• First Avenue Looking West. The earliest picture I have; taken about 1905.
• First Avenue Looking West. W. O. Olson photograph from 1908.
• First Avenue Looking West. Bird's eye view taken about 1909.
• First Avenue. Pictures of First Avenue looking east and west from about 1911-1913.
• First Avenue Looking east. Photographic postcard looking east from Roberts Street in 1920.
• First Avenue Looking West. Postcard looking west from Broadway in the 1920s.
• First Avenue Looking East. Photographic postcard of First Avenue looking east from Roberts Street in the 1930s.
• First Avenue Looking West. Photographic postcard in the 1940.

 

• First Avenue Buildings

• IOOF Hall/Donaldson Hotel. Built in 1894, this probably the oldest extant building on First Avenue.
• Kopelman Building. Built ca. 1906, it is one the oldest surviving buildings on First Avenue.
• Masonic Lodge. On June 7, 1899 the corner stone was laid for the great Masonic temple at 501 First Avenue North. It is now a parking lot.
• Federal Building and Post Office. Built in the 1890s, the Federal Building stood on the northwest corner of First Avenue and Roberts Street.
• Gardner Hotel. Built in 1909, the Gardner Hotel stood on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Roberts Street.
• First Presbyterian Church. From 1877 until 1930, the First Presbyterian Church stood at the corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street.
• YMCA. Built in 1905, the YMCA stood on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Roberts Street until a new YMCA was built in 1961. It is now a parking lot.
• Pioneer Life Insurance Building. Located on the northeast corner of Roberts Street and First Avenue.
• Grand Theater. Built in 1906 at 622 First Avenue North.
• Stone Piano Company, Daveau Music Company, Schmitt's Music Company, Avalon Events Center. Located at 613 First Avenue.
• Forum. Built in 1926, the world headquarters of Forum Communications.
• Store Without a Name. You have to love the sense of humor of George Black!
• Grand Recreation. Run by Steve Gorman, an institution of its kind.
• Elk's Lodge. On the corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street.
• Stratford Hotel (Improvement Building).

 

• Other

• First Avenue Businesses: A list of businesses along First Avenue, primarily in the 1920s.
• Living on First Avenue. Some wonderful pictures of life on First Avenue in the late 1940s.

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