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Melville Clark Piano Company (later the Wurlitzer Company)

Location: Corner of Third Street and Pine, DeKalb
Erected: 1884
Demolished: 1961

This mansion, home of DeKalb entrepreneur Jacob Haish, featured a distinctive gingerbread style exterior design. It was purchased by the First Lutheran Church of DeKalb in 1955 and subsequently demolished.

Images of Jacob Haish Home.

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