William Parkin and John Sansom purchased lots on the east side of Main Street (Parish Ave) in April 1906 for $800 under a stipulation that they would erect a building valued at a minimum of $800 within one year, or the property would revert back to the seller — the Great Western Railway Company.
William had seen the newly built Yancey Block Building in Windsor and was so impressed he hired its builder A. M. Femlee to erect an exact duplicate in Johnstown.
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