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H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931

 
 
H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 27, 2024
1. H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931 Marker
Inscription. Used as a medical office, and barber/beauty shop. Mr. Rex Pryor charged but 25 cents for a haircut in the 1960's. The cost had risen to $4 when he retired in 2014.

Miss Ann Pryor did the beauty part, had a reputation as the unofficial town doctor, and knew a cure for most everything.
 
Erected by City of LaFayette, Kentucky.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.
 
Location. 36° 39.557′ N, 87° 39.515′ W. Marker is in LaFayette, Kentucky, in Christian County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street and Roaring Springs Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 S Main St, La Fayette KY 42254, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was
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once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lander Hardware, 1937 (within shouting distance of this marker); LaFayette Bank, 1898 (within shouting distance of this marker); Livery Stable, late 1800's (within shouting distance of this marker); Gas Station, established after the turn of the 20th Century (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); No-Tillage Farming (approx. 4.9 miles away); U.S. Vice President (approx. 7.2 miles away); Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (approx. 7.6 miles away); Genoa (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in LaFayette.
 
H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 27, 2024
2. H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931 Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 195 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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