Emmada Building

EMMADA BUILDING

ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL

ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G)

EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM

(THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA")

FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN 1864

BECOMES GRANGER HALL IN 1875

LANDIS'S TRUE BLUE STORE 1892-1900

LINCOLN'S FIRST TELEPHONE CENTRAL IN 1893

LONG TERM OCCUPANTS IN 1900'S:

DRY GOODS STORES MAINLY 1900-1928

TOFFT & JOHNSON (GROCERIES) 1919-1929

DEMAS STORE HERE 1928-1993

WYATT HARDWARE 1933-1984

(SEE LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS FOR OTHER OCCUPANTS)

THIS MARKER PROVIDED IN 1996

BY SILVER STAR PARLOR #63

NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST

Submitted by Sheila Paske