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1314 Lincoln Street

1314 Lincoln Street

Luther Lee Building

Contractor John Jefferson Cain completed this $15,000 three-story building for the the Murray Drug Company in 1911. It housed the company's distribution of Red Seal Spice Mills, which it ground on site. In 1982, attorney Luther M. Lee spent $300,000 renovating the structure and renamed it for himself.

 

 

  • Luther Lee Building

    Luther Lee Building, 2018. Historic Columbia collection

  • Luther Lee Building

    Luther Lee Building, 2018. Historic Columbia collection

  • Photograph by Blanchard of the Murray Company's new spice manufacturing and distribution warehouse, The State, May 30, 1911.

    Photograph by Blanchard of the Murray Company's new spice manufacturing and distribution warehouse, The State, May 30, 1911.

  • Advertisement for the Murray Drug Company, The State, September 2, 1911.

    Advertisement for the Murray Drug Company, The State, September 2, 1911.

  • Detail of advertisement for the Murray Drug Company, The Columbia Record, August 18, 1915.

    Detail of advertisement for the Murray Drug Company, The Columbia Record, August 18, 1915.

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