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Photographs of the Culver House

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412 W. Prairie Ave. John H. Culver home, built around 1887. It was sold to Roy Phillips in 1950 by Elizabeth C. Shellabarger, daughter of John H. Culver. Phillips remodeled it into apartments. A fire in 1979 caused extensive damage to the attic and…

Photographs of 505 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 505 W. Prairie Ave. built in 1896 and the residence of F.M. Pratt.

Photographs of 527 W. Prairie Ave.

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Photographs of 527 W. Prairie Ave. which was once the residence of S.T. Nesbit.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.