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Benjamin House

Fodor's Review:

This beaux-arts beauty, built in 1912 for cotton factor Emanuel Benjamin, shares the block with Danneel Park. It was constructed of expensive limestone, leaving Benjamin with a bill of $30,000—an outrageous sum at the time.

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