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Gager Lime Company
History
Gager Lime Letterhead -This logo was scanned from a piece of Gager Lime
company stationery.
Gilbert Adkins in an article in the Franklin County Historical Review, 1988, says Byron Gager came to Sherwood in 1892 from Sandusky, Ohio to organize the manufacturing company, that continued until closing in 1949.
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Gager had worked in the lime business in Sandusky before coming to Sherwood. His company was not the first to manufacture lime in the town, however. A Mr. Webster had the first lime kiln in Sherwood, near the present post office. |
The company was at its peak around 1920-24.
November 2003
Tennessee Preservation Trust 2002
"The Gager Lime Manufacturing Company is unique--displaying elements
of the Egyptian Revival and Gothic Revival styles." -
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