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Menzel’s Garage

A garage and car dealership on the corner of Main and Pine in the 1930s.

4 East Main Street, 2022
4 East Main Street, 1930s
1930s2022

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Through the years

  1. 1930sMenzel’s Garage and car dealership
  2. 1930sBraunwarth Ford is further west on Main, at number 200
  3. 2022Named as the future home of the American Legion

The story

In the 1930s Menzel’s Garage and car dealership stood on the northeast corner of Main and Pine.

Main Street had more than one garage then. Braunwarth Ford had moved to 200 West Main in 1929, onto the corner where William Stahlke repaired cars about 1915. In 2022 the association’s caption named this building as the future home of the American Legion.

Menzel’s Garage and car dealership on the right, looking west along Main Street.
1930s. Menzel’s Garage and car dealership on the right, looking west along Main Street.

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Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection.

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