Carek Florist Inc Built Three Stores in Lorain and Elyria
Fate led F G Carek from a Lorain meat market start to florist success as president of Carek Florist Inc. The company runs three retail stores between Lorain and Elyria with large greenhouses, after assisting his son in law to start a greenhouse business.
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Nncle-Telegram
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Carek and Mecera Floral Firm Origins and Growth
The article details the 1908 start of Mecera Brothers in a small greenhouse on Lake Avenue, its glass challenges, and later name changes to Mecera and France then Carek and Mecera. It covers expansion to retail at 2041 Broadway, Lorain, full control by 1914, motherly involvement, and successive stores in 1922 Lorain Broadway and 1923 West Market House, plus growing greenhouse capacity across ten acres.
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Mecera Brothers
Step 29
Lake Avenue
Greenhorse
Sresnhonssj
Broadway
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Carek
Mecera
Herbert Hahn
Anthony Carek
Lous Carek
West Market House
West Broad Street
Elyria Man Is Designer For Carek s Elyria
Willard Karchner of Elyria is credited as the designer for the Lorain main store of Carek Florist Inc. He lives at 249 Sixteenth Street and has been with the Carek organization for about a year after working with several floral firms.
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Ee Willard Karchner
Carek, Florist, Inc
Lorain
Willard Karchner
Karchner
Sixteenth Street
Carek
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