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Corner of W. Main and S. Carroll Streets
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View across Capitol Park lawn towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with businesses and horse-drawn wagons. The building at the corner is the Fox Block built in 1856, renamed Young's Block, which contains the Worthington & Warner's Business College (became Northwestern Business College, then Capital City Community College) and Ramsay & Campbell Hardware Store.
1860
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