The last post showed some of the stores that two women shopping on
Second Street might have entered.
During the 1914-1925 era, there were some shops the women
probably would not have entered. Because The Pastime, located in the Julian
Hotel on Second Street, had a billiard hall in back, the women might have been
reluctant to patronize the soda fountain in the front.
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| The Pastime, Corvallis soda fountain & pool hall |
Women in the early 1920s also would not have been likely to
enter a cigar store or a barber shop.
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| W. A. Williamson's Corvallis Cigar Factory |
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| Corvallis barber shop, circa 1925 |
In 1910, Gus Harding constructed a two-story commercial
building at Third and Madison. The first
occupant was the Nolan's Department store, which advertised that “it paid to
walk a little further.” During the circa 1920 period, other commercial
buildings were constructed in this area as the business district expanded westward.
If the women in the photo been willing to walk a bit, they could have visited
Corl’s Book store to purchase stationery and other paper goods as well as
books.
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| Corl's Book Shop interior, Corvallis, Oregon |
By
Martha Fraundorf, Volunteer for Benton County Historical Society, Philomath,
Oregon
When did Corl's Bookstore close?
ReplyDeleteSome time between 1988 and 1994. I can tell you that, because it was up for sale soon after my first child, Walden "Waldy" Burt, was born. My wife and I considered buying it, and joked about calling it "Waldybooks" (which we probably could not have gotten away with), but ultimately put the money into providing Walden with siblings (a boy and two girls who arrived from Ethiopia in 1994).
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