Reynolds - Davis Wholesale Grocery Company - Fort Smith AR
N 35° 23.330 W 094° 25.675
15S E 370315 N 3917100
This plaque is mounted onto the remains of a building downtown that was destroyed by a tornado in 1996.
Waymark Code: WMJ6C5
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2013
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REYNOLDS-DAVIS WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY
300 GARRISON AVENUE
THIS FACADE IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE FIVE STORY BUILDING OCCUPIED
FROM 1907 TO 1955 BY REYNOLDS-DAVIS WHOLESALE GROCERY
COMPANY. THE BUILDING SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED CHECKER TRANSFER &
STORAGE COMPANY FROM 1957 THROUGH 1988 AS WELL AS OTHER TENANTS
THROUGHOUT ITS LONG HISTORY.
A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH ON THE ILL FATED
SUNDAY NIGHT OF APRIL 21, 1996. THE STORM DESTROYED THIS AND
NUMEROUS OTHER BUILDINGS LOCATED ALONG THE WEST END OF GARRISON
AVENIE.THE FACADE WAS PRESERVED AS A REMINDER OF THE GRANDEUR
OF THIS ONCE FINE STRUCTURE.
GRIFFIN PROPERTIES OF FORT SMITH, LLC
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