Fire damage to the Spencer Building, Lafayette, Indiana, 1873
| Description: |
The three-story brick building on the east side of the square on Illinois Street (later renamed 4th Street) has many broken windows due to a fire on February 5, 1873 [Source: Indianap9olis News, February 6, 1873]. Several people clean the debris in front. Signs visible for Weakly and Brown drugstore, H. Strauss clothing, Spencer Hall, Marvins, and W. L. Gregory Stoves and Hardware.Written above the building: This entire third floor of this Spencer Building was Spencer Hall - opera house of its period. This is a cropped version of a print also at the Tippecanoe County Historical Association with additional text: Spencer Building - 4 Rooms and Stairway / Photo by P. W. Wolever.The building also appears in this 1859 photograph: image ia-0214-0048. |
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| Origin: | 1873-02 |
| Created By: |
Wolever, Peter W., 1838-1895 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/502971DB-572C-4985-BE6F-250545063923 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
4th Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Fires Commercial streets Stores & shops Ruins Lafayette (Ind.) Tippecanoe County (Ind.) |
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