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This complex comprises the
Pruner “Block” (on the left) and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Building.
The I.O.O.F. Building was
constructed in 1888 for the Tyrone Lodge No. 152, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. It is a brick, three-story
building of Moorish and Gothic architecture, built
at a cost of $9,000–10,000.
It originally had two store rooms on the first floor,
offices and a banquet room on the second floor, and an
assembly hall on the third floor. At that time, the lodge
room had no equal in Blair County, “being large and commodious.”
E. J. Pruner constructed the building
immediately to the left of the I.O.O.F. Building in 1889.
The first floor had stores, the second had offices, and
the third was the Pruner Social Hall, which held many social
events. In 1900, the Tyrone High School began its commercial
classes in this building.
Fink Hardware was established in 1923
by three Fink brothers: Telford N., J. Leslie, and Droze C. Fink.
Other departments were added over the years. The 1936 flood
almost destroyed the business, but the brothers started over
again.
In 1970, C. Donald Fink, the son of Droze,
purchased the business. When Don retired in 1993, his sons,
Wayne L., Matthew, and Stacey A. Fink, took over the enterprise,
now known as Fink Brothers Supply Inc.
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