East Washington Street - 100 block even

108 E. Washington St. - J.A. Broughton Building
Constructed for James A. Broughton, c.1870

c.1870 - J. A. Broughton Dry Goods & Groceries
c.1881 - Augusta Cash Store
   1894 - Clark & Hunter’s Drug Store
   1895 - Hunter’s Drug Store
c.1897 - Hunter & Brooks Drug Co.
   1904 - Anderson Dry Goods Co.
   1908 - W. E. Shepherd Co.
   1923 - Perkins Place – Gulf Station
   1926 - Pan-Am Filling Station
   1933 - Shaw’s Amoco Station
   1951 - Wallace Used Car Lot
   1953 - Economy Auto Store
   1954 - The Grill
   1966 - Ye Old Colonial
   2020 - The Polished Peach
   2021 - Barkin' Dogs Shoe Co.



Broughton's Corner
Related History Blogs: Broughton's Corner (covers 1870-1923); Perkins Place (covers 1923-1926)

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c. 1907 Anderson Dry Goods1907
1920 W E Shepherd Co19201926 Perkins Place gas station1926108 e washington 1929 Pan-Am gas station19291964 The Grill 1964c. 1968 Ye Old Colonial   1968
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(courtesy of Morgan County Archives)
J.W. McDonald 1894-01-081890Hunter - Brooks Drug Co. receipt 1903-11-051903




120 E. Washtington St. - Moving Picture Theatre
Constructed for Williford, Anderson, and Wood 1921
Designed by William Irwin

1921 - Strand Theatre
1923 - Genesta Theatre
1925 - Madison Square Theatre
1931 - Madison Theatre
1976 - Jim Boyd Insurance		Movie Theater
Related History Blogs: You Ought To Be In Pictures (covers construction & opening), The Wizard of Wonders (covers 1923-24)

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120 e washington 1949  c. 1910120 e washington 1949  1949Madison Theater and Ye Old Colonialc. 1970


140 E. Washtington St. - L.M. Thompson Building
Constructed for L.M. Thompson
Brick mason: W.B. Dickens

1902 - L.M. Thompson, Wagon Works & Undertaking
1908 - W.C. & Brooke Thompson, Wagon Works & Undertaking
1910 - W.C. Thompson, Wagon Works & Undertaking
1916 - Shaw & Shepherd, Wagons, Autos, & Funeral Directors
1917 - Shaw - Hemperley, Wagons, Autos, & Funeral Directors
1921 - Hemperley Undertaking Company
1970 - Simmons Funeral Home
2021 - Mad Taco/Hart & Crown		IMG_8040
Related History Blogs: Anything in the way of a vehicle, harness, coffins, and undertaker goods (cover 1902-1916)

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140 E. Washington c. 1910  c. 1910140 E. Washington c. 1930  c. 1930140 E. Washington 19641964140 E. Washington 19881988