Druggists and apothecaries that sold drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints, oils and dye stuffs. Wines, liquors, fancy and toilet articles were also sold.
The business was owned by Richard Steel, Joseph N. Steel and Horace L Hurlbut. The business was established in 1817.
Source of Building Data: 1875 Boyd's Auburn Directory, 1875-6, containing the names of its citizens, a compendium of its government, and of the public and private institutions, together with a Business Directory of Union Springs, Aurora, and villages on the Southern Central Railway.