The A. S. Holtgrave Machine & Auto Shop is believed to have been at 450 North Main St.  In 1925, Alvin Holtgrave started the business there and later moved the business to North Fourth Street where Breese Lawn & Garden is now located.

More information on this business as well as other business and more can be found in the 2006 Breese Sesquicentennial Pictorial History book which is available from the Breese Historical Society.