Pomeroy Washington Downtown National Historic District

People's Market/OK Tire, Pomeroy Washington, 2021

Historic District Downtown Building Inventory

People's Market/O.K. Tire Shop (Site ID 18)

According to the 1922 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, the site was vacant; however by 1930, a concrete building had been erected. Early occupants of the building included Bill Brammer and Wylie Parker's People's Market (1930s and 1940s), and O.K. Tire Shop (by 1948). The tire shop occupied the building until 1952 when the owner, Dick Stanley, constructed a new shop at 897 Main Street. The Pomeroy Aerie #3060 Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) purchased the shop in 1952 and remodeled the building for use as a lodge hall.

The Eagles sold the building in 1996 to the Asotin County Mental Health Association. Planetary Pizza and a laundry occupied the structure at the time of the Historic District nomination. As of this writing, it is occupied by the Garfield County Food Bank.

Erected circa 1925, the one-story concrete building has a flat roof with a slightly raised parapet. The facade is divided into two bays separated by concrete pilasters. The storefront was redesigned in 1952 with the purchase by the Eagles, with brick storefronts and fixed-pane metal sash windows. The entrance door on the east bay has a curved wall that leads to a slightly recessed entrance. Originally, the building had transom windows above the storefronts and multiple entrance doors between the bays. This remodel reflects the 1950 Moderne style.

Cultural Data based on
research by Donovan & Associates

Washington's Birthday Message from February 1924, East Washingtonian

Washington's Birthday Message from February 1924, East Washingtonian

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