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The
first fire occurring in the business district of Holliday
was in 1890 when fire broke out in the site of the Lewis
Curtright building and swept west as far as the present
Davis store.
The
old hotel which stood just south of what is now the Ralph
Howe Feed Store burned in February, 1900. This was rebuilt
sometime later along with two other brick structures. In
December, 1932, these buildings caught fire from some
unknown origin and burned to the ground. The proprietors of
the buildings when they burned were: going from north to
south--Mr. Collins, grocer; Fred A. Thompson, undertaker and
furniture dealer; Hamp Soloman, General Merchandise. There
were also two empty buildings in the burned section. The
town hall was above the Collins store, In it were held the
meetings of the Rebekah and Odd Fellow Lodges, shows and
school exercises before the new school house was
constructed. Eph McDowell also had a small office there as
headquarters of his insurance business.
The
old livery barn was burned in the spring, 1924. At that time
it was operated by Jake and Frank Heathman. Holsheiser's
Garage, which was formerly the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church burned in the spring of 1932. It was then replaced
with a brick structure in which business is carried on
today. In the spring of 1928, the old school building burned
and was replaced that fall by the modern brick structure in
which school is now held. |
