Paula, my friend who did the photography project for Girl Scouts back in the 40's, photographed what we now call the Person building. Persons/Quattlebaums have owned it for many years. It is about a block or two from the court square so it is considered downtown.
I'm going to depend on my friends from Arkansas to give me more of the history of this building and what the sign above the corner entry door said. I find it interesting that there were quite a few corner doors. Was there a reason for that? This building as you can see, is largely unchanged, and may be for sale right now.
Those two paragraphs were part of my blog several months ago (actually in 2008!). I said it might be for sale right now. And now I can say that it is SOLD. It has been bought by Salon Bliss & Boutique who plans to move their business to that location. It is undergoing a major renovation right now and I was invited to go inside and explore the old building last week. I found a few old calendars with the Searcy police force pictured on them. I need to put them on my blog.
For now, however, let's review the old building from the 40's and the way it is now just before changing.
Here is a link to the blog put up by the new owners and you can see the inside as it is undergoing renovation. Salon Bliss
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