The First Presbyterian Church now stands at the corner of South and Cherry streets where this house, the home of Sen. Walker Brooke, was located until 1908. Brooke was a U.S. senator and Confederate State congressman. He choked to death on a raw oyster in 1869. The photo is from the Old Court House Museum collection.

The First Presbyterian Church now stands at the corner of South and Cherry streets where this house, the home of Sen. Walker Brooke, was located until 1908. Brooke was a U.S. senator and Confederate State congressman. He choked to death on a raw oyster in 1869. The photo is from the Old Court House Museum collection.