124 Main Street
A two-story brick building, built around 1912, with a hardware store on the ground floor and a Masonic lodge upstairs. Now it's home to Studio 124.
Lot 7, Block 6 of North Crane
The building stands on Lot 7, Block 6 of North Crane, platted in 1904. Around 1912, a two-story brick building went up on the lot.
Two floors
Hilton & Wiley Hardware
John Hilton brought his hardware business to Crane in 1906. Willis Wiley became his partner, and the store became Hilton & Wiley Hardware.
In 1925, A.B. Hilton bought out Wiley. The Hilton family owned the building until 1962.
Crane Masonic Lodge No. 519, A.F. & A.M.
Upstairs was the lodge hall of Crane Masonic Lodge No. 519. The Lodge owned its part of the building from 1912 until 1999.
On the map
The 1917 Sanborn fire insurance map shows the building marked "Hardware," with "Lodge Hall 2d" on the second floor. Back then, its address was numbered 313 Main.
Timeline
- 1904
North Crane is platted, including Lot 7, Block 6.
- 1906
John Hilton brings his hardware business to Crane.
- c. 1912
The two-story brick building is built. Crane Masonic Lodge No. 519 begins its ownership of the upper floor.
- 1917
The Sanborn map records "Hardware" below and "Lodge Hall" above, at 313 Main.
- 1925
A.B. Hilton buys out Willis Wiley.
- 1962
The Hilton family's ownership of the building ends.
- 1999
The Lodge's ownership of its part of the building ends.
- Today
Dylan and Kelsey Cox reopen the building as Studio 124.
