This photo was taken from a lawn on West Coshocton Street looking toward the intersection of Main Street and Coshocton Street. The town square is surrounded by horse and buggies at their hitching posts. The Paige Drugstore is located on the corner and has an early made automobile parked in front of the business.

This photo was taken close to South Main Street and Phalen Street (previously called Park Street) looking east.

This photo was taken from Pratt Street looking west toward South Main Street businesses.

Progress in Johnstown as workers begin paving Main Street with brick. The man in the white shirt and light colored hat is Charles Howard.

This photo shows another South Main Street view but the horse and buggies have been replaced with automobiles.

As time rolls on several businesses have changed owners and the tail-fin cars of the late 1950’s are starting to appear in Johnstown’s downtown.

Horse and buggies were the main type of transportation on South Main Street on the unpaved streets.

This view of South Main Street was taken from Coshocton Street.

This view of South Main Street was taken around the 1940’s.

The Phalen Street (formerly Park Street) view shows a variety of businesses and residences that used to be there.

Business owners along the downtown strip are getting ready for the day. Also note the boys in the lower right corner. Possibly the first recorded incidence of graffiti in the Village?

Horse and buggies are parked in front of the town hall that is not visible in this photo. A stray dog is getting a drink from a horse watering trough.

This is a very early view of South Main Street. The buildings are all wooden framed structures.

The Johnstown Post Office was once located at the corner of West Pratt Street and South Main Street.

This view of Johnstown’s downtown is at Pratt Street and Main Street.

The east side of South Main Street is featured in this photo.

The downtown business area has a combination of buggies and early automobiles.

South Main Street was often a muddy mess in the early 1900’s. This rare photo was taken before the June 1906 downtown fire. Some of the wooden buildings have gable roofs. Other buildings show a very tall facade with fancy cornices at the top of these structures. Most likely these were fake wall fronts. Also notice the tree at the right of the picture. The fire damaged some of the tree as you will notice in the next photo.

This photo was taken after the 1906 downtown fire demolished most of the buildings on this east side of the business district. The village passed an ordinance that new structures had to be constructed of brick. The newly reconstructed store fronts are not as tall as in the past. The dead tree trunk on the right side of the photo was most likely a casualty of the 1906 fire. Also featured is the Kasson Hotel with an extended porch to the street. It also had to be rebuilt after the fire and was owned by M. B. Kasson.

This photo shows a very quiet day on South Main Street.

Snow plows were not around for this photo, but, the sleigh made travel possible in the snow.

Shoppers are out and about on South Main Street looking east.

This downtown view was taken while looking west on South Main Street.

This view of South Main Street shows a mix of horse and buggies and a few automobiles.

This very early photo of Johnstown’s downtown street shows the wooden buildings that eventually were demolished in a fire.