Bohemia Avenue

North View of Bohemia Avenue, circa 1920

Photo 1: Here is Bohemia Avenue and Second Street, with the canal in the background. When I was a boy the Charles Tatman family lived in the upstairs apartment of the building at right. Mr. Tatman owned a grocery store on the ground floor. I remember his sons, Gary and Bruce, very well. At the time of this photo, however, the building housed the Laws and Laws pharmacy. Dr. Law’s son in law operated the drug store, and later Dr. Mewither and his wife had a pharmacy here before moving up across from Reed’s General Store on Bohemia Avenue. Towards the middle you can see Ralph Rees’ car agency, with the two gravity-fed gas pumps. The building later became the American Store and is now the town hall. The large building next to it was the Rees home and is now the Inn at the Canal. Franklin Hall can also be seen in the distance at right.

Photo 2: Respected Chesapeake City physician, Dr. Laws