PAULEY-MARX HOUSE 

2543 B Street 

1920 

R.E. Richardson, contractor 

Ludwig Pauley frequently obtained multiple building permits on a single visit to city offices. In August 1920, he “pulled” permits for four adjacent houses on 26th and B Streets—2543 B on the corner, 2535 B adjacent to the west, and 1317 and 1345 South 26th Street to the south. The houses are dissimilar in style but quite similar in estimated cost, ranging from $3,000 for the 26th Street houses, to $4,000 for the corner building, and $3,500 for 2535 B on the west. 

Harry Marx, founder of Guarantee Clothing Company and a leader in Lincoln’s Jewish community, bought 2543 B Street in 1921 and owned it with his wife Esther for 25 years. Both Marx and Ludwig’s father Conrad Pauley were born in Russia and came to Nebraska as young men.