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The Mansion House was built in 1823 on the corner of Main and Innes Street on the site that later held the Grubb-Wallace Building.  It became known as the largest and best-known hotel in Rowan County, and it was a center of political activity.  Late…

South Main Street, from Grubb Building. Salisbury N.C. Theo. Buerbaum would often go to a location and just aim his camera in four different directions.  Apparently after the Grubb Building was completed, he went to the top and photographed the city…

Viewing Salisbury from atop the Grubb Building in the early 1900s.  Looking north shows the First Baptist Church and the Whitehead-Stokes Sanitarium. No series no. The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, NY Source: Sides, Susan Salisbury and Rowan County…

Salisbury distiller Clay Grubb began construction of his “skyscraper” in early 1900 at the corner of Main and Innes Streets.  The building, a Beaux-Arts styled commercial building, stands seven and one half stories tall.  Joseph Fels, millionaire…