Street Smarts answer

4. The origin of the name Stone Avenue is from:

A. Col. John Finkle Stone, an early pioneer and Civil War veteran who built the first house on what became Stone Avenue. The home, which was built in the early 1860s, was located on the southwest corner of present-day McCormick Street and Stone Avenue, where the parking lot for the police station is now located.


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