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  • Collection: Photo File: Houses

Photographs of 276 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 276 W. Prairie Ave. built in 1888. It was the home of W.R. Scruggs, one of the founders of Linn & Scruggs. In 1954 Lillian Chadsey, sister-in-law of W.R. Scruggs, still lived there.

Photographs of 230 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 230 W. Prairie Ave. This was the home of John R. Bradshaw, known as the Bradshaw apartments. It was sold by H. Vincent Allen, grandson of Bradshaw, to Mrs. M.E. Grover in 1948. The 1954 city directory listed it as being owned by Mrs.…

Photographs of 215 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 215 W. Prairie St. This house was erected by A.T. Hill and torn down in 1926.

Photographs of 595 Powers Lane

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Photographs of 595 Powers Lane. This house was built by Samuel S. Powers in 1865. It was later the home of his sons, Frank S and Chauncy M. In 1941, the property was sold to H. Paul Tick and the house was demolished to make room for a new house.…

Photographs of 505 Powers Lane

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Photograph of the Ewing House and 505 Powers Lane built in 1910 and 1911 by Charles A. Ewing and designed by Frederick Perkins. Ewing's wife, Idelle K., lived there in 1954.

Photograph of 1 Powers Lane

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Photograph of 1 Powers Lane take on June 14, 1946.

Photograph of 580 Powers Lane

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Photograph of 580 Powers Lane taken on May 19, 1954.

Photographs of 510 Powers Lane

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Photographs of 510 Powers Lane. This house was built by Theron Powers about 1900. Fire partially destroyed it in 1915 but the house was rebuilt. It was bought from Mrs. Powers in May 1926 by Dr. Clyde H. Tearnan. Dr. Tearnan sold it in September 1949…

Photograph of 255 N. Pine St.

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Photograph of 255 N. Pine St. taken in 1923 of the Harvey Greider House.

Photographs of 254 N. Pine St.

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Photographs of 254 N. Pine St. taken in 1947 and 1952.