Document Type
Image
Preview
Creation Date
1900
Publisher
E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, (Wisconsin.)
Description
Located on the northeast corner of Third and Main Streets was the Cadwell-Lyons Building constructed immediately after the July 1889 Ellensburg fire. Looking both east down Third and north on Main, this photograph postcard was taken at the intersection of Third and Main Streets. The tall S. R. Geddis Building is on the right and the Arcade Building built in the late 1890s in on the left. The infamous Teutonia Saloon was located in the Cadwell-Lyons Building on the alley next to the S. R. Geddis Building. In August 1895 a double murder took place which resulted in a mob lynching of Samuel Vinson and his son Charles.Postcard titled: "3rd and Main Strs., Ellensburg, Wash."
Recommended Citation
"Third and Main Streets" (1900). Ellensburg History Photographs. 107.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ellensburg_history/107
Source
Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
Ellensburg (Wash.) -- Streets, Historic, Historic streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, City & town life -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Third Street (Ellensburg, Wash.), Main Street (Ellensburg, Wash.), Cadwell - Lyons Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), S.R. Geddis Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), Arcade Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), Teutonia Saloon (Ellensburg, Wash.), Vinson, Charles Vinson, Samuel