The building that housed a garage, bowling alley and barber shop. Before it became the Kohler Farm Supply. The sign on the building says S T A R Garage. (115 East Second Street)
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Calvin and Maggie Kepner owned the lot before the current structure was built. They had two cows that grazed on the lot and they sold milk to the townspeople.
Frank Wisehaupt purchased the property and built the building and operated a garage out of it. In addition through the years the building has been used as a garage by the Frazer Brothers, Earl and George; Mr. Cupp, Holt Taylor, Frank Eby and Charles McConnell. It was used as a bowling ally and pool room by Forrest Hubler, Herbert Crozier and Noah Hertzler. Lorraine O. (Cricket) Shellenberger had a barber shop in part of the building before he moved to the Market and Third Street location.
During the 1940s the building was purchased by Warren M. Kohler. Warren and his son Warren B. Kohler operated the business as W. M. Kohler & Son. After the retirement of the elder member, Warren B. Kohler changed the name to Kohler Farm Supply. When the business first started it sold International Harvester (Farmall Tractors) and New Idea Farm equipment. Warren B. Kohler discontinued the sale of tractors and farm equipment. It then focused on home appliances and lawn tractors. It has been owned by several owners since Warren B. Kohler's retiremet.
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ADVERTISEMENT: International Trucks when the Frazer Brothers ran the garage, (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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ADVERTISEMENT from the 1929 PRHS Yearbook.
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Kohler Farm Supply soon after Warren M. Kohler purchased and renovated it. You will note that the roof line shows a gabled end which was not present when the building was a garage and will disappear in the latest version of the building in 2009.
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Warren Motz "Pop" Kohler in front of the building that would become known as W. M. Kohler & Son and eventually as Kohler Farm Supply.
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KOHLER FARM SUPPLY after it hag become under the sole ownership of Warren B. Kohler who concentrated the business on selling Whirlpool Appliances and Cub Cadet Lawn Tractors. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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ADVERTISEMENT from the 1949 TVHS Yearbook.
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ADVERTISEMENT from the 1953 TVHS Yearbook.
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ADVERTISEMENT - Rain Gauge for Kohler Farm Supply
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The Kohler Farm Supply as it appeared in the Summer of 2002.
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Building as it appears in 2009. (115 East Second Street)
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KOHLER STORAGE BUILDING (The building is located along Route 75 at the east entrance to the Juniata River Bridge.) (Photo courtesy of Wayne E. Taylor)
