A 1910 photograph postcard of Johnson Addition. The view is looking northeast. Caption written on the front in ink reads "Johnson Addition (Bisbee Ariz) 1910. I watched most of these buildings burn down while they kept us in school across the road - 1910." The Lewis House, Edwards House, and a furniture store are in the foreground. The postcard is unused, and the publisher is unknown. Nancy Menke Collection.

The Johnson Addition was a townsite built by the J.E. Thompson Company to accommodate Bisbee’s growing population. In late April of 1905, the housing lots were offered for sale. Among the purchasers were M.J. Cunningham, Dr. D. Cassady, Jasper A. Turner, Mrs. Mary A. Coles, Jack McGregor, Steward Grant, F.W. Dixon, M.R. Hennessy and E.B. Thompson. Among the businesses the operated in the Johnson Addition were Fred Harris’s grocery store, the CM McKean & Poindexter store and the Midway Bar whose proprietorship switched hands from Frank Johnson (1907-1911) to Andy Johnston and George Watz (1911-1915).

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