701-711 Webster Street
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The north side of the square from 701-711 Webster Street, has been a focal point for businesses since at least 1869. The buildings at 707-711 Webster Street were lost in 2007 and replaced with Silver Moon Plaza. 
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Picture courtesy of the Livingston County Library Archives.

Ostrander drug store stood on the corner at 701 Webster Street. Joseph B. Ostrander, owner and druggist, moved his store to north side of square in 188. In 1894, Ostrander sold half his business interest to his clerk, Seymour Wigely, and changed the company name to Ostrander & Wigely. (Wigely had married Ostrander’s daughter, Ella, in 1886.) In 1906, Ostrander retired, selling his remaining interest to Seymour. After the death of Ostrander in 1909, Seymour’s brother Buel bought into the business and it became known as the Wigely Brothers drug store with a variety of offices using the upstairs. By 1954 this was Engelmann’s Shoe Store.
 
In the early 1880s, the building at 703 Webster Street was a book and jewelry store. In 1887 it was transformed into the First National Bank. After the bank moved west one block in 1907, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce. Throughout the years, several abstract title companies, including Kanaan Abstract Company, were located here.
 
Next down the block at 705 Webster Street, was a smaller building. Around 1900 this was a transfer company hub that delivered important packages where they needed to go, with a dentist office upstairs. Brown & Bryan barber shop was located here in 1918. The Chillicothe Electric Company was a downtown staple for over 20 years starting in about 1930.
 
Buildings were present at 707, 709, and 711 Webster Street from at least 1869. The building at 707 Webster was home to a dry goods store then a variety of jewelry stores including Crellin Jeweler and Optician, Isherwood Jewelry, and Miller-Chase Jewelry. In the 1940s this became the Mart Cut Rate drug store. At 709 Webster, Heger Restaurant and Bakery operated from about 1917 to 1947, with Frederick Heger the proprietor. It changed to the Pence Café in the 1950s. Next door at 711 Webster Street, was an early grocer then Freeman & Sons Restaurant in 1917. In the 1940s, Ireland’s Beauty Shop moved in; it became Beauti-Maid and stayed put for over 50 years.
 
These buildings at 707-711 Webster Street were lost in 2007 when they had to be demolished due to structural damage and safety concerns uncovered during renovation. The concept for Silvermoon Plaza was born in 2008 when Main Street Chillicothe designed a multi-use park where the buildings once stood. This was completed in 2010. Local mural artist Kelly Poling painted beautiful designs for the east and west sides of the new plaza.