In 1915, Laura Tirocchi married a young American-born physician
of Italian descent, Dr. Louis J. Cella. Anna purchased the Prentice
Mansion at 514 Broadway, and all three moved in, bringing the shop
stock and equipment. In later years, Dr. Cella shifted his practice
to the house, building a small rear addition as his office. The
Cella family quarters were on the second floor, while Anna had a
room on the third floor, behind the workrooms she had created for
her staff. The main showroom of the Tirocchi shop was in the second-floor
billiard room.
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