In business addresses, MEB is Mining Exchange Building. CB is Cardin Building (the Security Bank Building of the 50’s). NOTE: on address searches, I have standardized on abbreviated directions. E.g., look for S Main instead of South Main. Addresses are listed like this: 826 NW K. Make sure you put the direction before the street.
Business Name | Business Address | Date First Seen There | Business Type | Notes |
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East Central Market | 209 E Central | 1937 | Grocery/Market | |
Tri-State Motor Sales | 32 SE A | 1937 | Auto Sales | |
Miner's Lunch Room | 12 SE A | 1937 | Restaurant | |
Mac's Cafe | 122 N Main | 1937 | Restaurant | |
Audrain Service Station | 231 S Main | 1937 | Filling Station | |
Church of the Nazarene | 1st and NE C | 1937 | Church | |
Nu-Way Service Station | 1736 N Main | 1937 | Filling Station | |
Miami Police Department | 1 N Main | 1937 | Misc | 1 1/2 N Main. Probably there much earlier. Mentioned in a1937 news article. |
E.R. Franks Grocery | 522 E Central | 1937 | Grocery/Market | |
Zeigler's Grocery | 302 E Central | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Was purchased in 1937 and renamed Brewster's Grocery. But was again known as Zeigler's shortly after. |
Riviera Courts | Route 66 SW of town | 1937 | Hotel | https://neverquitelost.com/2019/02/10/miami-oklahomas-crumbling-treasure/?fbclid=IwAR2NTF9InoOSRBm4BWA3Za07YQrhGgem26Ybf1EZsL4xnZoXMsUmTOmtX-Q |
Roy Green's Economy Grocery | 119 N Main | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Still there in 1945 |
Joe Jolley Commission Co. (Willys and International) | 105 S Main | 1937 | Auto Sales | |
McFerron Bros. Feed and Seed Co. | 116-118 S Main | 1937 | Retail | Was later located on Central |
Corbett Garage | 125 N Main | 1937 | Auto Repair | |
City News Stand | 28 N Main | 1937 | Retail | |
Juanita's Beauty Salon | 28 N Main | 1937 | Services | |
Radford Roofing, Wallpaper, Paint. | 310 S Main | 1937 | Services | |
Dawson Jewelry Co. | 40 N Main | 1937 | Retail | Pioneer Business (1928). MEB. AKA Dawson China and Silver Co. |
Carselowey Agency | 7 N Main | 1937 | Services | 7 ½ N Main |
Anderson Agency | MEB | 1937 | Services | Pioneer Business (1937). Was originally Anderson-Mcintosh Agency |
GW Sapp Insurance Agency | 10 E Central | 1937 | Services | |
E.B. Laffoon Grocery | 516 NW 3rd | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Gone by 1944 |
Cantrell Grocery | 102 NE G St. | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Sold out to Earl and Lucille Staton in 1948 |
Southern Grocery | 314 E Central | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Gone by 1958, bought out by Arthur "Hoppy" Pryor. AKA Ben's Grocery. |
Cook's Grocery | 215 W Central | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Also mentioned in a 1947 ad of Miami groceries. Was for sale in 1954. |
Mark's Grocery | Unknown | 1937 | Grocery/Market | Mentioned in 1947 ad |
Blackmer's Grocery | 215 SW 3rd | 1937 | Grocery/Market | |
Cunningham Grocery | Unknown address | 1937 | Grocery/Market | |
East Third Street Grocery | E 3rd Street | 1937 | Grocery/Market | |
Dr. MR Shaw | First National Bank bldg. | 1938 | Services | |
Norton-Elliot Motor Co. | N main at 2nd Ave | 1938 | Auto Sales | |
College Grocery | 809 NE 3rd | 1938 | Grocery/Market | Not seen after 1950, until College Grocery reappeared |
Dixon Grocery | 116 SW 4th | 1938 | Grocery/Market | Mentioned in an ad listing several groceries. 1938 city guide has them at 109 SW 4th |
Schmidt Grocery | 201 SE G | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide. Still active in 1949 |
Browning Grocery | 601 SE C | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide. Mentioned in 1950 |
Buddy's Grocery | Address unknown | 1938 | Grocery/Market | |
Stead Grocery | Address unknown | 1938 | Grocery/Market | |
Nelson Furniture | 15 E Central | 1938 | Retail | Moved to 117 N Main in 1947 |
Doyle Miller Service Station | 131 N Main | 1938 | Filling Station | |
Norton-Elliott Motor Co. | 201 N Main | 1938 | Auto Sales | 201-215 N Main |
Dr. J. A. Maisonneuve | FNB | 1938 | Services | Podiatrist |
Paul C. Campbell & Co. | 25 NE 1st | 1938 | Services | CPA firm |
Banfield Packing Co. | 300 S Main | 1938 | Services | Plant burned in 1942, was rebuilt and running by 1943. Was bought out by Western, Inc. in 1949. |
Crofford Cities Service | 201 S Main | 1938 | Filling Station | |
The DeLuxe Cleaners | 112 S Main | 1938 | Laundry | |
Holcom Plumbing & Heating | 13 W Central | 1938 | Services | Bought out by Bottenfield in 1949 |
Jessie's Beauty Shop | MEB | 1938 | Services | Mentioned in 1940 |
Doc's Market | 330 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | |
Farrier's "For Finer Foods" Open Market | 323 N Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | Last seen there in 1942. Broadey's was here since 1936. |
Barger Construction | 102 NE B | 1938 | Services | Still there in 1954 |
Modern Beauty Shop | 38 N Main | 1938 | Services | |
Phillips 66 Station | 320 N Main | 1938 | Filling Station | |
Clyde Seay Service Station | 131 S Main | 1938 | Filling Station | |
Anthony's | 6 S Main | 1938 | Retail | |
Farmer's Produce | 210 S Main | 1938 | Retail, Services | Moved from 300 S Main |
Randall Tire Service | 214 S Main | 1938 | Retail, Services | |
Kelly Auto Repair | 526 S Main | 1938 | Auto Repair | |
Day and Nite Cafe | N Main | 1938 | Restaurant | Operated by E.C. Branson, jr. |
Bensch Produce Co | 107 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | City guide |
Ammerman Grocery | 611 NE 3rd | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Eugene Franks Grocery | 522 E Central | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Grant Grocery | 301 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Harp's Grocery | 106 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
McGhee Grocery | 213 SW 4th | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide. Mrs. Julia McGhee |
OK Grocery | 17 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Redmond Grocery | 401 SE G | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Smith Grocery | 330 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Harold Stephenson Grocery | 1304 E Central | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Hayden Stephenson Grocery | 216 NE 2nd | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
James Stephenson Grocery | 38 NE I | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Wagner Grocery | 618 NW I | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide. Mrs. Ida Wagner |
Walz Grocery | 321 SW 1st | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Welch Grocery | 730 S Main | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Zeigler's Grocery | 426 SE A | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Doyle Miller Service Station | 100 W Central | 1938 | Filling Station | Conoco |
Miami Farm Machinery Co. | 111 S Main | 1938 | Retail | James Jolley |
Magic Empire Express | 3rd and NE D | 1938 | Services | Trucking |
Northwest Grocery & Market | 703 NW 2nd | 1938 | Grocery/Market | 1938 city guide |
Myers Cafe | 101 NE A | 1938 | Restaurant | |
Patterson Manufacturing Co. | 428 N Main | 1939 | Manufacturer | Clothing manufacturers, local merchants sold their stuff. |
Miami High School | NE A and 2nd | 1939 | Building | |
Silver Castle Lunch | 122 N Main | 1940 | Restaurant | |
Spartan School of Aeronautics | 2215 N Main | 1940 | Misc | Last mentioned in 1949 |
Rice's Shoes | 5 NE 1st | 1940 | Retail | Miami Shoe Shop announced they were here, formerly Rice's, in 1940, so they opened prior to this year |
Miami Shoe Shop | 5 NE 1st | 1940 | Retail | |
Miami News-Record | 20 NE 1st | 1940 | Misc | Could have been there long before that, this was the first time they put address on masthead |
Clay Stokes Conoco | 100 W Central | 1940 | Filling Station | |
Bennett 66 Service | 335 S Main | 1940 | Filling Station | Present day address is 331. From Billie E Bennett Guilfoyle: My Dad William “Bill”Bennett had the station for a few years until he left for the war in 1942 and at that time my Grandfather William “Will” Bennett Sr took it over for him to run till my Dad returned. When my Dad returned 4 years later my Grandfather continued running the station until his death in 1967 at age 82. He loved his customers and many remembered how they would sometimes pump their own gas and even go in and write down their gas on a ticket then pay Granddad when they got paid., very different times. It was a Phillips 66 station from at least 1955 to 1967. I was to young to remember the 1940s & I don’t ever remember it being any other brand My Granddad was a barber by trade when he married my Grandmother in 1912 and the shop was in the old Miami Hotel building on North Main and sold Ford cars , Model A. When Will Rogers was to appear at the Coleman Theater in the 1930s , Rogers pilot , Wiley Post , had engine problems while on the way to the Miami Airport. He put down that Sat morning in a field toward Afton Granddad that morning was taking a new Ford to try to sell to a customer and saw a plane go down in the field and went to help. He ended up driving Will back to Miami to the Coleman. My Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Dad and half of Miami were at the Coleman to see Will Rogers show when Granddad pulls out front and drops off Will Rogers and then heads right back to meet his car customer. All the town dignitaries were waiting at the airport to meet Will Rogers . Apparently my Grandfather was added to Will Rogers show. He told how he was zoomed into town at top speeds and the ride was scarier than the plane problems. My Grandfather always told that he had to hurry to get a car sold. It was tough times in the 30s . He sold that car that day too. At my Grandfather’s funeral at the sanctuary of First Christian Church , his friends and very loyal customers filled the church to remember this wonderful man. Memories from Billie , his loving Granddaughter |
Cone's Market | 106 S Main | 1940 | Grocery/Market | |
Carolyn's Beauty Studio | 7 N Main | 1940 | Services | At the James & James shop |
Holt Memorial Works | 11 SE C | 1940 | Services | Last seen in 1942 |
Jolley Furniture | 19 S Main | 1940 | Retail | Last seen in 1941 |
Williams Sisters Beauty Salon | MEB | 1940 | Services | No mention after 1941 |
Dawson's Laundry | 302 E Central | 1940 | Laundry | Was bought out by Del-Mar in 1941 |
Maugans Company | Tidwell bldg. | 1940 | Retail | T-Locks for brick buildings |
Jimmie's Delivery Service | 130 N Main | 1940 | Services | |
Jack Keithley Skelly Service Station | 301 N Main | 1940 | Filling Station | |
Webb and Tullis Service | 210 S Main | 1940 | Services | |
Grubb Auto Parts | 305 S Main | 1940 | Auto Parts |