Cooper Shop, Meyers Upholstery Shop

The 1900 plat map shows this address being a cooper shop. A cooper is a person trained to make wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable. ... In addition to wood, other materials, such as iron, were used in the manufacturing process. Meyer's Upholstery shop started in by Walter (Pat) Meyer.