J.R. Bennett Building - Greenville, Illiniois
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N 38° 53.565 W 089° 24.817
16S E 290672 N 4307644
This marker can be found on a building, along the county courthouse square.
Waymark Code: WM75KN
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2009
Views: 8
Marker text:
J.R. Bennett Building
1870
The earliest records show Samuel Colcord’s Sorghum Mill once stood here. In 1870 Charles R. Bennett opened his new drugstore. Four drugstores wee operating on the square during this time. It was Kate Bennett, Charles’ wife, who prevailed on her husband to allow the ladies to place all their books on the second floor, establishing Greenville’s first lending library.
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