Modoc’s Market

Specialties

Come visit the site where Modoc became the most famous elephant in America… for one week in 1942! We’re easy to find! We’re at the corner of Canal and Miami Streets in central Downtown Wabash!

We’re a free, wireless hotspot, so take a seat in one of our comfy chairs or at a quaint table to read, relax, or surf. All it takes is one visit to our unique little store and you’ll become a regular visitor. Who knows, you might enjoy us so much that you’ll choose to live in one of our beautiful, executive apartments!

Have one of our baristas whip up a coffee bar drink for you to enjoy. We love coffee, espresso, lattes, cappuccinos, chai, Italian sodas, milkshakes, frappes and everything associated with coffee goodness. Check out our coffee specials — one may just become your next favorite drink! Can’t make it in for your morning cup of wake-​me-​up each day? No problem! Pick up a bag of freshly roasted beans to take home. We’ll even grind them for you. We have regular and decaffeinated coffee varieties in ½ lb and 1 lb bags.

Need more? Special orders are expected!

If you’d rather become a regular web visitor, we can ship our unique gifts and coffee anywhere.

History

Established in 2003.

Thomas F. Payne built what now exists as The New Bradley Building in 1873, as a manufacturing complex for wooden furniture and casket manufacturing. It would be another seven years before the City of Wabash became the first electrically lighted city in the world.

The Bradley family completed a major renovation in 1920, converting the structure into one of the highly sought commercial properties in Wabash.

The building underwent a second major facelift and remodeling in 2003 – 2005. Modoc’s Market occupies the space where the Bradley Drug Store suffered the famous debacle with Modoc the Elephant on November 11, 1942. Studios, one, and two bedroom apartments now occupy the second and third stories. In the summer of 2015, Modoc’s Market gave their old coffee bar a face-​lift by creating a new, more efficient coffee bar and adding more seating detail within a familiar atmosphere.