The Man and Feild Grist Mill was completed by 1859 at the crossroads of Water (Main) and Broad. During the Civil War the Man and Feild Mill supplied meal and flour to the Confederate Army, hauling it as far as Shreveport, Louisiana and Jefferson, Missouri. The prospering community which had grown up around the Man and Feild Mill took on the name "Mansfeild." The mill closed around 1910 and was eventually replaced with the Memorial Hall.
Mansfield's Masonic Lodge was built at the corner of Main and Broad Streets. In 1870, a group of local men, united by a common bond and high ideals, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Texas for permission to form a Masonic Lodge in the thriving community of Mansfield. The records of July 9, 1870 indicate that thirteen Masons from various corners of the country became members of Mansfield Lodge #331, formed under a dispensation by the Grand Lodge of Texas. The exact location of the original lodge is not known but in 1873, a cornerstone was purchased and a frame building erected at the corner of Broad and Main Streets. In 1900, this building was replaced by a two-story masonry structure which was designated a historic landmark in the late 1980s.
Chorn's
Drug Store was the hub of downtown activity in the 1920s and 1930s.
It was located on the east side of Main Street in the building now occupied by
Dr. Robert Smith. The store had doctors' offices in back and a pharmacy up
front, where the soda fountain was a popular place. James Chorn owned the
store from 1919 to 1925. Frank Mayfield was owner from 1925 to 1955.
Fitts-Rogers General Mercantile Store was located on the southwest corner of Water (Main) and West Broad Streets. Austin Fitts is the man in the picture. His wife, Ellen Fitts is the lady in the center.
J.H. Harrison Hardware was located at 113 Water (Main) Street. The building was built in 1893 and deeded to Mr. Harrison in 1919. The men in the picture are from left to right, J.H. Harrison, Joseph Edwards, T.B. Huitt, A.J. Bravin, and I.M. Elliott.
Mayfield and Stewart Staple and Fancy Groceries was located on the west side of Water (Main) Street. It was typical of the commercial building constructed before the turn of the century. The building was used as a saloon at one time. The Walnut Creek Lodge No. 273 of the Woodmen of the World used the second floor as a meeting place. The letters WOW can be seen on the center window. David O. Stewart and Thomas J. Mayfield are the fourth and seventh from the left in the picture.
Monnig's Ready-To-Wear was located at 104 Water (Main) Street. Ladies behind the counter are Edna Mae Erwin, left, and Marie Erwin. Paul Monnig, owner, is one of the three men pictured.
The Mansfield News-Mirror began publication in Mansfield in 1883 under the name of "Mansfield Chronicle." Under the ownership of George W. Hawkes the Mansfield Chronicle became the News-Mirror. In the picture from left to right is Napoleon Bonaparte Perry, Mr. Foster, L.E. Gill and Annie Ellard.
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