[timeline_event category=”Paul Revere Williams” layout=”true” images=”1330,917″]Chester S. Williams, Paul R. Williams’ father, opens a confectionary shop with John Brame at 163 Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. A confectionary store sells sweet foods including candy, cakes, pastries, candy fruits and ice cream.

Today Abe Schwab’s, a dry goods store, is located at 163 Beale Street.[/timeline_event]

[timeline_event category=”News at the Time” title=”Cotton Consumed” layout=”true” images=”2529″]LA Times November 18, 1887

Costly fire destroys bales of cotton in Memphis. Cotton from West Tennessee is transported to the Mississippi River where it is loaded and shipped to textile plants to make cloth.[/timeline_event]

[timeline_event category=”American Architecture” title=”William G. Low House, Rhode Island” layout=”true” images=”1125,1124″]The William G. Low House in Rhode Island designed by McKim, Mead and White is a key example of Shingle-style architecture. Built in 1887, this one-and-a-half story summer house continues the area’s long tradition of wood construction. The massive and low-pitched overall gable form is covered with shingles. The shingle covering is the source for the name of this architectural style.

The principles in the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White are known for their Beaux Arts designs at the turn of the 20th century. Charles Follen McKim, William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White are powerful arbiters of elegance for the wealthy.[/timeline_event]