Abel Uglow purchased the Mill Street lots adjacent to, and to the west of, his two-story building in 1901. (That building is now 807 Main Street.) Those lots were the locations of the post office and Pfennigs jewelry store, which were wooden structures. He began construction on a new building at end of 1902, and it was completed in 1903.
The single-story brick structure has three storefronts which are separated with locally made cast iron pilasters. An elaborate tin frieze assembly, consisting of brackets, swags, and cornice moldings spans the entire front. The building’s façade remains largely original except for the replacement of the double front doors with single doors.
Also c. 1903, just to the west between the Annex the city alley, William Faull (whose building is now 811 Main Street) constructed a one-story retail store building of the same scale. It is located at 145 SW Mill Street. The intended use was a farm implement store and as such the façade was a much simpler, utilitarian design without much adornment.
The Uglow Annex has hosted numerous businesses since 1903. Some tenants of the building through the years include:
- Hendershott Saloon (1903)
- The Hub Clothing Store (Bird & Jocobson) (1903)
- Pollock’s Cash Store (1903)
- Schultz Saloon, (1904)
- Uglow Clothing House (1904)
- Dallas Piano House (1906)
- Stockwell Phonographs & Records (1909)
- P. E. Foster Pool and Billiards (1909)
- Racket Store (1910)
- Oregon Power Company (1911)
- Dallas Oyster and Chop House (1912)
- Claunch Meat Market (1914
- Dallas Commercial Club (1917)
- Unknown Photographer (1939)
- Rex Café (1922-1955)
- Friendly Café (and Greyhound bus stop) (1956 – 1975+)
- Lesiak Bros. Shoe Repair (1959)
- Bryant’s Shoes (1959)
- Salon 131 (1990)
- Foster’s Furniture (1990)
KEY REFERENCES:
- Independence Enterprise, Polk County Observer, Polk County Itemizer (1902 – 1917)
- A Century of Polk County History, 1959 (An Oregon Centennial publication)
- Library of Congress Sanborn Maps: https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/?q=dallas+oregon