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retailers. Eventually taken into partnership with one of his employers, he opened the "Golden Rule Store" in
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in front of a gabled roof. The Penney store building is built of stone and has a facade of marble and cast iron, with a flat roof. The district originally included a third commercial building which flanked the Penney store on its right; this building has been demolished.
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