Identifier: chicagohistorybui04curr (find matches)
Title: Chicago: its history and its builders ..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844
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Publisher: Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d a building of hisown at No. 558 East Forty-seventh street. He has the largest and most modernundertaking establishment in the middle west. His building is thirty by one hundredand twenty-five feet and of this she uses the first story and basement. The buildingis a two-story structure, with an eight-foot basement. There is a large receptionroom, upon entering, with mosaic floor, and its furnishings are like those of a modernhome. Adjoining is a large office in which business may be privately transacted.There is also a retiring parlor in which the minister may meet and interview thefamily and the extensive chapel has given rise to the name by which the establish-ment is known—the Daylight Church. It is splendidly lighted all around, is equippedAvith a pipe organ and comfortable pews and the seating capacity is three hundred.The display room is of the most modern character, containing thirty-six caskets indust-proof cabinets upon revolving stands, giving a clear view of every casket.
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