The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
NEW BUSINESS o

ed in as to the kind of a building that
is TO be erected on the corner north
of the First National Bank. The
Register has interviewed c. o. Tryg-
stad owner Of the corner and can give
the following as authoritative informa-
ton on the subject.
Mr.. Trygstad and Z. E. Haugen.
owner of the store on the north. will
unite in building. the stairs to the sec
ond floor being between the two store
rooms. The corner will have two Of.
fee rooms fronting on Main street,
and two connecting with them front
ing on Williams street. Back Of this
will come a fine suite OF four Office
rooms with windows on Williams
street, and this suite will be accessi-
Bile either by the front or the back
stairs. At the real of the second
floor will be a four room suite arrang-
ed either for office rooms or for a liv-
ing apartment. There will be an en-
lIdlCe Sldll way III tHe real OF lnt
building on Williams street. over
the Haugen store will be two pairs
of rooms, separated by a hall, n
pair opening on Main street and the
other on the back of the building.
The ground floor will be given over,
first to commOdious store room on
the corner, with toilets, lavatory, etc.
Next will come an apartment for the
Western Union Telegraph Co, and
back Of that two more store or office
rooms. The north building will Of
curse be occupied by the big general
store of f.. +. Haugen.
The building will extend one hun
dred and twenty feet back from Main
street. The corner building being two
stories throughout, while the Haugen
building will be two stories sufficient
above. With full Easements under
the whole structure, splendid store
and storage space will be provided
Both of these gentlemen are to be
congratulated on this Improvement, it
will be a lasting credit. to the city.
In watching the removal of the old
building on the corner. We are led to
remember the uses to which the up
stairs have been put at times. For
three campaigns the republican coun-
ty committee, of which the writer was
secretary, had its headquarters in
these rooms. 1t has been said that
walls have cars, bit it L-.y be Il
that they do not have tongues. This
latter remark would probably apply
also in view of the fact that the same
rooms were for years the law Offices
of Philo Hall, during times when ne
was practicing alone, and later in
partnership with j. =. Cheever. then
with Aubrey Lawrence and w. II.
Roddle, and later with ]. p. Alexander
and w. Z. Purdy.
Politically those rooms have been a
birthplace and a graveyard for Office
seekers, and as law Offices, undoubt-
eddy many a sad tale has been told
and :nany a brilliant legal battle plan
ned there. The old building was first
erected to accommodate the hard
ware firm of Lockhart & Roddle, the
upstairs in that early day being used
as living apartments. The store build
ing has had four tenants during it's
life, Lockhart & Roddle, w. II. Rod
die, l.. II. Skiff and J. l.. Jarvis. For
years it was the only building in
town with a tin roof. and at all times
during its existence has been one Of
the well known corners of the town.
The A. NJ. Void Construction Co.
have the contract for the new struct-
ure, which will be of brick with stone
trimmings.