End of an era: Beebe building demolished for new development

9 Feb 2022


News, pierce county

It took less than a week to erase more than a century of history when crews from Jacon LLC began to demolish the Beebe Building last Monday, Jan. 31. 

According to Wisconsin Historical Society records, the Beebe family settled in New Richmond in 1891.

Following the 1899 cyclone, Sylvester S. Beebe and his brother Walter W. Beebe constructed the original two-story brick building at 307 S. Knowles Ave. consisting of 40 rooms on the upper floors and a furniture store, mortuary and drug store on the first floor. 

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