HISTORY · HISTORICAL MARKER
136 First Street
Pleasant Hill, Missouri
· Historic Building circa 1868
History
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At 136 First Street, a bakery operated from 1867 to 1895. In 1891, when a fire started up the street, men stood on top of the building pouring on water from a line of buckets. A restaurant here in 1905, with sleeping rooms upstairs, advertised "25 cents gets a square meal." In 1920, a cleaning and tailor shop occupied the ground floor, while it was rumored that the "Ladies of the Night" entertained local gentry on the second floor. On July 4, 1934, a nightwatchman shot and killed Robert Dolley, a local baseball player. After 1934, restaurants, including a "White Front," occupied the ground floor. Current owners are Mike and Shawna Crane, who operated a boutique here.
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