Number  00164

Scan Date   5/9/02

Time Period    1899

Subject Matter    Franklin Street

Location    Monroe North Carolina

Description

Heath-Morrow Hardware

Photographer (if known)

Notes

This building was erected by the Heath Hardware Company and completed on Christmas Eve in 1889.  It was destroyed in a fire on December 22, 1927.  At the time it was owned by Monroe Hardware which had merged with Heath in 1906.  More information can be found in "Sketches of Monroe and Union County" (1902) by Stack & Beasley and other historical publications.

Article about the fire appeared in The Monroe Journal, Dec. 23, 1927, pg. 1.

Subject, Description, Notes revised/added 9/29/09 - pmp

Measurements of original photograph

Height  8 1/2"

Width  8"

Type of photograph   Black and White