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