This historic plaque marks the Amboy storefront where Samuel Carson and John T. Pirie established the dry-goods business in 1854 that became Carson Pirie Scott & Co. The marker is mounted at the original brick building, now home to the Long Branch Saloon.
AttractionLee County
First Carson Pirie Scott Store Plaque
Amboy, Illinois
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