Foreign workers and Natives generally lived south of the creek, and the area became known as Indian Town.As the town expanded in this area, commercial and residential buildings were built on pilings, something that only gradually began to change when fill was brought into Stedman Street in the 1930s.The commercial buildings facing Stedman Street generally have false fronts, which hide their gable roofs.The district include's Ketchikan's oldest continuously operating retail establishment, Ohashi's, which is located at 223 Stedman Street.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a location in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska is a stub.