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STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's "Throwback Thursday Collection" takes us to the 100 block of North Main on the east side. Today's article focuses on the 122 N. Main address.
Before the current building was reconfigured, it was the P. Martin Dry Goods store at 118-122 N. Main.
Then in 1906, J.W. Jenkins started a music store with his sons and the building became a single store at 122 N. Main. The first photo shows that music store in 1922 during an auto parade.
Jenkins was at that location for 20 years.
In 1928, Jones-O'Neal Shoe Co. started in this location and was there until 1986 for a 58-year run. The second photo shows Jones-O'Neal during the 1946 Prairie Pow-Wow.
The third photo shows the Jones-O'Neal storefront in 1960.
The fourth photo shows Jones-O'Neal in 1975 with a different storefront.
In 1988, Payton Optical moved there after a long occupancy at the Wolcott Building, which was just being razed. They were at the 122 N. Main location for 29 years of their 70-year family run.
In 2017, Greg Payton retired and sold the business to the Specs Eyewear Co. of Wichita. The fifth photo shows the 122 N. Main location today, still Specs, with the property under the JGP Properties ownership.
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