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Argonne Commercial Buildings

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The Duggar grocery store was originally a two story building. The family lived up stairs.

After a fire (8/9/1976), the peaked second story was not rebuilt. At  the time Kenny Harrington used this building as an antique/second hand store. We believe this second hand store continued to occupy the building as a one story space.

Currently the building houses a coffee stand and a tanning business.

 

Sometime before 1915, A.H. Byram opened a store on this site in a wooden building that had a wooden sidewalk in front. Early residents remembered Mr. Byram, Millwood's first Postmaster, pushing a cart of mailbags from the Post Office (located in that store), across Argonne, to the train depot.

The current building opened in July, 1928, with a three-day open house. At the time it opened, the building accommodated the Post Office, Byram's Confectionary Store (in the south end), a Barber Shop, an Electric Store, A Hardware Store and Marrs, No.77..

The Byram family had living quarters in both the old and new buildings. At one time, there was a gas pump and a barber pole on the sidewalkout front. A. H. Byram retired in May, 1945.  Johnny Little then had the Five and Dime variety store in the corner space.

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(3106 N Argonne)  Millwood Lumber was one of the earliest businesses in Millwood.  It was located  just south of the railroad tracks on the east side of Woodard Road (now Argonne Rd. ).

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