“Virtual Walking Tour”

Historical DowntownMooresville

Copyright © 2009 by Mooresville Public Library. All rights reserved. Photographs reprinted by permission. All photographs taken from the MPL Indiana Room historical photograph collection, unless otherwise noted.

Photo, Slide #1: Mooresville Public Library (1916), commonly called the “Carnegie Library” as it was funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie.

Photo (Left), Slide #2: Carnegie Library building (in Oct. 2007).Photo (Right), Slide #2: Mooresville Public Library today (2009).

(Elementary School, Grades 2-3 Version—Last Revised on 8/8/2009)

MHS Students Celebrate 2/22/22

Mooresville High School students celebrate a basketball game victory at the

center of downtown Mooresville—February 22, 1922

Downtown Intersection(Northwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

Farmers State Bank (1873-1930) (Old Building: 1880s – 1904)

Downtown Intersection(Northwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

Farmers State Bank (1904-1930) Roscoe Stovall, Jr. & Associates (2008)

Downtown Intersection(Northeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

Then….. I.O.O.F. Building During Civil War Veterans Parade (1880s)

Now…. Hadley Mini-Park (2008)

Downtown Intersection(Southeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

▲ Then….. George W. Bass Drugstore (ca. 1880)

▲ Now….

Movieland USA (in October 2007)

Downtown Intersection(Southeast Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

▲ Then…. South Side of East Main Street

(1902-1920)

▼ Now….

Movieland USA (in Oct. 2007)

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Downtown Intersection(Southwest Corner, Indiana and Main Streets)

◄ Then…

Lindley Block (1905-1925) (burned down Dec. 27, 1925)

▲ Now…. Southwest Corner (in Oct. 2007)

◄ Then….

Mason’s Pure Oil Station (1959-1960)

Downtown — East Main Street

Main Street, looking east across the Indiana Street Intersection (1880s/1890s) (photo by J. P. Calvert)

I.O.O.F. Building (built 1881-84); Gro. & Queensw., Merchants (built c. 1870)

Bass Drugs(built c. 1880)

A. W. Conduitt Dry Goods (built 1870-71)

Downtown — East Main Street, South Side (TOP: ca. 1908; BOTTOM: 2008)

George R. Scruggs Dry Goods Keller HardwareBurch Grocery

George W. Bass Drugstore

◄ Burch Grocery (ca. 1908-09), 3 East Main Street (photo by J.P. Calvert)

3 East Main Street (2008):

Mooresville Discount Mattress Outlet; Movieland USA (corner, downstairs) ►

◄ West Main Street, South Side, during the 1910 Horse Show (photo by J. P. Calvert)

(R to L Taggart’s Bakery; Pace Thompson Dry Goods; Carlisle & Gilbert Furniture & Undertakers; Lindley Block)

May 2008West Main St.,

South Side(L to R: Harris

& Currens; appliance store; Pat’s Tavern) ►

▲ Then…10 N. Indiana—Day’s Grocery (before 1909) (photo by J. P. Calvert)

▼ Now… 10 N. Indiana (May 2008) Main Street Gifts & Collectibles

North Side of West Main Street

Then…. Middle-1960s ►

Now…. 2008 ▼

◄ Then... 19 S. Indiana —Day’s Grocery (1909)

(photo by J. P. Calvert)

Then… Gray Brothers Restaurant (circa 1960), South Indiana St. ▼

Now... 19 S. Indiana (May 2008)(R to L: X-Treme Dance Academy; Pete Majeski State Farm Insurance)

◄ Then...  17 S. Indiana—Post Office (circa 1900)

▼ Now... 17 S. Indiana (May 2008)

Then… 31 S. Indiana Street — Dr. W. L. Thompson’s Office (ca. 1909)(photo by J. P. Calvert) ►

◄ Now… 31 S. Indiana Street (Oct. 2007)Nichols Insurance

◄ Then…Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church (1914)

Now… Mooresville Government Center (Oct. 2007) ►

◄ Copeland Appliance Store (circa 1970) at 20-18-16 South

Indiana Street.

20-18-16 South Indiana Street (May 2008).(L to R: Life Enhancement Resources; Online Appraisal & Real Estate Services) ►