Back to the present
The Daily News is bringing back photos of “yesteryears.” Each week, an historical photograph from area museums will be posted on The Daily News’ Facebook page. Readers will be asked to identify the location, as well as share a memorable experience of the location. “Back to the present” will then be published in the Wednesday edition, including a current photo. Readers can comment on The Daily News’ Facebook page, or email tcastelaz@ironmountaindailynews.com with subject “Back to the present.”
Karen Klenke photo
Patrick Recla, Terrence “Turky” Gordon and Gerry Gordon gather outside Kimlark Inn awaiting a bus as they head to military service in Korea.
The Daily News is bringing back photos of “yesteryears.” Each week, an historical photograph from area museums will be posted on The Daily News’ Facebook page. Readers will be asked to identify the location, as well as share a memorable experience of the location. “Back to the present” will then be published in the Wednesday edition, including a current photo. Readers can comment on The Daily News’ Facebook page, or email tcastelaz@ironmountaindailynews.com with subject “Back to the present.”
Karen Klenke photo
Patrick Recla, Terrence “Turky” Gordon and Gerry Gordon gather outside Kimlark Inn awaiting a bus as they head to military service in Korea.
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This week's "Back to Present" photograph, provided by the Niagara Area Historical Society, is of the Kimlark Inn boarding house built in 1923 by Kimberly-Clark, mainly to house 100 paper mill workers. The Kimlark Inn, 973 Main St. in Niagara, replaced an older building closer to the mill that was called the Grandview Hotel.
By 1964, Kimberly-Clark no longer wanted to own the Kimlark Inn and donated it to the Sister Servants of Christ the King for a nursing home and retirement home they called Maryhill Manor. By November of that year, the sisters had converted the old hotel into a nursing home. A local volunteer group was active at the home.
By the mid-1980s, the multi-story building no longer efficiently served the needs of a modern nursing home and plans were made for a one-story facility on the northeast side of the community. This nursing facility was completed in 1988.
Jim and Gloria White relocated Jim's Restaurant in 1989 to the Main Street building. Their son Bob White later took over.
The second photo shows The Brick owned by Joe and Ruth Marotz since 2015.