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The Mary Jane Blakeman lot (Patteson Building) The Mary Jane Blakeman lot (Patteson Building): construction (1929), and tenants (c. late 1929 - c. 1984) Excerpted from "Renaissance on the Square, Columbia, Ky.: From Campbellsville Street to the Well Walk, c. 1929 - c. 1934." Copyright 2022; published on ColumbiaMagazine with permission. By JIM Mrs. J.F. Patteson (nee Annie Bess Coffey), or possibly her husband, apparently bought the Mary Jane Blakeman lot shortly after it came into the latter's possession in late 1928 as part of the estate settlement of her late brother, James T. Page. The first mention of construction on the lot came in early August 1929 with a brief announcement: "The work on the buildings being erected by Mrs. J.F. Patteson and Mr. C.R. Hutchison is progressing nicely." A month later, an article about the renovation of the Creel Building (on the exit corner of the square and Campbellsville St.) noted that "When [the renovation] has been completed and the new buildings of Mrs. J.F. Patteson and Mr. C.R. Hutchison finished, the eastern corner of the square will present a very attractive and up-to-date appearance." The News apparently made no direct mention of the first occupant, but an article in the August 26, 1931 paper about a location change named the likely candidate: "Exchange Locations "Lany Bray & Co. and the Kentucky Central Electric Company exchanged locations last week. The offices of the electric company were moved to Mrs. N.P. Bray's building on Campbellsville Street, which had been occupied by Mrs. Bray's furniture store. Lany Bray & Co. moved to Mrs. J.F. Patteson's building on the public square, which the Kentucky Central has occupied for several years." Mr. Neba Price "N.P." Bray, a veteran of World War I and formerly associated with the engineering department of KentuckyCentral Electric Co., came to town in December 1927 to take charge of that company's office in Columbia. Kentucky Electric served as the local electrical provider, having bought the franchise in mid-1926. (Kentucky Central Electric Company was the predecessor of Columbia Public Service Company, which in turn became the predecessor of the local Kentucky Utilities.) Some time around 1930, Lany Staples, nee Nell, a native of Gradyville and a member of the Columbia business scene for close to a quarter of a century, divested herself of part ownership of Russell & Co. At some point after Mr. Bray arrived in town, he and Lany met and commenced courting, and they married in the early fall of 1930. The following May, the new Mrs. Bray and her son, George W. Staples, Jr., opened their own business, Lany Bray & Co., then a furniture store, located "second door from Post Office, Campbellsville Street." That, however, proved a short term location, as three months later, the August 26 paper informed readers and potential customers of the location exchange noted above. Mrs. Bray passed in 1946, and her son George continued to run the establishment in the same location until early 1953, when he sold it to Joe Dudley and Roy Owen. George retained rights to the company name and a few months later, he opened the Lany Bray & Co. Gift Shop next door to Lerman's. The new owners of the former Lany Bray operation changed the name to Dudley-Owen and promised to continue carrying the "same quality and type of merchandise," but the short-lived partnership dissolved almost exactly two years later. In January 1955 Mr. Owen went on to open his own clothing store and Mr. Dudley managed the store by himself until near the end of 1955, when he sold the Dudley Dry Goods Store to Paul B. and Mabel Jones, proprietors of the highly successful Style Shop clothing store elsewhere on the Square. They had opened The Style Shop toward the end of 1947 on Campbellsville Street in the Heskamp Building, west entrance. At that time, the intent was to "specialize in smart wearing apparel for women in a wide range of prices which should appeal to the discriminating shopper." A bit under a year later, the Joneses moved their business to "the new storeroom recently completed in the Lacy Building. . .[located] between the Western Auto Associate Store and Harper's Market." In early 1951, they moved it again, this time to the other side of the Lacy Building in the space formerly occupied by Western Auto. Soon after Joe Dudley sold to the Joneses, the latter announced plans for their new store to carry lines of merchandise to complement those already carried at the Style Shop. An ad in the fall of 1956 gave the address for Paul's, their latest venture, as 322 Public Square. The arrival of April 1958 brought word that Mr. and Mrs. Jones planned to combine their two ventures into one, and come early May, The Style Shop moved "into the building formerly occupied by Paul's. . ." The ad for the grand opening, held on May 9 and 10, stated in part, "Two floors completely remodeled and departmentalized for your shopping convenience. Many new items!" It was here the couple continued to run The Style Shop until selling it about 1983 or 1984. This story was posted on 2022-11-26 09:53:30
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More articles from topic Jim: History:
New of Columbia from late November, 1932 Adair County odds and ends, mid-October, 1932 Some more information about The Columbia Bakery September 2 is the birthday of Adair Co. Hero Col. Frank Wolford 85 years ago: Grocery stores galore! Coffey & Stotts, 1931 Goff Motel, 1942 - 1953 Rev. Wyatt G. Montgomery Goes to Egypt, 1922 Ms. Sara Rey Marcum attends a ball, 1909 Odd Fauna of Adair County View even more articles in topic Jim: History |
 
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