LOOKS AND USES changed with the years. A frontier style false front characterized the Bollenbach store of the turn of the century, and six steps led up to the first floor. In 1918 Edward Welflin took over and the roof became Greek Revival with eaves turned inward. The front was extended, and entry was only one step up from the sidewalk. From a general store it had progressed to a variety store and in its last years it was known as Welflin's Sports Store.

STRYKER'S MEAT MARKET and home were side by side on the west side of Milwaukee Avenue south of Dundee Road. Ben Stryker cut ice from the river in the winter, and used it to keep meat fresh as he delivered it to farms for miles around.

FASSBENDER'S HARDWARE STORE stood on the southeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Dundee Road. It was built in 1845. The low building at left of the store was added much later and at different times housed Crawford's ice cream parlor, the Wheeling State Bank and the Royal Blue Store. Both were torn down in 1977 to make way for Riverside Plaza.

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