Edwin R. King building, Petersburg, Indiana, circa 1890
| Description: |
Employees stand in front of a stone (or cast iron?) Italianate commercial building built in 1884. There are brooms, barrels, and large bags outside of the store. Edwin R. King (1832-1911) operated a furniture store in 1880, but after 1886 a grocery store occupied the storeroom.In 1900 a fire destroyed this building, then occupied by J. H. Viehe & Co., the Gold Mine grocers, on the 1st floor and the Knights of Pythias on the 2nd floor. [Source: Pike County Democrat, Feb. 9, 1900, p. 1] |
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| Origin: | 1890, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/379F7B95-7914-4525-B3F6-280361360110 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
719 Main Street, Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, United States 38.491334,-87.279593 |
| Subjects: |
Jennifer Trowbridge Uppencamp Collection Buildings Italianate Stores & shops Employees Storefronts Petersburg (Ind.) Pike County (Ind.) |
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