Photos were taken right after the fire of 1894, the reason so many people in the village.
From L to R: Meat Market, est. 1865; W. H. Wakelin (says dry goods * notions * ? * shoes * groceries * flour * salt); Next building says Groceries * Notions; next is a sign on post - Dentist; followed by R.B. Chambers; ? ; ? ; and finally Colteaux's Restaurant. After that was the school building on the corner.
The R.B. Chambers building is the current Schooney's bar. Of all the buildings in the photo, that is the only one that remains.
The school was on the corner where the bank stands today. That is the school bell tower.
--Posted photos and all comments by Jean Fox to the Roberts Illinois History Group FB page.
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