This picture postcard is of the north half of the east side of the square in 1876. The business shown is Risk and Hufstedler, a dry goods and notions store that carried all kinds of household items, material, seed, tools, food and clothing. This…
This is a picture of the north half of the east side of the square around 1900. This north half of the east side of the square is a later picture and shows that this is still a dry goods store. Note the advertisement of Bonaparte Woolen Goods on the…
This is a picture of the east side of the square looking north. The picture was taken around 1910 and features several businesses. This picture shows Johnson's Grocery, The Leader which was a notions and novelties store run by E. U. Peasley & Co.,…
This is a sepia postcard showing the northwest corner of the square and the businesses at that time in Fairfield, Iowa. The time of the postcard is the late 1890's. The second business in could be J. A. Spielman who ran a hardware store at that…
This is a sepia picture of the northwest corner of the square showing several businesses on May 20, 1964. The drug store of Shriner and Johnson is featured very prominently in this photo. Just south of that is T. J. Madden & Co which were clothiers,…
This is a photo of the west side of the square in the 1920's with all the awnings over the businesses. In the center of the picture is the large building that is home to the Fraternal Order of the Elks, below that is the Purity Café and drug store,…
This is a photochrome postcard of the south east corner of the square looking to the west along Burlington Street. This postcard shows the south side of the square looking to the west on Burlington Street with First National Bank on the corner and…
Picture of the Leggett Hotel at the corner of Court Street and Burlington sometime after 1929. The Leggett Hotel was a first class hotel in Fairfield and very popular for weddings, banquets and all kinds of meetings besides the renting of rooms.
Picture of the south side of the square showing Shriner and Johnson Drug Store, Cole's Grocery,The Cupp Café, Rundquists Music Store, Par Vue Beauty Salon, The Odd Fellows Lodge and Clow Real Estate.