East New Market
Property Reports
39 Main Street
J. Millenson & Son
A
fire in 1887 destroyed two stores at this location. The stores were known
as Hooper's Store and John B.
Lecki & Son. In 1891 Hooper sold his vacant lot to Edward L. Hooper,
the son of Susan B. Wales who owned the
Chesadel Hotel next door. Edward Hooper sold the land to his
mother 2 years later. In 1902 the Leckie family sold their vacant store
lot to Susan B. Wales.
Susan B. Wales built a store at this location in the early 1890's and leased the store to Jacob Millenson. J. Millenson & Son carried a stock of dry goods, clothing, dresses, suits, coats, boots, and shoes, and a large general line. This store burned to the ground in the 1914 fire. A 1914 Newspaper Article describes the fire and the loss of the J. Millenson & Son store.
The 1922 Sanborn Map shows the front of this property as an empty lot. A Wagon Repair Shop was on the rear of the lot. By the mid-1920s, Julian Richardson built a new structure and used for auto sales and service. He added gas pumps around 1930. Richardson enlarged the building and converted it to a tavern after prohibition ended in 1933. It is now known as Johnny's Tavern.