THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
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723-725 MASS. ST.
Peter Zacharias, owner of Goldmakers Fine Jewelry, 723 Mass. St., said before he bought the building in 1969 it had been a chocolate and confectionary shop, a book store, the first free state capitol (until it moved to Topeka), the Free State party's headquarters and Miller's Dry Goods. Miller's Hall was one of two buildings standing after Quantrill's Raid. It was originally a one-story building, then had second and third floors added to it by the early 1860s, according to the Lawrence Downtown Historic Building Survey. Schumm said he also remembers it being a cafe before it turned into Goldmakers Fine Jewelry and Bay Leaf kitchen specialty shop.
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Merchants National Bank, about 1915
746 MASS. ST.
Merchants National Bank, 746 Mass., was built around 1888, but was to First National Bank until 1972, when it became vacant. Schumm said the building was given to the KU Endowment Association, and was used as storage. They eventually sold the building and it was turned into Teller's. Dale Hardee, a sophomore from Topeka, said he knew Teller's used to be a bank, but didn't know much else about downtown's history. Abby Walters, a senior from Kansas City, said she goes to Teller's about once a month. "It is a little more pricey for students, but it's also really nice and quiet, and you have good quality food and wines," Walters said.
Teller's Restaurant today
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Clark Cleans Clothes, 1913
Tonic and Mass. St. Pub today
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728-730 MASS. ST.
The building was originally a saloon in the 1860s, but by 1883 it was a stationery store in the front-half and a tin shop in the back-half of the store. Later it was a sieve store, a plumbing and harness shop, cafés, barbershops, cleaners, tavern, dry goods store and appliance store. Most recently, it was the Yarn Barn, Creation Station, and now it is Tonic and Mass St. Pub, 728 Mass. St.
Brian Bakal, a senior from Deerfield, Ill., is a frequenter of the current bar.
"It has a great atmosphere and always seems to be bumping." Bakal said.