Newark High School - Reveille Yearbook (Newark, OH)

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At one times it was a familiar sight to see an interurban rounding the Square head- ing for Columbus, Granville, or Buckeye lake. This picture was taken in l9l5. as' ws fo if .,r.V .m .mmwh Y Manga, 4 -Q.. .' M. Wadi.- This scene looks southward on South Third Street toward the canal and railroad beyond. 'll Pictured here is Newark's first fire en- gine. The picture was taken in 1868. ln the background may be seen the old fence around the first Court House.

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Murray House was a hotel built in 1858 on what is popularly known as the Hall Corner, across the street from Kresge's. This is a view of the north side of the Square looking westward. The building on the corner, now the site of the Midland Theatre, was erected in 1815 and is thought by some to be the first in Naw- ark. Pataskala Hall was on the site of the Newark Trust Company. Dances were held upstairs. This picture of the Woolworth corner, known by older citizens of Newark as the Roe Emerson corner, was taken in 1890.

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went 'ij Qc? ' zmxfw f3ff4ia3?g,?' The turning basin on the canal was lo- cated at the present site of the Rapid Transit bus garage on Canal Street iust south of the east wing of the high school. Here afloat can be seen one of the boats. This picture was taken around l895. .Along the Canal This is a view of the Ohio Canal be- tween Second and Third Streets, looking westward. It is the present site of the Moore warehouse. The first building to the left still stands and is the Fleek Wholesale Grocery Company. The second building from the left, still standing and constructed of brick, was erected in 1858 by luke Warner and Willis Robbins. A banking office and storerooms occupied it. There was a newspaper office upstairs. The third building to the left was the Warner frame warehouse. This picture of the canal looking south- ward from the railroad bridge at the Newark Stove Company was taken around 1900. 12