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Friday, February 26, 2016 / Published in Local History, New Donations, Photograph Collection

A View of Grace, Then and Now

Last month’s post on “Grace: A Community That Got Absorbed by an Avenue” featured a photograph of the Grace Supply Company.   According to Miller’s City Directory, the location was numbered 637-641 Merrimon Avenue in 1931.  In 1932 the avenue underwent a new numbering system which gave the building its present address of 853-855 Merrimon Avenue.
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Friday, January 15, 2016 / Published in Buildings, Local History, New Donations, Photograph Collection

Grace: A Community That Got Absorbed by an Avenue

The loaded question is  when did Grace begin, what area did it include, and where did the community get its name? Where was Grace? My best guess is, if you are driving north on Merrimon Avenue, after you top the hill at the intersection of Gracelyn Road at the Avenue M restaurant, from that point and looking out at the beautiful
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