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This perspective map predates the Masonic
Temple that now houses the Bedford City Museum by four years and captures
the town as it appeared seven years after the "Great Fire of 1884" which had
started in J. N. Early's store located on the SE corner of Bridge Street and
Railroad Avenue. The town was to take on the new name of Bedford City
in what was called "The Boom of 1890", with much of the original town of
Liberty being rebuilt in brick after the fire destroyed most of the wooden
buildings along Bridge Street.
Inset illustrations of Hotel Bedford, the Belmont Seminary, the
Randolph Macon College, the Bedford Railroad Station and the Jeter Female
Institute are featured in the lower margin of the perspective map, along
with fifty-eight referenced places.
Those acquainted with the City of Bedford, Virginia, will find
familiar landmarks and streets such as: Wingfield St., Broad St.,
Terrace St., Market St., Cook St., King St., Franklin St., Bridge St.,
Edmunds St., Washington Avenue, Railroad Avenue, Piedmont Avenue, Bedford
Avenue, etc..
This beautiful map provides a look at the beginnings of the city. Complete reference list below.
Dimensions: 36" x 25"
Item #1W-VA-BE-1891
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs.
PRICE: $39.95
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Knitting Mills.
Planing Mills.
Jeter Institute (Female).
Passenger Station N. & W. R. R.
Hotel Bedford.
Randolph - Macon Academy.
A. B. Claytor, Tobacco.
Liberty Roller Mi8lls.
Episcopal Church (Colored).
Catholic Church.
Granville Sanitarium.
Presbyterian Church.
Tobacco Warehouse.
Jeter & McGhee, Hardware.
G. O. Goodwin & Co., Millinery.
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S. B. Mosby & Co., Engineers and Contractors.
Baptist Church (Colored).
R. B. Claytor & Co., Dry Goods.
Stone Bros. & Co., Dry Goods.
Parr & Co., Real Estate.
W. J. Hubard, Books.
R. W. Coffee, Machinery.
Liberty Savings Bank.
Fisher & Hughlett Bros., Drugs.
Tait's Furniture Emporium.
A. H. Trimble, Groceries.
Post Office.
Va. Business College.
First National Bank.
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Bush's Livery Stable.
Bedford Livery Stable.
M. P. Carder, Cabinet Maker.
C. E. Adams, Carriage Factory.
Court House.
Methodist Church.
Bedford Electric Co.
Episcopal Church.
Tobacco Warehouse.
Baptist Church.
Gish & Smith.
Depot, N. & W, R, R,
Hotel Beechenbrook.
Belmont Seminary (Female)
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Bedford High School.
Bolling, Wright & Co., Tobacco.
Dixey Tobacco Co.
Blue Ridge Tobacco Works.
Tobacco Warehouse
Liberty Woolen Mills.
Berry Bros., Plug Tobacco.
E. G. Buck, Planing Mills.
Falconer & Bargamin, Flouring Mills.
Piedmont School.
Spoke Factory.
Wood working & Planing Mill.
Supply Reservoir.
Peaks of Otter.
Storage Reservoir.
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