Business Block, Weston, Oregon
ca 1916
Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States
Business Block, Weston, Oregon. Original identifier: 110-06. In 1885, Froome & Son were proprietors of The Marshall House, a hotel and restaurant located at the SE corner of Franklin & Main Streets. Fred J. Carlyle became proprietor in 1886, and then John D. Bower in 1891. In 1918, the Weston Merchantile Company occupied the western side of the building's lower floor. The office and residence of Dr. William McKinney was located on the upper floor. After the stock market crash in 1929, the building was taken over by Umatilla County for unpaid back taxes, with the building being torn down in the early 1930s by WPA workers. The site was later the location of the Richfield Gas Station, which was later replaced by the US Post Office building in 1960.
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- Description
- Business Block, Weston, Oregon. Original identifier: 110-06. In 1885, Froome & Son were proprietors of The Marshall House, a hotel and restaurant located at the SE corner of Franklin & Main Streets. Fred J. Carlyle became proprietor in 1886, and then John D. Bower in 1891. In 1918, the Weston Merchantile Company occupied the western side of the building's lower floor. The office and residence of Dr. William McKinney was located on the upper floor. After the stock market crash in 1929, the building was taken over by Umatilla County for unpaid back taxes, with the building being torn down in the early 1930s by WPA workers. The site was later the location of the Richfield Gas Station, which was later replaced by the US Post Office building in 1960.
- Date
- ca 1916
- Subject
- Weston Main Street
- Commercial streets
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Identifier
- weston0028
- Contributor
- Weston Public Library
- Type
- StillImage
- Publisher
- Northwest Digital Heritage
- Item sets
- Weston Historic Photo Archive
Part of Business Block, Weston, Oregon