Wonder what businesses were at 125 and 127 S. Main St. since 1877?

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Do you remember when the following businesses occupied 125 and 127 S. Main St. in Ada? Ada historian Leland Crouse has an extremely large compendium of when and where local businesses were in existence. Here's his record for these addresses, starting with before 1877.

The February 2, 2026, fire at 125 and 127 S. Main destroyed this building.

Compiled by Leland Crouse

125 S. MAIN STREET BUSINESSES

bef. 1877 - Runkle Drug Store 

1877 - David Kemp Drug Store

1885 - Dowell and Stonehill Grocery

1885  - Davis and Hoover Furniture

1914 - Geo. H. Kephart & Son Company

1923-1930 - Purity Sweets

1933 Dean McElroy restaurant

Early 1930s-1957 - Burke Gardner’s Drugs

1936 - Sigma Sweet 

1937-1939 - Ada Heating, Plumbing and Electrical Company (rear)

1938-1969.- Rexall Drug Store (Burke Gardner) purchased the 125 South Main Street building

1979-2006 - Gardner Drugs (James Turner owner)

2010-2018 - China King Restaurant 

2022-2026 - Viva Maris’s Italian Restaurant
 

 

 

 

 

127 S. MAIN STREET BUSINESSES

1922 - Kemp’s Drug Store

1922 Burk Gardner’s Drug Store 

1925-1948 Dr. C.W. Breck (dentist)

1939-1943 The Sugar Bowl(Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Young) 

1945  C.J. Samsal purchased 127 South Main Street from Mrs. Marguarite Young

1952-1959 Dr. R.B. Moyer 

1959 Dr. R.E. Wink 

1960 Justin McElroy, attorney

1944-1966 John Thoburn John chiropractor 

1947-1965John D. Homan chiropractor 

1969-1985 Miller Laundry and Dry Cleaning 

1986 Home Service Laundry & Dry Cleaners 

1993 Kenneth G. Failor Attorney at Law 

1998 Bits-N-Beanies 

2010 The Dog House 

2012 The Sawmill Restaurant/Café 

2014-2025 The Cask Room

 

 

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