J. R. Bennett Building
1870
The earliest records show Samuel Colcord's Sorghum Mill once stood here. In 1870 Charles R. Bennett opened his new drugstore. Four drugstores were operating on the square during this time. It was Kate Benneett, Charles' wife, who prevailed on her husband to allow the ladies to place all their books on the second floor, establishing Greenville's first lending library.
Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127) and College Avenue (Illinois Route 127), on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street.
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