Hardrick Brothers: The Largest Grocery Store in Springfield

By Joan Hampton-Porter, Curator, The History Museum on the Square Brothers James (1852-1929) and Burton Hardrick (1854-1914) began Hardrick Brothers Grocery about 1884 in the 200 block of St. Louis Street, as it is listed in the 1884-1885 Springfield City Directory. Usually there was a notation indicating a Black person or Black owned business, but […]
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