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Sturgis House
Newell, West Virginia
Historical Marker Database · Mike Wintermantel
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Originally the private home of the Erlanger family, this building later became the Sturgis Funeral Home and became famous for displaying the body of Pretty Boy Floyd in October 1934.
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