300 East Second Street
French & Company Bank on June 10, 2009
The French & Company Bank building was built in 1879. The bank was established by brothers Joshua W. & Daniel W. French, originally of Holland, Vermont and former operators of a ferry on the Stanislaus River in California. It was the first bank established in The Dalles and one of the first in the Oregon Territory east of the Cascades. The building was modeled after the Ladd & Tilton Bank building in Portland. The French & Company bank closed in 1922, having been run out of business by a bank owned by John Schenck, whose wife Naomi was a Donner Party survivor. The building was renovated in the 1920s with a terra cotta facade for the Citizens National Bank. It was later known as the Gayer Building and has been home to a drugstore, a soda fountain, a camera studio and, most recently, Gayer's Jewelry.
Street Clock outside French & Company Bank on June 10, 2009
Historical Photos:
View of Parade in Downtown The Dalles showing French & Company Bank (CGDC)
Citizen's National Bank Building as Lan's Camera Studio, June 3, 1978 (UO)
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