Ruins of the old Masonic Lodge, west side of Main Street. [1]

"The old brick building, the predecessor of the present Masonic Temple, was erected by School and Church authorities and was 35 feet long, 22 feet wide and two stories high. The upper story was used by the Lodge for sixty-two years...On July 30, 1907, the building burned. But from its ashes arose the present modern edifice which is a work of art, inside and out, and an ornament to the town." (James A. Wright, Historical Sketches of the Town of Moravia).

View of Jennings, the Opera House and L.D. Tillotson's taken about 1908 before the Masonic Lodge was rebuilt.[2]

"New" Masonic Lodge, west side of Main Street. Moravia house is across the street on the left (not shown).

Same  view showing early automobiles around 1920

Flood June 1905. [1]

Main Street looking south from Cayuga St.  Old Masonic Lodge, west side of Main Street between the current fire house and West Cayuga Street.

Moravia House 1913.

Was at the north east corner of Main and East Cayuga streets (see back).

1975.  Auto dealership and Arco station located where the Moravia House once stood.  Both have since burned and were replaced by the present convenience store.

Northeast side of Main Street looking north from the bridge. Moravia House shown in center. Hawley block is on the right (see back).

Same block, taken from the corner of West Cayuga Street. [2]  Taken some time later - notice the telephone poles on the west side of Main.  Also note the mansard roof over the bank building.

Winter scene of the east side of Main street showing the Hawley Building (then Alley's) and south.  Photo appears to have been take through a screen window.  Note the complete absence of automobiles.

Lillie's Cigar and Confectionary Store. [1]

Located in Smith's Hall at the corner of Main and Central next to Jennings. Harry Lillie Sr. and Claude(?) Lillie.

Candy and Soda side of the store. Harry Lillie Sr. is standing behind the counter. [1]

Cigar side of the store. Harry Lillie Sr. behind the counter. Customers unknown [1]

Central Street and Main.  Smith's Hall, on the right, burned January 10, 1940.

Main Street north from the bridge, winter 1908.  Water fountain in the lower right was in front of the old fire house.  Notice the large trees on the right (see back).

Top is a hand-colored postcard.  Bottom is the original photo postcard (RPPC).  Note the creative editing that the artist used in the colored version.  The first two buildings on the left were both wood - not brick.

West side of Main Street looking north in the early 1900's.  Buildings in the foreground are just north of the bridge, where the (old) Modern Market parking lot is today.  (see back)

Closeup showing the same buildings in 1949. The policeman is George Shimer.[3]

Most of this block burned on January 30, 1966 in a fire that started above Slim's Diner.  Other businesses lost in the blaze were Cauley's Drug Store, Spaulding's 5 and 10, the Modern Market and Wade's Furniture store. 

Same buildings on the left.  Sometime later than the top photo - notice the telephone poles. Clock tower is over the old Fireman's Hall, just north of the bridge - later Ryerson's garage and now part of the parking lot for Kinney Drugs.

Fireman's hall about 1901 showing the town clock.  The clock was removed in the 1920's.  The stone watering through was removed in the late 1920's to make room for the town's first motorized fire truck.  It was moved to East Cayuga street where it stood until 1964 when it was accidentally demolished by a road crew.

Flood June 1905.  Broken up road is where the bridge washed out. [1]

Same buildings looking south. [1]

Closeup view of the bridge. [1]

Flood June 1905. Looking north towards the bridge. [1]

Old Post Office located over the east side of the bridge.  House on the right is still standing. [1]

Main Street looking north from in front of the Goodrich House. Banner over the street says "I.O.O.F. Fair / June 17, 1905". [1]

Main Street looking north from Church.  Goodrich House is on the left. Union Block is at right, on the northeast corner of Main and Church streets.

The Union Block, 1975 when it housed Wade's Furniture Store. 

Busy street scene showing the Goodrich House in the late 1800s before the third story was added. The hotel was built in 1850 by Lemuel C. Porter. [2]

The Goodrich House in the early 1900's when G. B. Brigham was proprietor.

The Goodrich House was briefly reincarnated as the "Fillmore Glen Hotel" sometime around 1930 when the Fillmore Glen State Park first opened.  The hotel was locally known as "the South Hotel" (the Moravia House being "the North Hotel")

The Goodrich House in 1975 near the end of its reign. After years of deterioration the building was demolished in 1988 and replaced by a bank and parking lot.

South Main Street at Church Street in the 1920's.  The building on the far left where the present Post Office stands housed a number of business.

Present Moravia Post Office from the early 1950's.