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Photographs from the Powers Office Building Fire

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Photographs from the April 7, 1914 fire that destroyed the Powers building properties at Water and Main streets. The properties destroyed and affected included the Powers estate, Linn & Scruggs store, the Leavenworth Store, the Powers Theater,…

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.