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The Kidd-Knox Building, a massive, two-story iron-shuttered brick structure, was built in
1856 on the site where Hamlet Davis opened the first store on Broad Street in 1850. The general
merchandise business was so good that Davis took in a partner and replaced his tent store with a
two-story frame building that August. The first floor housed the store, while upstairs the
patrons could rent newspapers and periodicals from “The States.” Reading material was always in
short supply and a newspaper or magazine, regardless of age, was almost worth its weight in gold
to the miners. Destroyed by the fire of 1856, as was the city’s first brick structure located
next door, the present building was erected shortly after. The wrap-around wrought iron balcony
adds a look of distinction to this old place which has long been one of the town’s major
commercial buildings. It has also housed the offices of many lawyers and judges who worked in the
courthouse just up the hill. It is located across from Schreiber’s Corner.
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