1882 Cherryvale Downtown Business District, 100 block on East and West Main Street. Since Cherryvale had six brick factories, most of the streets, sidewalks, and downtown buildings were constructed from these bricks. 1882 saw the advent of sun-dried brick streets. The wood planked sidewalks were replaced in 1898 with kiln bricks from the Corbin plant and later, in the early 1900s, the brick sidewalks were widened to sixteen feet. Late 1800s saw the multiple use of gas throughout Cherryvale as a result of its immense underground natural gas fields and its use as a clean cheap fuel.

The downtown streets were electrified in 1888. Water came to the downtown area in 1899 from Lake Tanko and in 1904 the first sewers were put into service. In 1899, a local and long distance telephone system was installed.