10/14/2025
My Windsor Missouri people, what ya got?
🏛️ 115 S. MAIN — MYSTERY BUILDING CHALLENGE! 🏛️
Help us tell the story of this spot — and win a 2-hour genealogy dig from me! 🔎📜
How to play: Answer any (or all) of the 10 questions below in the comments. Add proof if you have it (photo, receipt, ad, obituary, map). The audience votes by reacting 👍❤️😂, etc. The most informative comment (by reactions) wins. In a tie, admins will pick the juiciest lead.
THE 10 QUESTIONS
What’s the earliest tenant you can name at 115 S. Main, and about what year?
Who was the most recent tenant you remember there?
What products or services were sold here over the years (hardware, furniture, café, barber, etc.)?
Which decade do you think this building was busiest — and why?
Name an owner, manager, or clerk who worked here (bonus: when?).
What was next door (left or right) in any decade you recall?
Share a memory: something you bought, a smell, a sound (door bell, radio, soda fountain, saws).
Post a receipt, ad, or letterhead with this address (115 S. Main) or a storefront photo showing the “115.”
What changed on the front over time (signs, transom windows, awnings, brick color)?
Wild-card clue: cemetery stone, obituary, city directory line, Sanborn map, or yearbook ad that links a business here — what does it prove?
🏆 PRIZE: 1 winner gets a 2-hour genealogy/history dig on any Windsor-connected person or place of your choice. I’ll send a summary with sources.
🗳️ VOTING: React to the best comments. We' tally reactions in one week and announce the winner.
🎁 BONUS: The more participation we get on this post, the more we may give away (extra mini-digs, shout-outs, or a custom graphic).
Tag a Windsor friend who hoards old photos! 📸
— Windsor Missouri History & Families · [email protected]
