J. T. Campbell/Whitmer Building - 1282-1284 Liberty St.

This Italianate style building was erected in 1871. Mr. J. T. Campbell began his drygoods business at this location in 1875. The business remained in the Campbell family with Ralph W. Whitmer later becoming a partner and then owner until its closing in 1967. In the early years, horse-drawn wagons delivered carpets from the railroad station to the store where a pulley hoisted the heavy carpet rolls to the second floor entrance.