S. B. Barker Building

S. B. Barker Building

Photograph of a two-story, brick commercial building on a street corner, with no adjacent buildings

The Barker Building in 2012
Location 333 S. Main Street
Condon, Oregon
Coordinates 45°14′04″N 120°11′06″W / 45.234340°N 120.185062°W / 45.234340; -120.185062Coordinates: 45°14′04″N 120°11′06″W / 45.234340°N 120.185062°W / 45.234340; -120.185062
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)[1]
Built 1903
Architect unknown[1]
Architectural style Italianate
Part of Condon Commercial Historic District[2] (#98000609)
NRHP Reference # 89000053
Added to NRHP February 21, 1989

The S. B. Barker Building, also known as the Dunn Brothers Building, is a historic commercial building in Condon, Oregon, United States.

Built in 1903 adjacent to a spring at the center of downtown Condon, this Italianate general store typifies the mercantile businesses serving ranches and farms throughout eastern Oregon in the early part of the 20th century.

Its early proprietors, Simon Bradbury Barker (owner 1903–1918) and James Dunn Burns (owner 1926–1986), were leading economic and political figures in Gilliam County, and Barker became a prominent businessman statewide.

Despite its initially central location, the building came to be on the south edge of downtown as the business district migrated north to meet the railroad.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sargent, Gail A. (August 15, 1988), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Barker, S. B., Building (PDF), retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Donovan, Sally (July 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Condon Commercial Historic District (PDF), retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved October 27, 2013.


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