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Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, and carrying a cost of $ 350,000. The new store would require razing of two old four story buildings: Woolworth's and the Wilbur Rogers dress shop. The store opened around 1938, just before a new Woolworth's opened at 105 North High Street, replacing one destroyed in a fire in the previous year. Both buildings were designed in a similar style.
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Woolworth's in 1959. It had a major bus stop steps from its door, and a lunch counter with low prices, a counterpoint to mall prices and brands. At the time of its closure it had 30 full- or part-time employees, some with 30 years' service at the location. It has operated adjacent
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operated a five-and-dime store there. It was one of four
Woolworth's in Columbus by 1934. In March 1937, the company sought bids to construct a new building for the store on the same site. By April, the construction arrangements were completed. The store was to be the largest Woolworth's in the area
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came into the town, headed by the elephant Tippo Sultan. The exhibition took place at the tavern over the course of three days, and were housed at the rear of the building. The event was recorded in local history books as the elephant broke loose and began drinking water out of the well and breaking
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In fall 1812, as the city was being organized, John
Collett built a two-story brick tavern at this site. Sale of lots began on June 18, 1812. The structure was the first two-story building in Columbus. In 1813, the tavern opened, managed by Volney Payne. Collett managed it at times in 1814 and until
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In the 1990s, a developer associated with the
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Woolworth's stores in Columbus. The Woolworth store was considered a downtown landmark, recognized by
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