I continue with exploring the history of some of the older commercial buildings in or near downtown Goshen. This week the focus is on a building in the 200 block of East Lincoln Avenue. More specifically, the white colored building in the photo. According to information provided by the Goshen Historical Museum and taken directly from old city directories, the building was originally used by an optician named W.B. Kreider from 1894 to 1908. Then for many, many years it served as a marble works business including Goshen Marble Shop and Goshen Marble Works. But apparently many people remember it as Logan Monuments and Fuel Co. It had the Logan name in different forms from 1946 to 2000. Prior to that it was known as Yoder Fuel and Monument. I found a newspaper ad from the 1960s saying Logan Monuments and Fuel Co. was a distributor of Sinclair oil and super flame heating oils. The building was also used as a grocery store for about 14 years and a dress shop, among other uses. The upstairs portion has been used for apartments at various times. I am not sure what the building is currently used for.
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