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The old garage

A car garage and freight terminal in the early 1900s, and later the Waconia Bowling Lanes.

TodayGarage Bar and Bowl16 West 1st Street

16 West 1st Street, 2020
16 West 1st Street, Early 1900s
Early 1900s2020

Drag across the photograph to compare early 1900s and 2020. Courtesy of the Carver County Historical Society.

Through the years

  1. Early 1900sA garage selling Hudson, Hupmobile and Essex cars
  2. Early 1900sThe Waconia Motor Express runs a truck terminal here, hauling freight from Minneapolis
  3. LaterThe Waconia Bowling Lanes
  4. RemodellingWork on the old lanes uncovers the bricked-up garage doors
  5. TodayGarage Bar and Bowl

The story

In the early 1900s this was a garage selling Hudson, Hupmobile and Essex cars. The Waconia Motor Express kept a truck terminal here too, hauling freight from Minneapolis to Waconia.

The building later became the Waconia Bowling Lanes. When the old lanes were remodelled, the garage entrances, long since bricked up, came back into view.

Work on the old Waconia Bowling Lanes uncovered the bricked-up garage entrances.
2022. Work on the old Waconia Bowling Lanes uncovered the bricked-up garage entrances.

Do you remember this building?

When did the bowling lanes open here? Do you have photographs of the garage or the lanes?

Memories, names and family photographs go into the association’s archive, kept with your name and in your own words.

In the archive preview

Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection, some courtesy of the Carver County Historical Society.