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Photograph of 417 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photograph of 417 W. Prairie Ave. This house was built by Oliver Z. Greene in 1882. It was willed to his daughter, Mrs. K.H. Roby, Jr., after his death. It was bought by the First Baptist Church in 1923 and was included in the structure of the new…

Photographs of 348 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 348 W. Prairie Ave. It was the home of F. M. Young. He sold it to George A. Keller in 1903. In 1954 it was owned by Mollie M. Drobisch and it was an apartment house. It is not the Webster Cantrell Hall Annex.

Photographs of 328 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 328 W. Prairie Ave. This was the home of Orville B. Gorin. His daughter, Gussie, still lived there in 1954.

Photograph of 319 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photograph of 319 W. Prairie Ave. the residence of D.H. Conklin in 1896.

Photographs of 318 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 318 W. Prairie Ave. This house was built by B.O. McReynolds in the late 1800's. It was acquired by Jerome P. Gorin about 1916 and sold to Mary M. Heilman about 1941 according to listings in the city directory.

Photographs of 300 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of the exterior and interior of 300 W. Prairie Ave. taken in 1969 and 1970.

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 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.…

Photograph of 1 Powers Lane

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