History
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Louis Nuschke built a wood-frame business on this site that was a grand store for its time, offering furniture, carpet, wallpaper, hand-painted china, jewelry, and hardware items. When the dam broke in 1911, the store was swept away, and Nuschke quickly rebuilt a new brick store. He owned and operated the business until his death in 1923, when his son Walter took over. In 1958 Robert Cooney purchased the business and operated it until 1969, when the old building was demolished to make room for Austin's new Main Street bridge.
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