This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1758.1 Message Board Post: Teresa, I seriously doubt that the current Gamble building was around in 1850. Greenfield was a pioneer town at the time. The earliest photo I have found (1866) shows one side of the square and the buidlings are wood framed with one brick building, nothing fancy like the entrance to the Gamble building. The Gamble building was home to Wetzel's Shoe Store around the 1910's. You can see a photo of that on my Dade County web page at http://www.dadecountymissouri.20m.com/photo.html. It is in the middle of the fifth row, bottom photo. I did find this entry in the book Printing Press History (Greenfield Newspaper History: Dade County...Newspaper Extractions From the earliest Dade County Paper through 1888.), Published by the Dade County Missouri Genealogy Society, August 2002, pg. 120: From the Advocate, 6 Dec 1883 "Mr. Nilson is at the City Drug Store. Mr. Willis Waters, Jewler, late of Nevada, Mo. also at City Drug Store." and (four months later) on page 109: From the Advocate 12 April, 1883: "W. H. Wetzel has bought the lot adjoining the Postoffice, and we learn that he will build a two-story brick business house this summer. Before six, months, the west side will be a solid block of brick buildings." The Gamble building is on the Southwest corner of the square so the second excerpt appears to be for that building (Wetzel's Shoe Store), however, I do not find anything on Wetzel's having a drug store. Also, this second excerpt appears four months after the mention of the drug store and jewelry store. It sounds like the City Drug store might have been a two story building as was/is common on the square. No location is give as this is just an excerpt not an ad. I would question if there would be a jewlery store in a frontier town in 1850 although it is not impossible. I have one other book I can check called Pictoral Memories of Dade County Missouri, published by the Dade County Missouri Historical Society, 1991, as well at two other books by them. I will have to take a maginifying glass and check all the photos. Also, you might want to write to the Dade County Historical Society at P.O. Box 344, Greenfield, MO 65661 and see if they can help you. I would suggest including a S.A.S.E. and be patient. Most of the members are older and there are not enough volunteers. Good luck and if I can help any other way please ask. Tammy