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Property Location
Property Features
The addition to the rear was built as a tin shop (A/B) in 1900.
The building on this site was constructed in 1889 by the Tift-Hay Hardware Store. The site has been the location of David Houle's "Cedar Street House" a saloon and hotel until a fire in 1886 destroyed the structure. Between 1872-1886 J.J. Wright owned the hotel.
Previously surveyed in 1982, updated photo in 2005.
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