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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Masonic Temple | 2 S Main | 1917 | Lodge | Miami Record-Herald. Over Ottawa County Bank |
Associated Lead and Zinc Co. | Tidwell Building | 1917 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Miami Business Men's League | 103 N Main | 1917 | Misc | Miami Record-Herald. |
Guy Coday Creamery | S Main | 1917 | Retail, Wholesale | Miami Record-Herald. |
Clarke's Secondhand Store | 26 S Main | 1917 | Retail | Miami Herald-Record. |
Daisy Cafe | 24 S Main | 1917 | Restaurant | Miami Herald-Record. |
Lyle Building | 23 S Main | 1917 | Building | Miami Herald-Record. Considerably older than that. |
H. & H. Motor Sales | Unknown | 1917 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. Sold Moon motorcars. |
Lang Lisle Building | S Main | 1917 | Building | Miami Record-Herald. |
Sturgeon Building | N Main | 1917 | Building | Miami Record-Herald. |
Daisy Billiard Parlor | S Main | 1917 | Misc | Miami Record-Herald. Lisle Building. |
Guarantee Developing Co. | Unknown | 1917 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. Mining interests. |
Neff and Barrow Furniture | 123 N Main | 1917 | Retail | Miami Herald-Record. |
Thomas Fruit Co. | S Main | 1917 | Wholesale | Miami Herald-Record. First and S Main. |
American Exchange Bank | 13 N Main | 1917 | Misc | Miami Herald-Record. |
Fred Mathis Motors | Unknown | 1917 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. Sold Dorts. |
Myers Tire and Battery Co. | 125 N Main | 1917 | Auto Parts | Miami Record-Herald. |
Masonic Hall | 28 N Main | 1917 | Lodge | Miami Record-Herald. Robinson building, 2nd floor. |
Bradley Independent Lumber Co. | Unknown | 1917 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. The Independent Lumber Co. was already in business when Bradley purchased it in this year. |
Tuck-Patterson Realty Co. | Unknown | 1917 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Goodwin-Masemore-Huckett Realty Co. | Unknown | 1917 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Gem Electric Supply | 101 N Main | 1917 | Retail, Wholesale | Miami Herald-Record. Destroyed in 1917 fire. |
OK&M Railroad offices | 101 N Main | 1917 | Services | Miami Herald-Record. Destroyed in 1917 fire. |
Miami District Daily News | 12 NE 1st | 1917 | Misc | Miami Record-Herald. |
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. | 520 E Central | 1917 | Retail, Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Elliott-Runyan Auto Co. | 17 E Central | 1917 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. Purchased Commerce Auto Sales at this location. |
McKinney-Chandler Wholesale Grocers | 226 NE D | 1917 | Wholesale | Miami Record-Herald. NE D warehouse not built until 1918. |
Jackson Drug Co. | 4 S Main | 1917 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Store #5. Two simultaneous locations. Corporation dissolved in 1925. Purchased by Harrah-O'Bannon. |
Frisco Depot | 410 E Central | 1917 | Misc | Was built when town population reached 6000 |
OK Plumbing | 104 N Main | 1917 | Services | |
Moothart Business College | 108 N Main | 1917 | Misc | 108 1/2 |
Photo Abstract Co. | 3 N Main | 1917 | Services | In 1922, purchased Pioneer Abstract and Loan and Ottawa County Abstract and Realty. Relocated to First National Bank when the building was built. 1927 city pamphlet |
Wright Welding Works | 210 S Main | 1917 | Services | 1927 city pamphlet. Formerly Miami Welding Works |
J. Harness and Co. | 10 N Main | 1917 | Services | Real estate, insurance. Business started in 1906. A photo shows them here after Mabon building built. Mentioned in 1919 city guide |
Botts Building, aka Arkansas Building | 106 N Main | 1917 | Miami Record-Herald. | |
Mineral Belt Motor Co. | 12 W Central | 1917 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. 12-20 |
Daisy Basket Grocery & Meat | 102 S Main | 1917 | Grocery/Market | Miami Record-Herald. |
Gate City Grocery & Market | 13 W Central | 1917 | Grocery/Market | Miami Herald-Record. |
Max Pollock Grocery | 12 E Central | 1917 | Grocery/Market | 12-14. Purchased Wagoner's |
Setzler Grocery | 522 E Central | 1917 | Grocery/Market | In 1917, Miami Herald-Record mentioned that it was in a 25 foot single story building that would be torn down and replaced with a multi story structure built by O.E. Havens. Sold in 1919 to J.D. Clayton. |
Miami Daily Record Herald | 16 E Central | 1917 | Misc | Volume 1, no. 265 published on March 29, 1918. |
Williams Lumber Co | 305 N Main | 1917 | Retail | Bought out Dickason-Goodman. 305-315 |
Scott Dry Goods | 13-15 E Central | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
Simpson Lumber Co. | 11 SE C | 1918 | Retail | Miami Herald |
Moothart Business College | 501 CB | 1918 | Misc | Miami Record-Herald. |
Holvey Building | 109 E Central | 1918 | Building | This building was in place before the Commerce Building was erected directly west and the two structures combined. Estimated date. |
McIntyre Motor Co. | 200 S Main | 1918 | Auto Sales | 200-208 S Main. Miami Record-Herald. |
Neff & Smith Furniture | 24 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
Hoffman Grocery | 32 N Main | 1918 | Grocery/Market | |
Popular Shoe Shop | 113 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Reusser brothers |
McGhee & Ramsey Tailoring Co. | 110 W Central | 1918 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Miami Auto Supply Co. | 100 N Main | 1918 | Auto Parts | Miami Record-Herald. Closed in 1919. |
WA Bundy Jewelers | 18 N Main | 1918 | Retail | Bundy also practiced optometry. Established in 1918. He died in 1938, no mention of the business after that. |
Jackson Drug Co. | 31 N Main | 1918 | Retail | Store #6. Two simultaneous locations. Corporation dissolved in 1925. Purchased by Harrah-O'Bannon. |
H.E. Ketcham Lumber Dealer | 410 N Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
Cordova Hotel | 6 S Main | 1918 | Hotel | Miami Record-Herald. 6 1/2-8 1/2 S Main |
Post Office | 109 E Central | 1918 | Public | Miami Record-Herald. First day of business May 20. |
Savings & Loan Building | 8 E Central | 1918 | Misc | AKA the Cardin Building |
The Hub Clothing Co. | 4 N Main | 1918 | Retail | IN 1918, Hub purchased McBrian & Smith clothing store |
Commerce Building. Hotel Kenoyer, Main Hotel, St. James Hotel | 103 E Central | 1918 | Building | |
Miami Hotel | 39 N Main | 1918 | Building | |
Miner's Exchange Building, aka Robinson Building | 40 N Main | 1918 | Building | |
Ringham Realty | 12 S Main | 1918 | Services | Miami Daily Record-Herald. |
Skydome Theater | Unknown | 1918 | Theater | Miami Daily Record-Herald. Opened April 1. |
Renfrow mining and Royalty Co. | Central and NE A | 1918 | Services | Miami Daily Record-Herald. |
Oklahoma Land Co. | 2 S Main | 1918 | Services | Miami Herald-Record. E.D. Ballard. 2 1/2 S Main |
Robinson-Coleman Building | 28 NE A | 1918 | Building | Miami Record-Herald. |
T.L. Robinson Building | 105 N Main | 1918 | Building | Miami Record-Herald. Never actually existed, mentioning it here for historical purchases. After the original MEB burned in late 1917, Robinson abandoned plans for this in favor of the 6 story new MEB across Main from the Hotel Miami. To have adjoined the Business Men's League building, the former courthouse. |
C.W. Morgan | 11 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Had an ad selling generators for farms. |
Doan's Miami Metal Works | SE 2nd | 1918 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
The Fair Store | 23 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
New Airdome | S 1st | 1918 | Theater | Miami Record-Herald. Seating capacity of 1,000, canvas roof! Evidently a permanent tent of some sort? Opened April 1. |
Anderson Motor Co. | SE A | 1918 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. Maxwell dealer. |
Record-Herald Printery | 16 E Central | 1918 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
T.D. Robinson Building | N Main | 1918 | Building | Miami Record-Herald. 50 x 120, garage on ground floor, two stories. |
Miller-King Lumber Co. | 307 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
Ottawa Motor Sales Co. | W Central | 1918 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. |
Lambard Motor Co. | 10 SE A | 1918 | Auto Repair | Miami Record-Herald. |
Bohart Hardware Co. | 104 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
C.W. Morgan | SE B and 3rd | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Moved here by August. |
Burnett's Variety Store | 11 N Main | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Bankruptcy sale in 1919. |
Hunt-Cole Hardware Co. | Main St | 1918 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Reorganized as Hunt Hardware in 1919. |
Palace Electric Shoe Shop | 19 S Main | 1918 | Retail, Services | Miami Record-Herald. Shoe Repair also. |
Pioneer Abstract Co. | 3 N Main | 1918 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
F.E. Dickerson & Co. | 4 S Main | 1918 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. Bought out Butler. Insurance, loans. |
Hotel Miami | 29 N Main | 1918 | Hotel | Grand opening June 4, 1918 |
Golden Rule Store | 22 S Main | 1918 | Retail | Record-Herald. Clothing store |
M.B. Pickler | 113 N Main | 1919 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. |
C.W. Morgan | 115 N Main | 1919 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Sold generators. And moved around a lot. |
Commerce Welding of Miami | 210 S Main | 1919 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. |
Carselowey Loans | 9 S Main | 1919 | Services | Miami Record-Herald. 9 1/2. C.V. Carselowey. |
R. Nesbitt Monuments | S Main | 1919 | Retail, Services | Miami Record-Herald. "South Main and Frisco tracks" Probably 607 |
Toliver Motor Co. | 125 N Main | 1919 | Auto Sales | Miami Record-Herald. Overland dealer |
Miami Wholesale Grocery Co. | E Central | 1919 | Wholesale | Miami Record-Herald. |
Standard Oil Co. | Unknown | 1919 | Filling Station | Miami Record-Herald. Mentioned in a robbery |
C.E. Dykes Jewelers | 114 S Main | 1919 | Retail, Services | Miami Record-Herald. Dykes worked for T.G. Allen for ten years. |
Miami Cigar Factory | 31 NE A | 1919 | Manufacturer | Miami Record-Herald. In 1920, announced that it would move to the Simpson building, E Central and C. |
A.G. Stone Furniture | 13 S Main | 1919 | Retail | Miami Record-Herald. Moved here after fire destroyed shop at 107 S Main |
American Billiard Hall | 23 N Main | 1919 | Misc | Miami Record-Herald. |
Miami Billiard and Pool Hall | 106 S Main | 1919 | Misc | City guide |