O’Leary & Bowser Block, 202 Third St. P. J. O’Leary came to Bemidji in 1898 and opened a general store together with W. N. Bowser. The two gentlemen retired in 1909 although their store continued in a new brick block under the corporation name of O’Leary-Bowser Corp. This building still has a data at the top which says 1909.
O’Leary-Bowser block (1927-28) (1934-1935)
Bemidji Bootery, Singer Sewing Machine in the O’Leary-Bowser Block (1934-1935)