We both (you and I) are correct. Before and up to 1941 it was Stegall’s
Seed and Feed Store at 245 East First Street. In 1941, it was purchased by J.E. Calhoun and then known as Calhoun Feed and Seed Store. I had mentioned the Stegall ownership in regards to the connection of the previous ownership of the Moncrief Furniture building (Cassell Stegall who owned Stegall’s Furniture at 209 East First Street) and his brother Troy Stegall who owned the Stegall Seed and Feed at 245 East First Street before it was Calhoun Feed and Seed at that 245 East First Street location.
245 East First Street
(South side of East First Street)
In 2018, this building is owned by Fountain Hardware and is currently used by Fountain Hardware for storage. Prior to Fountain Hardware owning this building it was the location of the Forest Furniture Store (not the same as Hays’ Furniture Market). Before the Forest Furniture Store, this building was the Calhoun Feed and Seed Store. J. E. Calhoun opened his Feed and Seed Store in 1941.
Stegall Seed and Feed Company (Troy Stegall, proprietor) was at this same 245 East First Street site in the late 1930s and up to about 1941. According to an article in an old archived Scott County Times newspaper, the J. S. Riser Hardware opened in October 1940 “1 block south of the Post Office in a building just east of Stegall Seed and Feed Company (Troy Stegall, proprietor)”.
I think I’ve got that right, but it can get confusing.
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