Byon Grelle, who offered household goods.
Above: Foundation at time of demolition.
This photo was taken on S. 6th Street looking west. 315 S. Sixth is at the left. The former building which housed the Logansport Pharos-Tribune and parking lot can be seen and the former Gourmet Cafeteria and David's at right would be facing E. Broadway (at right).
I confess that I searched for a demolition date but did not find one included in the materials at hand. I do believe that these are the last photos taken of the structure, so I'm guessing it was torn down in the 1970s.
