Moore & Paris Lumber Co - 1904

 

January 1, 1904 - Moore & Paris Lumber Company building. 

 

It was owned by R. L. Moore and O. H. Paris, with James T. Hickman as district manager. 

 Robert L. Moore, the President was a well-known business man in the vicinity.

Obadiah H. Paris, the secretary-treasurer and manager, had 15 years experience in the business.

 Just a few months after this picture and advertisement was made, in May 1904, Mr. J. N. Boston purchased the Moore & Paris Lumber Co., and  incorporated the inventory into his Boston Lumber & Planing Mills, located on East Depot Street.   This would make him in control of the lumber market in Marion. 

The location of the Moore & Paris building later would be the home of the Ford dealership in Marion, then Tucker Furniture Store and Funeral Home, and today the home of Gilbert's Funeral Home.  

This building was one of the few in Marion that never was damaged in Marion's past fires.  The buildings next to it all the way to Main Street were damaged badly in the 1912 fire on that street.