44 results for tag: Cheney history


1900 – 414 1st Street

This one-story 30 by 90 foot building at 414 1st was erected about 1900. The first tenant of the building appears to be Houck & Monk general store. Louis Houck operated a very successful business, developing it into the first true department store in town. He also served on the city council and as mayor of Cheney. Click Read More to view story.

1908 – 412 1st Street

This building at 412 1st Street was erected by L. Jack Riddle in 1908 to house his full-service barber shop with baths. Jack Riddle had operated a barber shop in Cheney for two years. Construction of the 20 by 75 foot building began in October 1908 and was completed before year’s end. Click Read More to view story.

1904 – 405 1st Street

This building at 405 1st Street was erected in 1904 to house the Farmers & Merchants bank by Dr. Francis Pomeroy, physician and real estate developer. That same year, Pomeroy had a brick warehouse building erected facing F Street at the rear of this building. That building also housed a plumbing business for a time. The wall between the two was opened up around 1916 creating the L-shaped space we see today.

1912 – 410 1st Street

This building houses three addresses: 406, 408, and 410. It was erected in 1912 after a fire destroyed two wood frame business buildings in July of that year. Like the building on the corner, this one has a single exterior façade with interior walls that divide it into three business spaces. 410 has had the most varied business use. The upper façade of the building is original, but the lower storefront of each space has been altered.

1912 – 406 1st Street

This building houses three addresses: 406, 408, and 410 1st. It was erected in 1912 after a fire destroyed two wood-frame buildings in July of that year. Similar to the building on the corner, this one has a single exterior façade with interior walls that divide it into three business spaces.

1897 – 401 1st Street

This small one-story brick building has seen a variety of businesses during its 125+ year history. Originally built to be a bank it has a reinforced concrete pad for a vault along its eastern wall. The exterior has been altered quite a lot, though the outlines of original widows can still be seen on the F Street side of the building.

1909 – 402/404 1st Street

The building you see today, originally known as the Hansen-Hubbard building was erected in 1909 by Cheneyite, George Yeaman for Charles I. Hubbard and Peter C. Hansen. The one-story brick building was divided into two stores with their entrances facing 1st Street.

1904 Odd Fellows Building

The Odd Fellows building was dedicated by Cheney Lodge #21 on December 4, 1904.

1947 – 313-317 1st Street

This building at 313-317 1st Street represents "modern" mid-20th century commercial business design. An old wood-frame building had once occupied part of the space, but it had fallen down or been demolished years before. In 1947 this building was erected as a hardware and appliance store. It was split into two retail spaces about 1994, with the basement space opening as a third business in 2007.

Ghosts of Our Past – Ratcliffe Ford and Implement Company

Miles of barb wire, old farm equipment rusting in the boneyards on farms, and acres of tilled soil are evidence of the ghost of the C.A. Ratcliffe Company in our community. The 117-year story of the Ratcliffe Ford Dealership and Ratcliffe Implement Company, involves three locations on a single block of Second Street between College and F.