South Main Street

Looking north in 1911 in front of where Rod and Gun Club is today 

On the left is the Carl Anderson Livery that not only was a livery stable it also rented Ford Automobiles at the time this photo was taken. Next is a house that has yet to be identified. What would shortly become O.I. Holman’s General Store with the wide awning is next. Not noticeable in this photo is the gap between the Holman store and the Thoreson building where the Westby Theater would be built in 26 years. The Thoreson building is home to the  new Bank of Westby built in 1910 or 1911. Thorson’s Studio was on second floor for many years. Later Roehl’s would occupy this building and in more recent years by Country Collectables Antiques. The three story building is Hotel Evans, one of the best hotels in the county, or so their advertising says. The darker building is Flugstad Hardware more recently the Westby Bakery & Coffee Shop. Hardly visible is the Stevlingson Hardware on the corner now occupied by Dregne’s Scandinavian Gifts.

Same view as above but taken from the boardwalk
on the east side of the street

Crossing State Street is the new Bekkedal bank only four years old when this photo was taken.

On the east side of Main Street, the building visible beyond the horse and wagon is O.P. Anderson’s Furniture and Funeral, now Treasures on Main. The long white building was built by Johan Michelet as one of the first buildings in Westby and is now the yard in front of Connelly Law Office. The building most of us remember as Storbakken’s Grocery now Nisse House of Art. Notice that when this building was newer there were steps going up to the first floor. The building was later lowered to allowing no steps to enter. The building on the far right is Paulsen Millinery & Company with Sean Paulsen as proprietor and as the newer bottom photo shows it has become Erlandson the Tailor shop.

Same view of above but taken a few years later