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Long before the Silver Lake Post
Office closed sometime around 1954, the landmark building had seen
service as the home to the first Co-op Store in North America.
Pictured above is Silver Lake Post Mistress, Myrtle Higgins and
friend Mable Rudolph removing the Post Office sign. Click on the
doorway to view blow-up of sign.
Photo:
Bradford/Higgins/Randall Family Collection
(ABOVE) Prior to
service as a district post office, the building on Grove Street
(near the Plympton Rail Road Crossing) had been the home of the
first Co-Operative Store in North America. Note the top floors in
this 1890 photo. Twice the building was burned and twice it was
rebuilt. The first time is was reconstructed with a two story
house above the round stone foundation. After the second fire
gutted the house, only the "cellar" was rebuilt and
turned into a country store, gas station, and post office.
(ABOVE) The first
building to stand on the site of the old Silver Lake Post Office
(and Co-op Store) was a grand structure. The photo above is circa
1880. Note that the trademark round-stone cellar walls are covered
with a wooden siding. Click here
for details of the store's front.
Photo:
Bradford/Higgins/Randall Family Collection
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