This white marble fireplace facade shows decoration typical of the second French Empire period. The area below the mantle is divided into panels, three of which contain grape and leaf clusters. The pilasters on either side each have an inverted shell motif. Frank Lewis used the Robert Ingersoll home on Jefferson St in Peoria as a factory to wrap cigars which he sold under the name “Lewis Single Binder Cigars”. Lewis later built a home at 936 NE Glen Oak Ave. He moved to this home the fireplaces from the Ingersoll home. Later, the Bloom family purchased the Lewis home. When Sara Bloom married Mr. Wishnew, she wanted the fireplace facade from her bedroom so that she might put it in their home which was to be in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was dismantled and each piece was marked. It was crated, and shipped to Wheeling. Another fireplace replaced this one in the Lewis-Bloom home. The plans did not materialize as Sara wished, and the fireplace facade was left in its crate. it was stored in the basement of their business establishment in Wheeling. Mrs. Wishnew and her sister, Mrs. Seymour Roos, donated the fireplace in the memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Bloom. This fireplace facade was then installed in the Flanagan House.
The Lewis home stands immediately to the west of Flanagan House, as of 1980.
