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A Visit to the Castle: Touring the Iconic Office Building
Celebrate Women's History Month at the Staley Museum in March.
Mr Staley Was Here!
Mr. Staley’s first visit could be no other than Decatur’s emblematic Transfer House. The very symbol of our community.
You should have seen his surprised expression when he found out that the transfer had been relocated to Central Park (1964). During Staley’s lifetime the transfer house was located at Main & Main streets where it had been built in 1895. It was used as a central transfer point for the early electric street cars and in later times for the bus lines. The building was funded in part by The City Electric Railway ($500) and the remainder of the cost ($2,200) was funded by local merchants who also agreed to help furnish and maintain the building.
A building by and for the community.
Did you know that today you can rent the Transfer House for small events? All you have to do is contact the Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Mr. Staley Was Here
Join the Museum & Mr Staley in Celebrating Decatur:
Support Local History
Support Local Businesses
Support Decatur Attractions
Support Decatur!
“Mr. Staley Was Here” is an awareness campaign to celebrate local attractions and local Businesses.
We are lining up visits to all things local. If you would like Mr. Staley to visit your local business, please contact the museum at:
Info@staleymuseum.com.
Every Saturday the museum will feature on social media one of the sites that Mr. Staley visited.
If you’re out and about and see a “Mr. Staley Was Here” decal, be sure and snap a photo and tell everyone about that business or site you visited & Tag the museum. Let’s all join in the fun and support our community!
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Was the Lincoln Theater built back then?
‼️BIG ANNOUNCEMENT‼️
We Present...
"A Visit to the Castle"
Touring the Iconic Office Building
Coming This Summer!
A fundraising event created in partnership with Primient.
Proceeds will benefit the Staley Museum.
Be on the lookout for more information coming soon!
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YEAH!! keep us posted and please give us out of towners some notice so we can make arrangements. This is so awesome.
In 1972, Staley’s honored the employees of the building my husband worked in, Dinner at Swartz and a tour of the Staley Building. That place is awesome. Anyone thinking about touring it should go.
I would love to tour the building!
It was a windy day down on the lake today, but we couldn’t have been happier to be there. Today the City of Decatur dedicated Basin 3 as Staley Basin. A beautiful historic marker has been placed to preserve the legacy. Later in the year another marker like this one will be placed at the soon to be renovated boat launch on Country Club Road. Another Historic marker will mark the location of the Staley Pump House.
Mark Staley represented the Staley family. It really is Amazing how much he looks like his Great Grandfather, A.E. Staley Sr.
The Staley Museum is grateful for all those involved in helping to preserve our local history.
Located on the shoreline behind the Devon Amphitheater.
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That’s wonderful and well-deserved
I’m glad you posted this. We plan to find the marker so that we can read it. Thank you.
GREAT TRIBUTES. STALEY'S WILL ALWAYS BE A BIG PART OF DECATUR. 👍🇺🇸
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The Transfer House was moved to Central Park in November of 1962.... and I was playing in Photoshop....lol