Salem in Dent County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Pratt, Mitchell & Company, CPA
Photographed by Thomas Smith, June 26, 2024
1. Pratt, Mitchell &Company, CPA Marker
The original building was a log house used as a hospital during the Civil War. Rooms were added later, including a livery stable on the south end of the block, which was run by George Pendergrass. T.B. Pence bought it from Mr. Pendergrass, Pence's father-in- law, and built a 3 story hotel around the log house (Pictured). Lodging at the hotel was 50 cents a night in the beginning. Later, the cost was $2.00 per day, $10.00 per week or $30.00 per month. Mrs. T. M. Thomure was the proprietress. The hotel was sold to a local bank, and later to Jim Butler. Next, Ken and Olive Preston purchased the property and tore down the hotel, and had a building erected to house the Lyric Movie Theater. In the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, Riley Smith owned and operated the Western Auto store in this location.
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Location. 37° 38.725′ N, 91° 32.281′ W. Marker is in Salem, Missouri, in Dent County. It is on West Fourth Street 0.1 miles west of North Washington Street, on the right when traveling
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Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fleming Variety (here, next to this marker); L. N. Coffman Company (within shouting distance of this marker); H & R Block - Block 15 (within shouting distance of this marker); Vandivort Drug Store (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bank of Salem (about 400 feet away); Century Link (about 400 feet away); Dent County Courthouse (about 500 feet away); Craig Plaza (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, June 26, 2024
2. Pratt, Mitchell &Company, CPA Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
