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DeWitt Past and Present
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110 South Bridge Street Clinton House site
Built by Captain David Scott in 1841-1842 the Clinton House stood here until it was destroyed
by fire in 1930. Later a Union 76 gas station occupied this location. Today it is a parking lot.
Designated DeWitt Historical site.
Early 1900’s
2007 2020
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103 South Bridge Street
Most of what is currently 103 was actually facing East Main St. early on as Bridge was a
secondary street at the time. When the old building was torn down it was replaced with a single-story
Dalman’s Hardware store facing Bridge Street. Today it has been subdivided and is occupied by
Santorini Salon and Bikeworks.
c1920
2020
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107 South Bridge Street
In the early 1900’s this was Linn Hardware. It has had many other occupants including DeWitt
Drugs and Sportsman’s Venture. Today it is Bridge Street Social.
1978
1920’s
2020
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113 South Bridge Street
Photos from the early 1900’s show a single-story building on this site. By the 1950’s it had been
replaced by the cement block building with a flat roof. By 1978 it was the DeWitt Pharmacy and had
the pitched roof it still has today. It was Sam’s Kitchen and today it is the DeWitt Chamber of
Commerce and Bridge Street Real Estate.
1978 2020
Early 1900's
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117-127 South Bridge Street
In the space between 113 and 129 used to stand two building. This first was at one time Frank
Rouse Meat Market and later a grocery. To the south of it was the DeWitt fire station. It is believed
they were both demolished in the 1950’s. The DeWitt Party Store is located where the old fire station
once stood as it is an addition to 129 S. Bridge.
c1950
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118-128 South Bridge Street
A DeWitt fire station and city offices were built here in 1956. Later it was used by other
businesses including a laundromat and computer center. The portion of 128 S. Bridge facing
Washington St. was a body shop. It was torn down and replaced by the new DeWitt Pharmacy
building.
2020
1978 2007
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129 South Bridge Street
This building was originally occupied by Griswold Ford. After the dealership moved out it was a
grocery store and later a restaurant.
c1910
1978 2020
c1920's
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203 & 209 South Bridge Street Halterman-Newman House
This colonial revival style house was built in 1908 for Peter and Effie Halterman on the location
of a hotel Captain David Scott had built here about 1839. Peter and his son Glenn were barbers and
used the building at 209 as their barber shop. Designated DeWitt Historical site.
2020
1978 2020
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204 South Bridge Street Cloverdale-Twiss House
The first house on this site was the Moulton Sprague home which burnt in the early 1900’s. This
large stucco house was built around 1920 for John Coverdale who operated a cheese factory that stood
directly south of his house. He was one of DeWitt’s first ford dealers. Designated DeWitt historical
site.
2007
2020
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217 South Bridge Street First Settlement site
On this site Mark Child built a small saltbox house in the early 1840’s. He founded Clinton
County’s first newspaper, the Clintonian. Child died in the Civil War and the house was then owned by
Chauncey Lott. Later it was owned by the Courtland family. It was torn down and replaced by the
Water View Condominiums. Designated DeWitt Historical site.
1978
2020
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South Bridge Street Bridge
early 1900's looking west from Interurban trestle
early 1900's looking east from bridge
Interurban trestle in background
2020 looking east from bridge
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South Bridge Street – Riverside Park
What is now Riverside Park was at one time part of New Albany, a settlement on the southside
of the Looking Glass River. An embankment was built here to cross the river on a trestle for the
Interurban, some of which still remains. This was also the location of the DeWitt High School football
field until the 1960’s. The embankment is a designated DeWitt Historical site.
1978
2020 c1950 DeWitt High School football field
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304 South Bridge Street
1978
2020
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502 South Bridge Street Baker-Sibley-Reed House
This frame house was built in the 1850’s for Joab and Oliva Baker. Joab was on of the first
attorneys in Clinton County. Olivia was the daughter of Clinton County’s first probate judge Hiram
Stowell. The house was owned by Levi and Mable Sibley from the early 1900’s until the 1970’s.
Designated DeWitt historical site.
1978
2020
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607 South Bridge Street Adams-Gillett-Durfee House
This small saltbox house was built in the late 1840’s for Joseph Adams an early surveyor. It was
one of the first built in New Albany. For many years it was known as the Gillett house and later the
Durfee house. Designated DeWitt Historical site.
2020
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Northwest Corner of Bridge and Webb
unknown date of this early New Albany home
2020