Historic District Downtown Building Inventory

According to the 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, a 20'x35' wooden tailor shop was on this lot prior to the construction of the current brick building circa 1904. E. Richardson had a second hand store in the building until 1912 when the business was sold to George F. Cluck. By 1922, the structure housed Sparkman's Barber Shop in the west half and Herbert Kuykendall's Tire Shop in the east half, and by 1930, a store was in the west half and Berringer Shoe Shop in the east. From the mid-to-late 1930s to the 1980s, the east half of the building was used as an insurance office. Some of the agents over the years included Chet and Bert Obenland, Ray Munn, and Lows. A 1916 assessor's book indicates a drinking fountain was in front of this building.

The western part of this building was home to the Woodland Beauty Salon for a long time. After the owner retired, the building was remodeled and the Sassy Spur Barber opened here.

In 1996, JD and Susy brown opened the "Valentine Ridge Sub Shop" in the eastern storefont of this building. Eva Webb opened the Lost Highway Cafe there in February, 1998. Later a coffee shop was there. Following closure of the coffee shop, the WSU Extension Office relocated from the courthouse to this building.

This one-story brick building has a raised parapet covered with a pressed metal cornice and a spandrel decorated with swags, florets, semi-circles, and an egg and dart pattern. Brick pilasters flank the two storefront bays that are separated by a raised pilaster. The storefronts have been altered by enclosing the transoms and bulkheads with Roman brick

Description and much of the Cultural Data based on
research by Donovan & Associates