Stan Lair:

203. "Lane's Block + Drug Store - Telephone Office - Dr. Charles F. Lane."

"Lane's Block, built by Dr. C. F. Lane. I don't know the year, but it originally had three stories, which is now only a single story building. With a Chinese laundry; later Bangs' Market was there. There was a clothing store there at one time. And the first A&P store was there, and later it was LeBow's[?] Drug Store. Next is the entrance to the second and third floors, stairway going up, nice wide stairway. And up there was Mabel Johnson's Boarding House. She catered to mostly the working men. A lot of telephone men stayed there. They roomed there and she furnished meals and it was a very popular place. Every one of them liked staying with Mabel Johnson. I think later she moved up to West Tisbury. On the second floor was Dr. Paul Lynch, a dentist, and the Grange was up on the third floor until forced to leave because of no fire escapes. Dr. Lane's office and drug store was next to his telephone company's switchboard. And on Union Street, under his office, was Look and Washburn Grocery Store. There was a series of restaurants there after that. Connie Sanborn ran a store there called Bear Essentials for a few years."

[1907 Directory: "Lane, Charles F., M. D., physician, Lane's Blk., bds. Mansion House."]

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