Lowden Building

As of February 2022, these are Land & Sea Wear, The Black Dog, Perkins & Sons Chandlery and Earthbound Trading Company.

[1] In 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against Lowden in the District Court of the United States for libel in the seizure of 150 cases of oysters, dispatched to Chastain, Davis & Vestal Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee, each containing two dozen cans that had allegedly been misbranded, a violation of the Food and Drugs Act.

Adulteration of the product was alleged, the reason being that the water had been "mixed and packed therewith and substituted for oysters, thus reducing their quality and strength."

"[2] On April 23, 1917, Lowden claimed his wharf was damaged by lines of wire rope from the pipeline dredge Morgan that passed along the Savannah River.

[3] Lowden died on July 7, 1920, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he been for treatment on a health issue.

The River Street façade, with the William Taylor Stores in the center