Sunday, April 17, 2011

Squint Shot 041711

At the northwest corner of South Second Street and East Grand River, a Standard gas station used to stand in what is now a  parking lot used by Chase Bank.  The following photograph from around 1940 shows the little building that stood just to the east of Line's Dime Store.  In the 1950s, the gas station was known as Eaton's Standard Station.

In the second picture, taken just recently, this lot is nothing more than asphalt and memories for some.  The building at the left side of the picture was built year's earlier and used as a paint shop for quite some time, probably about the time the gas station was in place.

As a side note, this particular corner is also the location, years before the gas station was located there, to be the site for Dr. Defendorf's house and medical office.  If you are curious, there's more in my book, The Fowlerville Chronicles, and, at some point, I will be adding more 'then and now' pictures regarding this corner.

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