Oregon City #12: OK Barber Shop Building

703-705 Main Street

OK Barber Shop Building on August 19, 2006.

Also known as the J.W. Cole Building, this building was built by Ed Johnson in 1907 as a full service barber shop with 4 chairs and bathing facilities. The basement still features the original sawdust-fired brick boiler used to heat water. The building was converted to a restaurant in 1986. The facade of the building features a mural by Larry Kangas entitled "Oregon City Trolley." This mural was commissioned by the Oregon City Mural Society, and sponsored by the Oregon City Civic Improvement Trust. It depicts streetcars on Main Street in Oregon City in the 1920s. It was painted in July 1992.

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