FRED MORGAN KIRBY (1861-1940)
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unimoggers
N 41° 14.691 W 075° 53.393
18T E 425436 N 4566320
I'm still trying to figure out why this one is considered a city marker and the ones directly across the street are roadside. And it's not at Kirby Hall as the PHMC site suggests.
Waymark Code: WMX4Y
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2006
Views: 47
Marker Text:
Pioneer of the 5 & 10 cent store sales concept. He opened his first store in Wilkes-Barre in 1884. In 1912, he merged his 96 retail stores with F. W. Woolworth to form the vast international retail chain. A philanthropist, he made significant gifts to institutions of higher education for the study of civil rights, and gifts for public health and recreation services in northeastern Pennsylvania. He resided here from 1905 to 1940.
Marker Name: Fred Morgan Kirby (1861-1940)
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 06/10/2004
Marker Type: City
Location: 202 South River St. (Kirby Hall), Wilkes-Barre
Category: Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Civil Rights, Education
Website: Not listed
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