26. Early Center Street

Early Center Street, Douglas, about 1900, looking west up the hill toward the School House (not shown) from Main Street, showing the business block, with carriages and plank sidewalk.

The commercial building on the far left is today’s Everyday People Cafe. The Central Store building and those on either side were replaced by 23 and 25 Center Street, a pair of brick 2-story buildings with retail on the main level and apartments on the second level. At the far end of the block, the brick Kerr building at 33 Center Street is now an art gallery.