Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2023.100.69 |
Collection |
A Window on the Past columns |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2023.100.69 |
Title |
The varied history of 62 Ocean Street |
Date |
2023 |
Scope & Content |
Feature story about the history of 62 Ocean Street, where the Seventh Day Adventist faith was born, and where the grocery stores of John A.S. Dyer, the People's Cash Meat Market, and Dyer and McLaughlin were located. The Eddie Griffin Club was later on the site, then the building was torn down and a new building was constructed. It was first operated as Big Babe's Tavern and then as Taco Trio Mexican restaurant. A Window on the Past history column by Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo, executive director of the South Portland Historical Society. Published in the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Sentry, April 28, 2023. |
Search Terms |
A Window on the Past (news columns) Seventh-Day Adventists Cape T Store Dyer, John A.S. & Co., grocery Peoples Meat Market Skillin Bros., grocery Dyer & McLaughlin, grocers Log Cabin Restaurant Alexander's Barber Shop Margaret's Beauty Shop Griffin Club Ocean Street |
People |
DiPhilippo, Kathryn Onos White, Ellen Gould Harmon Dyer, John A.S. (1861-1938, son of Jesse Dyer, Jr.) Seavey, Levi C. Dyer, Walter H. (1864-1945, son of Jesse Dyer, Jr.) Young, John T. Blake, John W. Skillin, Leonard P. Knight, Joseph R. Knight, Percy L. McCabe, Lawrence J. McLaughlin, William Henry Alexander, Lloyd Griffin, Eddie |