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Gamble's Store
1934
Gamble’s Store, 1934, 113 E Main
1946
March The first pre-fabricated home to be placed on sale in
Watertown. The home, or Quonset hut, 20 by 24 feet, placed on South Seventh
Street, near Main, for display purposes by the Gamble Stores. The home, which provides four rooms, is being
shown by the Gamble Stores by appointment.
The homes had formerly been manufactured for the army. The contract was cancelled at the end of the
war, and the Gamble organization took it over.
The homes are made by a manufacturing concern near Minneapolis. A home can be delivered in two and a half
weeks after the order is placed.
1950
Gamble’s Store, 1950, 301-303 E Main
1954
06 28 A change in the tenancy of one of Main
Street’s largest store buildings will take place next Thursday, July 1. On June 30, Gambles, the present tenant, will
vacate the building at 301 Main Street, to make way for the new tenant, Kline Bros, of New York City, who will open a department
store at the location. Gambles have
operated a store in Watertown for at least 26 years, the last 10 of which have
been in the present location. The first
store was located in the Tri-County Tobacco Company building in West Main
Street. The store also was located in Main
Street in the building now occupied in Siegel’s Economy Store, 113 Main Street,
for many years. Kline Bros, operates 22
department stores, mostly in the Middle West.
There also are a number of associate stores. The Watertown store will be the first Kline
store in Wisconsin.
1956
03 31 The new Gamble's
Store at 415 Main Street is due to open the early part of April. The manager of the store, Ulric Santner, has arrived in the city and is supervising
preparations for the opening. The grand
opening is being planned for a later date, he said today. The store will provide a complete mail order
service in addition to the appliances and other items which it will carry at
all times.
c.1968 MAXWELL STREET DAY
History of Watertown,
Wisconsin