Historic Hood River
4th and Oak
3-29-2017
Notes
It looks like the Kelly Bros. Hardware building at 4th and Oak (402-406 Oak) is brand new, which would date this image to about 1920. Kelly Bros. occupied the west end and a bakery occupied the east end. Apparently the bakery lasted at that location for 50 years. Hopefully some of you will have stories about these businesses.
I’m happy the decorative tile has lasted so well. It’s now occupied by Boda’s Kitchen and the Frame Gallery
OrMtnMaid
When a building runs North and South, how do businesses occupy a West end and East end? I like the decorative tile also.
L.E.
Interesting that there are more trees in today’s photo than in 1920.
The pedestrians are dressed a bit differently.
There is that building on the left that we saw in a previous photo that looks like it is not finished. It looks like honeycomb.
https://www.hoodriverhistorymuseum.org?showimage=1603
Kevin
It sure is nice seeing all of the utility wires moved underground!
LMH
OrMtnMaid, the photo shows the eastern side of the building, there is a western side. Arthur posted the google view showing the entire southern face of the building.
L.E., the trees we see today are decorative. As the city grew, all of the random Oak trees were removed. Now a hundred years later the face of the city has changed to accommodate how the city would like to be seen by its clientele.
The honeycombed building further west was the home of the Rialto theater. Today it is a parking lot.
Bill Seaton
In the mid-1950’s, I lived about half a block down the street from this building. At that time, the west side of the building housed Robertson’s Hardware, and the east side had the Central Market. Below the market, was the liquor store.
Don Robertson
I lived in Hood River from 1950 to 1956. The store on the left side of the picture was a grocery store back then and my parents hardware store, Robertson Hardware, was right next door. Then came the movie theater. This picture brings back fond memories.
Kenn
Traffic button in the middle of the intersection, overhead power lines and street lights that can be lowered from the sidewalk for bulb replacement, now only memories..
Norma
I remember a shoe shop to the left of Central Foods. It must have moved into the Robertson Hardware space.
Arthur
Bill Pattison provided this history:
"The record I have is the beginning occupancy of the west half of the building was Kelly Hardware (another holding of Kelly Brother’s assets). In the early 1930’s Kelly sold to Arthur Kolstad (Realto Theater),Earl Weber, and my father, Fred Pattison. They named it Weber Hardware, cause it was "short and sweet". Hard times fell on the partnership, Kolstad’s bankruptcy, and still in the Great Depression. They sold the business to Serge Gaulke i.e. Gaulke Hardware. Later Gaulke sold to Brisbane Appliance. After that I’m at a blank until the OLCC moved from the lower floor on third street to that location. "
Dwaine (Spike) Goodwin
My Dad, Don Goodwin, moved his Shoe Shop from 410 Oak Street to that location, 402 Oak Street, next door to Central Food Market. It was between the Rialto Theater and Central Food.