William Rhymes House

Original Owner: William Rhymes

216 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue

Built: 1900

There were three William Rhymes. The grandfather, H.W. Rhymes, was a Confederate War veteran, charter member of the First Presbyterian Church and land owner. He was one of the first men in the area to register an ear notch to distinguish his swine. The second William, Oscar William Rhymes, married Eva Stuckey but did not live long enough to see the birth of his only son. Mrs. Eva Rhymes was a long time employee at W.L. Garrett Department Store, and evidently a devoted mother. Her son, the third William Rhymes, was one of Pittsburg's most outstanding citizens and progressively served as employee, vice president, member of the board of directors and then president of the Pittsburg National Bank after A.A. Hall's death in 1961.