The South Side Barber Shop Building
Title to the land for this property was transferred to Harry E. Reimand
on August 31, 1907. Early photographs show many small false-front frame
proclaming the Rupert Democrat, one of the two local newspapers at the time
By 1921, the frame structure had been replaced by this brick
building, containing a variety store and harness shop. The South Side Barber
Shop occupied the space from the 1920s into the 1940s.
In the early 1950s, Rambo's Firestone Store displayed the area's first
clack and white TV sets in the window. People would watch test patterns,
snow and fuzzy images with great curiosity. Sib's Drug Store and Baltzels gift
shop were here, then B&G Floral moved here from the east side of the square
in 1982.
In the mid-1990s, "La Michoacana - Panaderia." )The Bakery of
Michoacan) was established, specializing in tasty
Mexican breads and pastries, and featuring
Spanish videos and fine quality boots.
Early architectural aignificance consists
of an inset entry, corner pilasters, concrete stringt
coursing and a modest parapet facade, capped
with concrete. Each pilaster is adorned with eight
deocorative elements with a sunflower pattern .
Inset into the corner pilasters are cross-shaped
medallions featuring a vine and blossom motif.
This is the samemotif contained in the large
decorative medallions on the upper walls of the
Wilson Theature on the northwest corner of the
square.
