379-383 State Street
Pomeroy Building on September 4, 2006
This building was built in 1860 as a boarding house. Early tenants included Miller Hayden of the Real Silk Hosiery Company who later became a lawyer and state district judge, insurance agent and notary public Fred Binyon who later served as an assistant attorney general attached to the Oregon State Insurance Department for 17 years, and attorney C. F. Gillette who was city attorney for Monmouth, Oregon. The building was purchased by jeweler Charles T. Pomeroy and A. A. Keene in 1925, and was remodeled in 1926. Pomeroy & Keene Jewelry remained here until the 1990s, managed by Charles Pomeroy’s daughter Audrey Pomeroy. Her brother, an optician, had a shop here too for a time. The street clock is a model 13404 built by the Brown Street Clock Company of Monessen, Pennsylvania.
Pomeroy Building Street Clock on September 4, 2006
Historical Photos:
Pomeroy Building, 1941 (Salem Public Library)
Pomeroy Building Street Clock on September 4, 2006
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