Franklin St Antique Mall

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a.k.a. Simmons Hardware Store

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1894	Simmons Hardware Store opens

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the decade of the 1890s was a significant building period for the west franklin st commercial district. harry i simmons' $4,500, three-story hardware store, erected in 1894, was built on the street during the decade. typical of victorian commercial architecture, it featured a facade of red brick, accented with contrasting white stone belt courses, and a corbeled parapet surmounted by a pressed metal name plate announcing simmons' ownership. of course, he made sure that a photo of his new building appeared in the 1895 The Book of Evansville-Illustrated. simmons continued to vend hardware at this location until his retirement in about 1909. the store was then taken over by his son who, after only several years, left to pursue a musical career. since then, the building has continuously housed retail furniture businesses

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