Weston grocery
ca 1920
Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States
Weston grocery in Saling Building. Original identifier: 101-03B. Around 1895, Isham Saling constructed a one-story brick building on the northwest corner of Main & Franklin Streets to house his merchantile & grocery store. The building adjoined the 2-story Masonic building to the west which was occupied by the Weston Post Office and Union Pacific Express Office. In 1917, it was occupied by the Weston Garage & Ford Dealership. In 1935, the building was taken by Umatilla County for back taxes. The City of Weston took ownership in 1936 and sold it to Eastern Oregon Canning Company to house employees of their cannery. It was then sold to F.G. Lamb & Co. (Lamb-Weston Co.) in 1950, which then sold it to Smith Canning & Freezing Company (now Smith Frozen Foods) in 1973. The City of Weston purchased the building in 1990 and used it for equipment storage, but their were structural problems, so the city council voted to have thebuilding demolished, which was done in January of the year 2000.
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- Description
- Weston grocery in Saling Building. Original identifier: 101-03B. Around 1895, Isham Saling constructed a one-story brick building on the northwest corner of Main & Franklin Streets to house his merchantile & grocery store. The building adjoined the 2-story Masonic building to the west which was occupied by the Weston Post Office and Union Pacific Express Office. In 1917, it was occupied by the Weston Garage & Ford Dealership. In 1935, the building was taken by Umatilla County for back taxes. The City of Weston took ownership in 1936 and sold it to Eastern Oregon Canning Company to house employees of their cannery. It was then sold to F.G. Lamb & Co. (Lamb-Weston Co.) in 1950, which then sold it to Smith Canning & Freezing Company (now Smith Frozen Foods) in 1973. The City of Weston purchased the building in 1990 and used it for equipment storage, but their were structural problems, so the city council voted to have thebuilding demolished, which was done in January of the year 2000.
- Date
- ca 1920
- Subject
- Weston Main Street
- Commercial streets
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Identifier
- weston0006
- Contributor
- Weston Public Library
- Type
- StillImage
- Publisher
- Northwest Digital Heritage
- Item sets
- Weston Historic Photo Archive
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