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Show MILFORD'S LAST LANDMARK BEING RAZED Milford's last Main Street landmark was razed this week, to make room for a used car parking let. The building, the Old PaJmer Reuse, was originally origin-ally built on the corner of First West and Center streets, on the site now occupied by the Milford LDS Church, and housed a confectionary. con-fectionary. Later, in 1886, -a partition separating the two rooms was removed and tiie Palmer House became Milford's one-room u.hool hcusa, where children of the "chart grade" began their first year of school, and students stu-dents from the "chart" grade to the eighth grade were taught by Mrs. Nellie Schow The building was also used at that time as a community meeting house, the first LDS Sunday School was organized in 1892, with James E. Madsen as superintendent; Con E. Sawyer Saw-yer and Samuel Nayler, assistants. assist-ants. The Methodist and Christian Science congregations, as well as the LDS, met in the ild Palmer Pal-mer House. Traveling entertainments and local plays and operettas used the Palmer House, and later it was used as a store building, where needlework and other articles were sold by Mrs. Pal- J mer, after the building was , moved to its Main Street location. loca-tion. . . The present owner, Al Kirk, purchased the building in 1932, and since that time Mr. Kirk has used it as a novelty store, "five and dime", ; and second hand furniture store. With the demolition of the structure completed, the lot will be surfaced, and used to display cars. |