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PRIGUN APARTMENT
2938 Beach Blvd.
Eloise Robeson talked with Miss L. Lewis sometime in 1975 and found out that on June 15, 1912 Mr. Alex Cussen [sic?] acquired this property which was swampland, from the Florida Government. In 1912, he got a loan on it and built what became a grocery store with this family living upstairs. On June 9, 1921, Miss Leora D. Lewis, in real estate in St. Petersburg at the time, bought it. In the 1930's the building was remodeled and became the Florida Playthings Inc. with Messrs. Frank and William Moulton as partners. At first they made wooden toys and later, added buttons and bag frames of shell, to their inventory. In the 1940's the building was again remodeled, this time into four apartments and as such, is in use today.
The siding is still visible. At some time 50's 70's? They apparently added tar paper, metal lath and stuccoed [sic] the exterior. Further evidence is the door frames are flush to the stucco, indicating it was added later. Typically the wood door + window frames are on top of siding or concrete construction. I'd bet 10c Alex Leonardi helped build this one too!Language
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