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Graceland in Columbus Ohio - How Graceland got it's name

 
How Graceland in Columbus, Ohio got it's name.
The Grace of Graceland was a woman...
Grace Murnan?  Did she marry Pat Murnan,  a colorful Columbus Ohio businessman?  Mike Murnan left a comment on a post about Graceland the shopping center we know today and referred to Grace as "Grace Murnan (nee: Grace Backenstow)
Murnan went on to sat Grace: "was the Madam owner of a brothel located at Front and Broad, in the 1920's. "
How Graceland in Columbus got it's name
Just a little bit different version.   Or... was she "Grace Backenstoe"?    According to Doral Chenoweth (the Grumpy Gourmet) that's how Grace's last name was spelled and she was "a very, good friend" of Pat Murnane who owned a gambling establishment in downtown Columbus.
Here's the way the Grumpy Gourmet tells the story of Grace of Graceland....  The Grace who's name graces Graceland, a shopping center since the mid 1950s. Doral Chenoweth's  Columbus Chef's site about long ago restaurants in downtown Columbus mentions Pat Murnan's "gambling operation."  Referring to Maurice Patrick (Pat ) Murnan's downtown office and gambling operation, Chenoweth says:
"Downtown Office of Graceland Stock Farm – Yep, that was the name of Pat ... more

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