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Building No. 1  
Jarman's Department Store (Historic Name)
103 East Main Street, Weston, Oregon

1. 103 East Main Street     (NE corner East Main Street and North Water Street)
Historic name:  Jarman's Department Store
Common name: Corner Market
Date of Construction: c. 1895
Style: Italianate
     Significance: Primary

Description: Single story brick masonry building of locally manufactured brick, rectangular in plan. Approximate frontage on Main Street is 58 feet. Facade organized as two separate shop bays divided by continuous brick pilasters from foundation to parapet. Top of wall detailed with denticulated string course and corbeled cornice. Shop fronts remodeled. Originally, shop fronts were traditionally organized with central, recessed entrances between plate glass display windows with wood paneled bulkheads and multi-paned top lights. Rectangular glass panels over entrances were framed by square colored border lights. Later wood frame addition with a depth of two bays on Water Street. Exterior brick wall on Water Street unaltered. Openings in the Water Street facade have segmental arch heads. Door of side entrance appears to be original. East wall, having originally abutted another building, is blind.

 

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