Wild Rose Mercantile with Outside Steps

This department store was much more than a store.  High graduations were held  here in the early days. The outside stairs lead to Dr Arthur J Stevens dentist office.  He used a foot pump to make the drill operate.  The stairs were scary especially in the winter with winds and icy steps. The opposite side of the building also had steps and Dr Ben Fisher had an office there  before he built his house and office. For a short time there was a bowling alley in the basement  but it wasn't successful. Wild Rose High School plays  were performed upstairs and so were graduations.