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Innes Wholesale Furniture / City Ice Delivery 1919
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| | | |  By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Innes Furniture / City Ice Delivery Marker | | | Inscription.
Innes Wholesale Furniture Co.
No. 701 E. First
1919
When the George Innes Dry Goods Warehouse opened in 1919, it bought, manufactured and sold furniture and home furnishings.
1998
The building was converted into Innes Station, an upscale loft apartment community.
1917
City Ice Delivery, located at 115 N. Rock Island, operated in a time before refrigerators ruled our kitchens. Employees worked hard to deliver enormous, heavy ice blocks to homes throughout the city. Location. 37° 41.239′ N, 97° 19.663′ W. Marker is in Wichita, Kansas, in Sedgwick County. Marker is on Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is on the plaza immediately north of the Museum of World Treasures. Marker is at or near this postal address: 835 East 1st Street, Wichita KS 67202, United States of America. Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Oldtown Marketplace (here, next to this marker); Warehouse District (here, next to this marker); Riding the Rails (here, next to this marker); Simmons Hardware Company (here, next to this marker); Simmons Hardware Company / Hockaday Paint Company (here, next to this marker); Coleman Company (here, next to this marker); Union Station and the Santa Fe (here, next to this marker); Johnson-Frazier Building / Cox Produce Company (here, next to this marker). Click for a list of all markers in Wichita.| | | |  By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Innes Wholesale Furniture Marker | | |
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Also see . . . Oldtown Wichita History. (Submitted on June 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
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| | | |  By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 3. City Ice Delivery Marker | | |
| | | | |  By William Fischer, Jr. | |
| | | 4. Oldtown Markers at Museum of World Treasures Plaza | | |
| | | | |  By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 5. Innes Wholesale Furniture / City Ice Delivery Marker | | Ice Tongs whimsy | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on June 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 120 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. 4. submitted on June 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. 5. submitted on June 19, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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