1929 - ML Thompson - West Memphis, AR
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saopaulo1
N 35° 08.803 W 090° 10.847
15S E 756832 N 3892952
A building in downtown West Memphis.
Waymark Code: WM17X5P
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2023
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"Before any of these commercial buildings were built in the 400 block of E. Broadway, Miles L. Thompson’s cotton gin was located here. Memphian Miles Lane Thompson bought 80 acres north of E. Broadway in 1918 and platted several additions to the city of West Memphis. In 1920 he built a cotton gin here on the west side of the tracks. The gin was operated by James Franklin Graham (Graham Street). Thompson later built a wood-frame store to the west of the gin, but it burned, so in 1929 he built the 2-story brick M. L. Thompson building at 406 E. Broadway for his store." (
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