Union Block and MARTINSVILLE CITY OF MINERAL WATER Sign
- Address: 10 - 56 E Morgan St
- Vicinity: N Main St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1866/00/00 | Union Block is erected on a sand stone foundation for Norman T Cunningham. His mercantile store will occupy the block until 1888. | |||||
1910/00/00 | Charles E Blackstone | Proprietor | The east half of the Union Block becomes Blackstone's Theatre (which much later became the State Theater), cigar shop and pool hall. The theater entrance is at the rear of a 12-foot wide corridor cut out of the building's solid front. | |||
1928/04/06 | Charles E Blackstone | Criminal | Charles Blackstone murders Edward Stewart at Blackstone's cigar shop in Martinsville, IN. | |||
1930/00/00 | A neon sign promoting "MARTINSVILLE CITY OF MINERAL WATER" is installed on the roof. Advertising the healing properties of the town's artesian wells, this sign, which was paid for by public donations, attracts visitors to the city's many sanitariums. |
Particulars for Union Block and MARTINSVILLE CITY OF MINERAL WATER Sign: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Specialty Store |
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