Warrensburg Greenhouse and Prosser store on lower Main Street. (John Hastings collection)
The Warrensburg Greenhouse was first established by Sheridan Prosser (1852-1923), who
built up a profitable business
in garden plants, flowers and shrubbery.
The original store was located on lower Main Street before he moved in
1903 to a 40 acre parcel off Horicon Avenue, where he built several greenhouses. After running the business for many years he
retired and sold it to George Street in 1922.
Street added landscaping. In 1932
it was sold to Harry Rowe, who after running the
business for four years, sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Barney, who owned and operated it
from 1936 to 1952. At this time it was
sold to Hugh and Adra Trenary who changed the name to Hugh's Flowers. In 1960 they built a new retail store at 17
Horicon Avenue. Adra died in 1963. In 1979 Hugh and his new wife, Ruth, sold the
business to David and Debra Peters. In 1981 Debra moved the flower shop to Main
Street where Squires Decorating Center,
owned by Rudy and Edrie Squires, was located. Long-time friends, Debra and Edrie combined
forces and created a new business called Posies,
Paint and Paper. (See Sheridan E. Prosser.)