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COMPANIES IN NORWOOD, OHIO — "K"

  • K. D. I. - [fuse maker] Beech Avenue
  • K D Accounting Service - [accountant]
  • Herman M. Kabe - [tailor] 5109 Montgomery Road
  • (Henry) Kaesemeyer Movers - [moving & transfer] 2420 Duck Creek Road (n.w.c. Duck Creek Road & South Madison Avenue), started ca. 1922?
  • Louis Kaesemeyer - [dairy] n.e.c. Carthage and Dale Avenues
  • The Kaesemeyer & Sons Co. - [dairy] 5612-14 Carthage Av. (original name may have been Louis Kaesemeyer Dairy]
      History of Kaesemeyer Dairy:
    • Started in 1901 with retail outlet on Reading Road, Bond Hill
    • In 1906 moved to Langdon Farm Road
    • In 1911 moved to Norwood at the corner of Carthage Avenue and Dale Road
    • In December 1956 the route operations was sold to French-Bauer
      The Carthage Avenue retail daity outlet was closed, but the building was still owned by the Kaesemeyer family. The 258 acre dairy farm in Warren County that had supplied the operations was kept to sell dairy products to other retailers. The last owners were Louis, Jr., Harry and Walter Kaesemeyer and two sisters Mrs. Hilda Hahn and Mrs. Alma Meinking.
  • Clifford O. Kampf - [druggist] s.w.c. Montgomery Road and Norwood Avenue (old Foraker Terrace); Phone: Ridge 487 & 488
  • August H. Kamphake - [horse shoer] s.e.c Reading Road and Sherman Avenue
  • (Earl J.) Kanis Auto Repair - [automobile garage and repair] 2412 Harris Avenue
  • H. S. Karch - [printer/publisher?] 4571 Smith Road, "daily evening papers & all Curtis publications"
  • William H. Kasee - [delicatessen] 3734 Montgomery Road
  • Charles J. Kasselmann - [cut stone contractor] 2544 Williams Av.
  • Andreas Katsanis - [restaurant] 4750 Montgomery Road
  • Irwin Katz - [dentist] 4633 Montgomery Road
  • L. T. Kautz - [groceries/meats/fruit] 4709 Section Avenue(ca. 1910s-20s); Elm and Section, a White Villa Grocery (ca. 1930s-40s)
  • Eugene Keck - [grocery] 2700 Melrose Avenue
  • Keidel Supply Company - [plumbing supplies] 2026 Delaware Avenue at Montgomery Road
  • Grace Keller - [vocal teacher] 4140 Floral Avenue
  • H. J. Kellar - [shoe & dry goods store] Mills Ave. near Carter (est. pre-1900)
  • H. J. Keller's Barber Shop - [barber shop] Mills, east of Carter (est. pre-1900)
  • H. J. Keller - [boots & shoes, gents furnishing goods, dry goods and notions, and school supplies] Mills, east of Carter (est. pre-1900)
  • Kelley's Drugs - [drug store] 2088 Sherman at Station, "Norwood's Modern Apothecary"
  • Kelley's Pharmacy - [pharmacy] 2701 Robertson Avenue
  • Kelly Auto Paint and Body - [automobile body repair] 2115 Monroe Street
  • Kelly Service Station - [gasoline station] s.w.c. Montgomery Road and Hopkins av.
  • John Kelly - [realtor] 2666 Atlantic Avenue
  • Kemmeco Inc. - [automobile transmission repair]
  • The Kemper-Thomas Company - [printer of advertising novelties] incorporated 1901; north side of Park Avenue, between Smith & Floral Avenues; 2250 Park av.
  • Daniel Kennedy - [barber] 4725 Montgomery Road
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) - [restaurant] Surrey Square
  • Kentucky Independent Oil Co. - [gasoline station] n.w.c. Montgomery Road and Lexington Av.
  • C. Kerner Pub. - [post card/photo publisher?] Norwood?
  • The Kerr Ice Cream Company - [confectionery & ice cream] 4570 Montgomery Road
  • Max Kessel - [restaurant] 2144 Elm Av.
  • William J. Keyes - [osteopath] 4521 Montgomery Road
  • Kid's Express - [ ] Surrey Square
  • Kiebanow Photography - [photographer] 2111 Lawn Avenue
  • Kims Factory Outlet Shoes [shoe store] 4633 Montgomery Road
  • King Chrome Company - [furniture manufacturer] 1922 Delaware Avenue
  • King Drug Company - [pharmacy] 4635 Montgomery Road
  • King-Duffy, Inc. - [grocery store] 6203 Montgomery Road - also see King's and Duffy's
  • Jack W. King - [realtor] 5466 Montgomery Road
  • William L. King - [grocery and daily market] Elsmere & Floral Avenues; 3728 Elsmere Avenue
  • King's - [grocery store] 3912 Burwood Avenue - also see King-Duffy and Duffy's
  • Wm. B. Kinkaid - [hardware store] 3960 Montgomery Road
  • J. William Kissel - [barber] 5145 Carthage av.
  • Kitchen & Appliance Center - [appliance store?] 5205½ Montgomery Road
  • Klain Printing Company - [ ]
  • John C. Klein - [glazier] 5239 Rolston Avenue
  • The Kleb-Ihlendorf Funeral Home, Inc. - [funeral home] 3900 Montgomery Road (near Wayland Avenue)
  • D. W. Knabb - [locksmith] 3701 Edwards Rd.
  • Herman M. Knabe - [tailor] 5109 Montgomery Road
  • Knabe Brothers Company - [piano manufacturer] Section Ave. and B. & O. R.R.; William and Ernest J. Knabe filed for bankruptcy, December 1916.
  • John A. Knapp - [artist] 4817 Oak Street
  • Knight Optical Company - [optometrist] 4933 Montgomery Road
  • Z. Knoffer- [furs] 4744 Montgomery Road
  • The Knowles-Hagemann Company - [?] incorporated January, 1906, 3953 Montgomery Road
  • Knowlton Manufacturing Company - [tool manufacturer] 2520 Leslie Avenue
  • Christian B. Koch - [delicatessen] 2366 Harris Av.
  • Jos. Koehne - [well driller] 1826 Sherman Avenue (est. pre-1910)
  • Jos. Koehne Sons - [pump dealer] 1826 Sherman Avenue
  • John M. Kohl - [uphosterer] 1837 Lincoln Avenue
  • H. Koller - [contractor - grading & sewer] Montgomery Road south of Mills (est. pre-1900)
  • Ferd Kolling Bakery - [bakery] southeast corner Montgomery & Elm
  • Fred Kolling - [restaurant] 4650 Montgomery Road
  • Gustav Kolling - [restaurant] 2135 (2137) Elm Av.
  • George Kollmann - [grocery] n.e. corner of Mills Ave. & Allison St. (est. pre-1900)
  • George Kollmann - [saloon] n.w. corner of Mills Ave. & Allison St. (est. pre-1900)
  • Vanderbilt Koontz - [shoe shiner] 2122 Washington Avenue (same address as Antone's Shoe Repair shop)
  • Korner Kitchen - [restaurant] 4051 Edwards Road
  • Alf Korte - [insurance-fire] ne cor. Crown & Laurel (est. pre-1900)
  • Fred. C. Kothe - [restaurant] 4735 Smith Road
  • Peter Kourlas - [restaurant] 4628 Montgomery Road
  • Kramer Bakery - [bakery] south side of Norwood Avenue, between Oak and Sycamore Streets
  • Joe F. Kremer - [grocery] 2301 Highland Avenue
  • Kreutz Printing Co. - [printer] 4149 Montgomery Road (Walter C. & Wm. Kreutz, res. Highland o. Beech)
  • Kroeger Printing Co. - [printer] 4642 Montgomery Road, at Elm; printed Norwood High School's early The Mirror publication
  • Kroger Grocery - [grocery stores] 4400 Carter, 3931 Edwards, 3839 Elsmere, 4030 Forest, sec Forest & Robertson, 5200 Globe, 2689 Madison Road, 4108, 4629 and 5234 Montgomery, and 2364 Norwood Av.(ca. 1920); Main Norwood Store at 4629 Montgomery Road ; 4416 Montgomery Road ; 5234 Montgomery Road
  • Clara Kron - [restaurant] 4758 Montgomery Road
  • John Kroum - [grocery & meat store] Tilden, east of Carter (est. pre-1900)
  • Kruse Hardware (August L. Kruse), a.k.a. Kruse Paint & Hardware - [hardware store] 4005 Montgomery Road (1952); 4003-05 Montgomery Road
  • William A. Kuebler a.k.a. Kuebler's Gulf Service- [gasoline station] nwc Montgomery & Hopkins; 4203 Montgomery Road
  • Carl Kuhn - [grocery] 4100 Montgomery Road
  • F. & C. Kuhn - [daily market] 4101 Montgomery Road
  • Kunkel's Food Market - [grocery] 5200 Rolston Avenue
  • Kuszler Confectionery - [confectionery shop] 3935 Edwards Road
  • Kutol Products Co. - [mfg. of soaps and other cleaning compounds] 2817 Highland Avenue; then, 2821?, 2825 and 2831 Highland Avenue.
    In 1927, Cleo & Noah McVicker bought Kutol and developed a children's toy from a wallpaper cleaner. Later, they made it in several colors and named it Play-Doh. A new company –Rainbow Crafts– was formed with a plant on Highand Avenue.
  • Steph. M. Kuth- [restaurant] 4355 Montgomery Road


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