“Virtual Walking Tour” Historical Downtown Mooresville
Nov 30, 2014
“Virtual Walking Tour”
Historical DowntownMooresville
Copyright © 2009 by Mooresville Public Library. All rights reserved. Photographs reprinted by permission. All photographs taken from the MPL Indiana Room historical photograph collection, unless otherwise noted.
Photo, Slide #1: Mooresville Public Library (1916), commonly called the “Carnegie Library” as it was funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie.
Photo (Left), Slide #2: Carnegie Library building (in Oct. 2007).Photo (Right), Slide #2: Mooresville Public Library today (2009).
(Elementary School, Grades 2-3 Version—Last Revised on 8/8/2009)
MHS Students Celebrate 2/22/22
Mooresville High School students celebrate a basketball game victory at the
center of downtown Mooresville—February 22, 1922
Downtown Intersection(Northwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
Farmers State Bank (1873-1930) (Old Building: 1880s – 1904)
Downtown Intersection(Northwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
Farmers State Bank (1904-1930) Roscoe Stovall, Jr. & Associates (2008)
Downtown Intersection(Northeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
Then….. I.O.O.F. Building During Civil War Veterans Parade (1880s)
Now…. Hadley Mini-Park (2008)
Downtown Intersection(Southeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
▲ Then….. George W. Bass Drugstore (ca. 1880)
▲ Now….
Movieland USA (in October 2007)
Downtown Intersection(Southeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
▲ Then…. South Side of East Main Street
(1902-1920)
▼ Now….
Movieland USA (in Oct. 2007)
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Burch Grocery Bass Drugstore
Downtown Intersection(Southwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)
◄ Then…
Lindley Block (1905-1925) (burned down Dec. 27, 1925)
▲ Now…. Southwest Corner (in Oct. 2007)
◄ Then….
Mason’s Pure Oil Station (1959-1960)
Downtown — East Main Street
Main Street, looking east across the Indiana Street Intersection (1880s/1890s) (photo by J. P. Calvert)
I.O.O.F. Building (built 1881-84); Gro. & Queensw., Merchants (built c. 1870)
Bass Drugs(built c. 1880)
A. W. Conduitt Dry Goods (built 1870-71)
Downtown — East Main Street, South Side (TOP: ca. 1908; BOTTOM: 2008)
George R. Scruggs Dry Goods Keller HardwareBurch Grocery
George W. Bass Drugstore
◄ Burch Grocery (ca. 1908-09), 3 East Main Street (photo by J.P. Calvert)
3 East Main Street (2008):
Mooresville Discount Mattress Outlet; Movieland USA (corner, downstairs) ►
◄ West Main Street, South Side, during the 1910 Horse Show (photo by J. P. Calvert)
(R to L Taggart’s Bakery; Pace Thompson Dry Goods; Carlisle & Gilbert Furniture & Undertakers; Lindley Block)
May 2008West Main St.,
South Side(L to R: Harris
& Currens; appliance store; Pat’s Tavern) ►
▲ Then…10 N. Indiana—Day’s Grocery (before 1909) (photo by J. P. Calvert)
▼ Now… 10 N. Indiana (May 2008) Main Street Gifts & Collectibles
North Side of West Main Street
Then…. Middle-1960s ►
Now…. 2008 ▼
◄ Then... 19 S. Indiana —Day’s Grocery (1909)
(photo by J. P. Calvert)
Then… Gray Brothers Restaurant (circa 1960), South Indiana St. ▼
Now... 19 S. Indiana (May 2008)(R to L: X-Treme Dance Academy; Pete Majeski State Farm Insurance)
◄ Then... 17 S. Indiana—Post Office (circa 1900)
▼ Now... 17 S. Indiana (May 2008)
Then… 31 S. Indiana Street — Dr. W. L. Thompson’s Office (ca. 1909)(photo by J. P. Calvert) ►
◄ Now… 31 S. Indiana Street (Oct. 2007)Nichols Insurance
◄ Then…Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church (1914)
Now… Mooresville Government Center (Oct. 2007) ►
◄ Copeland Appliance Store (circa 1970) at 20-18-16 South
Indiana Street.
20-18-16 South Indiana Street (May 2008).(L to R: Life Enhancement Resources; Online Appraisal & Real Estate Services) ►