Mansfield PA and Richmond Township in Tioga County PA
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Historic Businesses of the Tri-Counties
Strait's Hardware, Mansfield PA
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Tioga County PA

School Children and a dog posed in front of Strait's Hardware to celebrate the promotion of the New Majestic Range. 
Business: Strait's Hardware 
Township:  Mansfield Borough, Tioga County PA
Photos 
Year: 1890s to 1970s
Photos from Chester P. Bailey
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Strait's Hardware was located for many decades in the Allen Block on the NE corner of Main and Wellsboro Streets in Mansfield. Harold Strait ran it in the mid twentieth century until it closed.
1899 Tioga County Directory Listing for Mansfield Borough:
STRAIT GEORGE L, hardware, stoves, tinware, plumbing and furnace work, bicycles, 61 Main, h Main cor Elmira
1908 Tioga County Directory Listing for Mansfield Borough:
STRAIT, GEORGE L. (ANNA E.) (STRAIT & RETAN) GENERAL HARDWARE 2 & 4 N MAIN ST O H N MAIN ST.
STRAIT & RETAN GENERAL HARDWARE ETC 2 & 4 N MAIN ST.
Inside Strait's Hardware 1890s Apparently part of the Majestic Stove Promotion as above. 
Allen Block with Strait's Hardware and The Wright Shop in 1940s
Fire Station & Howard Davis Garage behind it.		 1934 Ad in Carontawan (Mansfield State Teachers College yearbook)
The Allen Block (Center with red tree in front) in fall 2002. Many businesses have 
occupied the space that Strait's Hardware held for so long. Presently it is vacant,
On A Roll just having vacated it recently. A second hand  & craft shop is in the 
back part of it. A Video Store is in the portion formerly occupied by The Wright Shop.
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 08/11/2003
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