In the early 20th century, the Linn Block building housed the Shaw Furniture Carpet Co., which sold household items. In the late 1930s, the building housed Russell L. Rossman's Grocery Store, providing people with good foods until it became Sullivan's Toyland in the 1960s. Sullivan's contained two full floors of fun and had a large slot-car track on the second floor where youngsters raced their customized model cars.