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New real-estate and construction offices open in St. James, 1980

Also 1980 Colwell and Company St. James office · Island Homes opening

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TypeEvent
Date1980-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1980-05
Kind
Opening
Where
Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Ed Wojan announced a new office building in central St. James housing Colwell & Company–St. James real-estate offices and Island Homes, Inc., a construction company.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper business notice, not a building permit or corporate filing.

Sources

  1. Announces Ed Wojan’s new office building near the Shamrock Bar, with Colwell & Company–St. James on the upper floor and Island Homes, Inc. on the lower floor. It is a newspaper business notice, not a building permit or corporate filing. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the office-opening notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “New real-estate and construction offices open in St. James, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-offices-st-james-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1980, “Opening of New Offices in St. James.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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