Van Syckel Grocery Store
Photograph
Ed Burns, wearing a white apron, stands in front of 32 East Center Street, the Van Syckel grocery store. A car is parked to the left of the commercial building; a Fire Chief gas pump is visible on the right. Text on the building's striped awnings indicate the shop offered hardware, paints, grocery and meats.
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Burns, Edward Thomas 1896-1959Van Syckel Grocery/J.E. Durham store
Photo caption from "Raising the Roof" 2nd edition, page 127: VAN SYCKEL'S STORE 1941 Center Street | Douglas This classy Colonial Revival with six bay windows and a tall pedimented hood over the door was the village grocery store. Note the gas pump. The VanSyckel family operated this store for many years, at first as a combination grocery and hardware business, then exclusively as a grocery. It later became the IGA store operated by Ed and Marge Burns. Now retail space and apartments, slightly altered condition. Destroyed by fire, 2006.
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Winthers, Sally
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02/19/2025
02/19/2025