Brennan Building

100 Governor Oglesby Street, Elkhart, IL .
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East < GO > West

This is the old Brennan's store building. They sold shoes, groceries, fabrics, ax handles, candy, and more in a sort of general store. In 1923 R B Lanterman's Grocery opened in the building and operated here until 1977. It was the Little Foxes shop when we went by in 2016. There used to be a Selz Shoes sign on the west side of the building, but most, if not all, of it has disappeared.

This is one of four buildings on Governor Oglesby St. with names and/or years on them: Stahl, Lucas 1914, 1902 - Bank - 1919 and 1889 and this one - 1889.

This mural was painted in 2017 and features many of the historic landmarks in Elkhart. There's a bit of ghost signs between the two doors on the right side in this photo.

This side of the building faces Latham St., the old Chicago & Alton Railroad passenger depot was located about where I stood to take this photo.

Photo(s): 2015