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Dr. William Edmundson came to Central City from Iowa in 1868, opened a medical practice, and eventually became President of the State Board of Health in 1877. Edmundson built these three buildings in the 1870s as investment properties. They housed an array of businesses, including a bookstore, meat market, candy store, Western Union Telegraph office, saloons, pool hall, harness shop, shoe repair, tea and coffee shop, furniture store, and city offices.