Franklin & Wolfe: Oldest Building in Columbia.
1851 July 13, Fernando Yrizar claimed possession of land running 75 feet on the street and 100 feet deep. He builds a wood structure.
1852 Fernando Yrizar sells to Alexander Franklin, Anspach Wolfe and Elias Compert for $1100 who have a variety store. Franklin-Wolfe Variety Store.
1854 Benj. M. Brainard agrees to let Franklin and Wolfe build a common brick wall on 4 inches of his property while they are constructing a 1 story brick building.
1854 July 10th, fire causes $200 damage to new cosntruction.
1854 August, brick building was finished. They move their Variety Store into the building. (The Variety Store will run until Dec. 1859.)
1866 Joseph Rodgers sold to David Levy, who runs a clothing and dry goods store.
1870 Levy sells to his father, Joel, who has a fancy and staple dry goods store.
1876-1878 O. F. Strubridge's Empire Saloon.
1878 Joel Levy sells to Sewell Knapp.
1878 Knapp sells to Louis Levy who is postmaster and has a general furnishings goods store.
1880 David Levy opens the Dividend Saloon in his brother's building with a billiard room, "most elegant saloon in county".
1882 Levy sells the Dividend Saloon to M.E. Hughes.
1887 The Dividend Saloon, sells to Charles Koch.
1900 Koch leaves the building to his nephews, Chas. W. C. Mayer & Richard Luckow.
1920 The building.
1934 The building.
1947 State Park purchased the building from Richard Luckow, et al.
1940s or 50s Mr. Miner has feed store in the building.
1972 Roger and Betty Holmberg open Cheap Cash Store; an Antique shop.
1999 Betty Homberg retires.
2002-2004 State Park uses it for the info center while the Knapp Block is repaired.
2005 State Park makes the building a static store display.
2006 By March 1st, the Columbia Booksellers & Stationers has moved from the Columbia Gazette to this new location.
NOTE: Anyone with information changes or copies of materials
that relate to the Cheap Cash Store; Franklin & Wolfe Building
or the town of Columbia that might shed more light on my on going research is welcome to write to me
via email or the Postal Service and send copies of said info to the store address.
