25 South Main Street

Photos, circa 1900, show four wooden buildings on the sites of 23, 25 & 27 S. Main which were originally a part of the Clarkston mill property. At the turn of the century this property was owned by Manley Bower who apparently also did business in a store north of the Nelson House, which stood on the northwest corner of North Main and West Washington Streets. Bower operated a "peddling wagon" in the summer, as did Frank Walter. The Village Hall & Fire Engine House was built on this site in 1925. In 1933, after the two wooden buildings on the southwest corner of S. Main & W. Washington St. burned, Harvey Demond moved his surviving equipment here and opened a barbershop in front of the Village Council rooms. Ronk's Barbershop opened here in 1954, remodeling in 1956. The barber shop occupied the north section of the building with the fire & police department behind. The Village offices used the south 1/2 of the building until a new facility was built on Depot Rd. The Main Street building was later sold returning to commercial use as Country Greens, a florist, plant, and home accessories shop.