Notes & Memories

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Glass House Tavern with empty store on right

130 W. 5th St.

#34 130 W. 5th. Street, Glass House Tavern, Building on the left At this point the early history of this building is unavailable. It has in more recent years housed a variety of taverns: In the late 1940s Steine's Tavern owned and operated by the Steinhalber's and from the early 1950s to the 1980s, Snowballs's Tavern owned and operated by the Meyer's. It is currently the Glass House Tavern.

#34 134 W. 5th. Street, Primitive Star Gift Shop, Building on the right Information as to when this building was built and by whom is unavailable at this time. However it is known that it was the location of Gluch's Shoe Store, owned and operated by Oscar "Dimps" Gluch from somewhere in the 1930s to the mid 1950s. The Family Shoe Store occupied this building from the mid 1950s to 2005 and during this time was owned and operated by a variety of Neillsville business people. The Primitive Star Gift Shop took occupancy of this building in 2005 and remains there today.

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Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts

140 W. 5th St.

#35-#35 140 W. 5th. Street Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Store/Scott's Auto Parts This building was built in 1878 by the IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) as their meeting hall. Glenn and Metty (Russell) Roberts rented it during the early to mid 1950s for a furniture showroom for Russell's Hardware and Furniture. It was occupied by WCCN radio, Howie Sturtz and Wayne Grap, from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s when the pavilion was re-built. Betty Sydorowicz-Trunkel operated her Mode-O-Day dress shop here during the late 1970s and early 1980s, followed by Dave Hanson's "Dave's Auto Parts" from the mid 1980s through the late 1990s. Beginning in the late 1990s to today, the building has been occupied by Scott's Auto Parts owned and operated by Scott Havlicek.
 

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Nagy Investigations

158 E. 4th St.

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Jail House Museum

E. 5th St.

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Brick Yard Tavern

203 W. 7th St.

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Urban Sales & Service

124 W. 7th St.

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Green Lantern Bar

231 W. 7th St.

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Seventh Day Adventist Church

5th & Clay St.