Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Hood River #23: Highway Auto Company

416 Oak Street

IMG_6661 Highway Auto Company in Hood River, Oregon on June 10, 2009
Highway Auto Company on June 10, 2009

This building was built at a cost of $26,000 and opened on June 1, 1920 as the Highway Auto Company. Later it was called Twin Peaks Auto Company and Hood River Garage.

IMG_6655 Highway Auto Company in Hood River, Oregon
Historical View of the Highway Auto Company
(HRCHM)

In the 1930s and 1940s, parts of the building were used as a grocery store, bowling alley and Greyhound station. It was remodeled into a mall in 1979.

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