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the time of the Civil .war by Thom~as C. Hôag, who, in addition to conduct- ing the store, maintained à private bank in the rear room, where the present State Bank and Trust Com- pany of, Evanston, the oldest and largest bank in Evanston, had its. origin. Mr. Hoag was recôgnized as a suc- cessful mnerchant-a man of integrity andpromin .ence in the affairs'.of Ev- anston. In 1866, he was made treas- urer and business agent of North- western university wbich offices Se held for a number of years there-. af ter. 'In th e early 80s he. decided to retire .f rom, business and. move1 to California., so he. disposed of b is krocery. business to one of bis young clerks, George Taylor, who carried on tebusiness in the saine building for, ffiftyv years. Haviig, reàached the age of 7, George Taylor also decided té retire on july 1 of, this year, dispos-! ing.of the,,building and ground lease to Northwestern university. ProeTain ~t Location Chicago avenue and Davis street bas long been regarded as one of the outstanding business locations. in Ev:., anston. The oId "Avenue Flouse," Evanston's principal hotel for manv y ears, occuPied the nortbeast corner of Davis street an-d Chicago avenue and wvas replaced by the seven story1 North Sbore botel wbicb is directly op)posite the oid lTaylor Grocery store.- M'cGuire and Orr, well known real estate -firtn, establisbed in 1893, has closed a lease with Northwestern1 ufiversity for the Taylor corner. During the pa-st 40 years this, firm bas been extremely active in the d - j velopn-ent of nortb sbore property extending f rom -Edgewater ta Lake Forest. Tbe concern is regarded as, a pioneer in this district, having de-. veloped many attractive properties I in nearly every village on tbe nortb shore. It, is now remodelling tb.is old, "Iandinark" iuta a modern real estate office but is retaiuling tbe original vauît installed in the building over 60 years ago,. as part of tbe equip- ment. . J.,Fred McGuire gage. At no time bas the firm con- sidered tbe making of b ond issues The Lowest:,CostAutomiatjc Hma OIL'-O-tMATIC.l Phone foir Firee B. T. U. Srve Williams Oil-O-Matie HeatingCoprto 520 Davis St. 185 No. Michitan Ave. Evanston, Ili.Chc oI. Phone. Greeneaf '2300-2301 Phone. Stat. 81M7 Phonie Wi.1mette 2311, take a step FORWARD... I TORS 11530 DAVIS STREET 11OPPOSITE NORTH SHORE HOTEL Established GREENEAF 108 ROGIERS PARK 3213