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Here is the Burlew on Capitol Street, just about
where OJ Morrisons Dept Store would later be built. The buildings
to the left are still standing today. The one on the extreme
left houses Ellen's Ice Cream. Look elsewhere for photos
of Morrisons Dept Store.
From "The History Of Kanawha County"
N. S. Burlew & Co. Are among Charleston's leading
business houses, and to visit their mammoth house would only convince
you that to-day they are classed with the largest hardware houses
in the State. The senior partner of this firm began a retail business
on Capitol street in 1878, where he did business for four years, and
then removed to his present quarters on Kanawha street. In addition
to their large stock of hardware they are agents for the celebrated
Fairbanks' Scales and farming implements, and their large establishment
is crowded from cellar to garret with the necessary agricultural implements,
tools and machinery that our country needs. As an example of what
enterprise, combined with business integrity, can accomplish this
is an establishment of which Charleston ought to be proud, and they
have materially assisted in building up the city. Those dealing with
this firm will find them, while looking carefully after the management
of their own affairs, gentlemen of pleasant and accommodating manners
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