History of the NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets - Part I
History of the NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets - Part II
BeeLines - April 16, 2015
By Marybelle Beigh, Westfield Historian
History of the NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets - Part II
A later BeeLines will tell the story of the disastrous 1884 fire that destroyed the famous Westfield House hotel and stables on the NW corner of Main and Portage, along with the north end of the McClurg Block on the SW corner. Sanborn maps from 1886, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1923, and overlays on the 1923 map through 1954 were first sources used to determine the progression of structures in the devastated area.
History of the NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets - Part III
More about NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets
Buzzings from BeeLines - April 23, 2015
By Marybelle Beigh, Westfield Historian
More about NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets
At the end of BeeLines History of the NW Corner of Main and Portage Streets - Part II, a 1907 advertisement for The Cosy [sic] Café at the corner of North Portage and Main was mentioned, assuming it might have been the same restaurant as the 1912 diner at that corner.