Fleming Building

FLEMING BUILDING 

 

ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864

BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE

 

SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881;

TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888

 

BANK OF LINCOLN, LINCOLN’S FIRST BANK, HERE 1902 – 1911

U.S. POST OFFICE HERE 1914 – 1924

FIRST LINCOLN LIBRARY HERE 1906 – 1909

 

OTHER WELL-KNOWN LONG TERM OCCUPANTS:

 

A.B. CROOK & SON, GROCERIES, 1896 – 1917

GOODENOUGH JEWELRY, 1916 – 1960

WYATT HARDWARE, 1925 – 1933

HELLEWELL GROCERIES, 1935 – 1942

CREER BROS., GROCERIES, 1942 – 1956

(SEE LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS FOR OTHER OCCUPANTS)

 

Submitted by Sheila Paske

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