219 East Bremer- sold Elgin watches through the 1950s. In 1956 Sullivan's jewelry sold this brand.
The 1951 storefront has been remodeled by store tenant (Tenenbaum’s Jewelry) with modern materials. The façade above the storefront is flat and unadorned “Roman” brick, terminating with a concrete parapet cap. Large lettering spelling “TENENBAUM’S JEWELRY” is affixed at the center of this upper wall. This small building was constructed to replace an even smaller frame building that had survived the devastating fire this block suffered in 1884, a fire that destroyed the entire west half of the block. Tennenbaum's is still in business- Nick McCumber
221 East Bremer - Date of Construction 1914 Niewohner's Hardware
This two-story corner commercial building is located on the northwest corner of 3rd Street NE and E. Bremer Avenue. The building was planned and built in 1914 by Luhring & Pape, the Waverly hardware firm. The basement and ground floor housed their hardware store; the upper floor was built to be the office and printing rooms of the Waverly Democrat newspaper and the Rhode Island Red Journal. Nieowner was in this building from 1923-1982- Nick McCumber
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219 East Bremer- sold Elgin watches through the 1950s. In 1956 Sullivan's jewelry sold this brand. The 1951 storefront has been remodeled by store tenant (Tenenbaum’s Jewelry) with modern materials. The façade above the storefront is flat and unadorned “Roman” brick, terminating with a concrete parapet cap. Large lettering spelling “TENENBAUM’S JEWELRY” is affixed at the center of this upper wall. This small building was constructed to replace an even smaller frame building that had survived the devastating fire this block suffered in 1884, a fire that destroyed the entire west half of the block. Tennenbaum's is still in business- Nick McCumber
221 East Bremer - Date of Construction 1914 Niewohner's Hardware This two-story corner commercial building is located on the northwest corner of 3rd Street NE and E. Bremer Avenue. The building was planned and built in 1914 by Luhring & Pape, the Waverly hardware firm. The basement and ground floor housed their hardware store; the upper floor was built to be the office and printing rooms of the Waverly Democrat newspaper and the Rhode Island Red Journal. Nieowner was in this building from 1923-1982- Nick McCumber
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 02N0070