Seneca Firsts
This site, lot No. 126, was the first sold at auction by J.J. Norton and A.W. Thompson, August 14, 1873 when 14 lots sold and Seneca City was founded. Purchased by John M. Dumas, who was named the first Postmaster on April 15, 1873.
Site of: first house - commissary; first post office; birth of first child, Pearl Dumas, Nov. 20, 1873.
Louise M. & J. Bruce Bell erected this building for Bell Studio in 1953.
Marker is at the intersection of North Fairplay Street and Ram Cat Alley on North Fairplay Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
