According to the 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, this lot was vacant. The subject building was erected circa 1904 for W.L Meyers' harness shop. A native of Ohio, Meyers came to Pomeroy in 1902 and started his Main Street business. Meyers later expanded his business to include a successful line of hardware, implements, and sporting goods. His son Jack took over the family business after World War II. W.L. Meyers died in 1956.

The business stayed in this location until circa 1960 when the family moved the store to 796 Main Street, the Pomeroy Mercantile Company Building (Emerson-Hull Mercantile). Strains Department Store moved into the vacated structure. In early 1970, the Sears Catalog sales Store, operated by Margaret and Willis Womack, opened. Obenland and Low Agency, Inc. have owned this building since 1982.

The building was also known as the Freeman Building.

The one-story rectangular brick building has a sloped roof concealed by a tall front parapet. The building has a projecting pressed metal cornice decorated with garlands, wood panels covering the spandrel, vertical boards over the transom windows, a metal canopy sheltering the metal storefront windows, recessed central entrance doors, and Roman brick clad bulkheads.

Cultural Data based on
research by Donovan & Associates