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In 1836 contractors Samuel Cleage and Thomas Crutchfield were engaged to construct Planters Bank on this site, and many skilled craftsmen, including African-American slaves, worked for them. Cleage's son David later served as cashier. When the bank closed c. 1865, David Cleage bought the house and lived there until his death. The family occupied it until his widowed son-in-law C.A. Beard purchased the house in 1916. In 1950-52 the house was taken down and moved to Woodward Avenue. The current building was built for J.C. Penney, which opened in 1956.
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Athens, Tennessee · United States
