Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events Topic:  Belk and Marting’s Topic:  Belk and Marting’s Author Message giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,689 Status: Offline     Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 8:10:23 AM  My wife and I recently strolled the campus and uptown during the glorious warm weather this past Sunday. Does anyone have a link to some old photos of the department stores? My recollection is that Belk was on the corner of Washington and Court and Marting’s was a little farther down on Court St. Is that accurate? Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,042 Status: Offline     RE: Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 8:58:45 AM  Belk was in the middle of a block, across from the current diner on Court Street. Back to Top Mark Lembright '85 General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Highland Heights, OH Post Count: 2,460 Status: Offline     RE: Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 9:24:14 AM  giacomo wrote: My wife and I recently strolled the campus and uptown during the glorious warm weather this past Sunday. That is a good day right there! Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,320 Status: Offline     RE: Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 10:46:00 AM  Here are two photos of those buildings. One is Belk's. The other is Altman's, which is the same building that Marting's later occupied. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,689 Status: Offline     RE: Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 11:06:29 AM  Awesome! Thank you for posting that photo. It's all coming back to me. The buildings on either side of the former Cat's Den are now gone. I read where lighting struck the Belk building and it burned down. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,320 Status: Offline     RE: Belk and Marting’s    Posted: 2/5/2019 2:53:33 PM  You're welcome. Yes, there's a parking lot where those buildings used to be. That fire was a real shame. As a result, Belk decided not to rebuild. The Athens store was at the time the most northern store in their chain and it was not part of their target area. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 6  of 6 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 288 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 284 Guests 4 Registered Users:   ExCat21, GraffZ06, BobcatCrew, Cleveburg Bri There are no other users looking at this page.

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