MAGENDIE BUILDING.
(AKA: French Store, High Society Saloon, Brunet Store, Columbia Mercantile.)
1855
© OAC.
The Magendie Building - 1929
1852 August - Alexis Maitre sold to Victor E. Magendie.
1854 July - The building burned, Magendie rebuilt of wood.
1855 The brick building was constructed. Victor E. Magendie had a large grocery and provisions store. "In the heart of the French quarter"
1856 Victor E. Magendie sold to his brother, Jean Baptiste Magendie.
1856 Henrietta Schulz advertised a "fire proof vault" (in the basement of the Magendie Building) as a saloon.
1857 August 25 - The fire partially destroyed the building. The building was improved.
1858? Henrietta Schulz advertised the "High Society Saloon" in the basement.
1860 Louis Brunet, a Frenchman from Lyon, who came to the USA in 1818, is listed in the Columbia census as a tailor.
1861 Magendie sold to Pedro Beronio and Pierre Bocquerraz. They sold groceries, wine and liquor.
1866 P. Gagliardi owned the building.
1868 Louis Brunet owned the building. Charles Smith ran a grocery and clothing store.
1888 Louis Brunet dies. The store is bequeathed to his daughter Louise Brunet (Price) and step-daughter Rose Smith (Baier). (Louise Brunet was born in Columbia October 12, 1874.)
1928 Clara Solari bought the building from Louis Brunet's daughter, Mrs. Louise (Brunet) Price.
Columbia Mercantile
Main Street
532-7511
