City of Luzerne

Luzerne Mercantile office & elevator circa 1908

Looking east at the corner of Main and East Iowa Streets

Rebuilding the elevator after a fire at the Mercantile

Luzerne public school - the "big school and the little school".

Luzerne public school building

St. Paul's 50th anniversary circa 1909

Looking north at the northeast corner of East Iowa and Luzerne Streets

Looking north, former stockyard in the foreground, East Iowa Street in the background

Luzerne Mercantile looking east.

Located on the north side, mid block of East Iowa Street, circa 1908

Built in 1859, looking at the east side of the building.

Another view, facing Maple Street, looking south.

Another view of St. Paul's -circa 1908

A picture of the crowd who attended St. Paul's 50th anniversary in 1909.

Another view of St Paul's 50th anniversary attending crowd

Another picture of St. Paul's 50th anniversary attendees.

Interior of St. Paul's circa 1908 or 09

Luzerne train depot looking west

Texaco station at the SE corner of East Iowa and Luzerne Streets, just west of earlier site of Luzerne Mercantile

Unidentified railroad workers

Kouba Brothers store- south side of East Iowa St. mid block

Ilten's Store, later became Waterman's, NE corner of East Iowa and Luzerne's Streets

A view of the Luzerne Mercantile's original elevator looking east.

St. Paul's parochial school children and their teacher Mr. Stoelper.

Plat of Luzerne's downtown.

A view of Maple Street from West Iowa Street, looking south.

Must have been a special occasion, judging from the crowd gathered to watch.

From the book "Pioneer Recollections" by Harley Ransom. "The latest Mitchell, 1907 model, with Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Tatge and Mr, & Mrs. Martin Studt."

This building was on the east end of the main street. In this picture, the building was the post office. In later years, it was Lester Crim's barber shop

Another view of Ilten's Store, later known as Waterman's store

Pictured are Otis and Hilda Wright, who lived about 2 miles straight west of Luzerne. Otis started out delivering mail on horseback.

South entrance to the public school

East Iowa Street looking east northeast

Another view of East Iowa Street, business district mid-block looking north

Looking east from the corner of Luzerne and East Iowa Streets. Luzerne Mercantile is in the foreground on the right side.

Looking west on the north side of East Iowa Street

A more recent view of East Iowa St looking west

A view of the blacksmith's shop looking west on West Iowa Street.

An early confirmation class inside St. Paul's

A.M. Roth (l) and Albert Kuester (r) inside the Luzerne Mercantile