Today's installment of "Throwback Thursday" takes us to the 100 block of South Main Street, on the east side. As autos started showing up in Hutchinson in about 1906, so did auto dealerships.
The Hutchinson Motor Car Co. was one of the first. The first photo shows that auto dealership, already in its second location, at 116-118 S. Main St., in 1910.
Early dealerships moved often, and by 1913, it had become the Cadillac Sales Co. By 1922, the building was the Hutch Auto & Tractor School in conjunction with the Salt City Business College. By 1928, the location was Skaggs-Safeway Stores. In the 1950s, it was the Standard Mercantile Wholesale Liquors.
Most of us can remember when part of the location was McKenzie's Body Shop from the 1960s through the 1980s. In 1998, George and Betsie Andrews purchased the building and started Artistree, a performing arts studio.
The second photo shows 116-118 S. Main St. today, still flourishing and still owned by Betsie Andrews.