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531 Spruce Street " A.H. Black Building " This building was constructed for the J.H. Roberts Grocery using bricks from the local Daniel Giles & Sons brickyard in 1890. The business was sold to A.H. Black in 1894. A.H. Black ran a general mercantile, the Myrtle Creamery and a large fresh and dried fruit business until 1901. In 1900, the upstairs portion of the building was used as a meeting hall for the Masons and was rented for other purposes. The building later housed the Brown Brother's mercantile. Today, the building is the home of Coquille Valley Financial Management Services. Quotes from local papers concerning this business: Myrtle Point Enterprise, May 16, 1895 A.H. Black to carry a full lot of general merchandise and produce, etc. Myrtle Point Enterprise, Nov 16, 1895 The Beaver Hill coal mines are proving a great benefit to the country in more ways than one. A.H. Black & Co., of this place, alone, furnishes the mines every week with 600 heads of cabbage, 20 bushels of apples, and an immense amount of poultry and eggs, besides furnishing them with the famous brand of “Myrtle Creamery Butter.” Myrtle Point Enterprise, Nov 23, 1895 The Messrs. J. A. and A. J. Black have their hands full in the absence of their father, A. H. Black, in connection with their general merchandise, and Myrtle creamery butter trade of which they are proprietors, is rapidly growing. The steamer Myrl brings large consignments of butter to the river for them every week, while their business in this line is also increasing in this vicinity. A. H. Black & Co. seems to give the best of satisfaction with the farmers in handling their produce. Myrtle Point Enterprise, Feb 8, 1896 A fine new steel wind-mill now furnishes abundance of good cold water for A.H. Black & Co's creamery. Myrtle Point Enterprise, May 29, 1897
A.H. Black & Co. are erecting a new building 20 x 48 feet on the vacant lot
by the side of their brick, in which to store and box fruit for shipment. They
expect to do quite a business in handling choice fall and winter apples, which
are a good crop and unexcelled in quality.
A.H. Black & Co. are spreading out all over the upper part of town. The
recently completed a new warehouse 20 x 46 feet and this week began the
erection of another ware-room 24 x 71 feet, which together with their primary
store and creamery building adjoining occupies a considerable area.
The Company is preparing to handle winter apples quite extensively.
Mr. A.H. Black, the leading merchant of Myrtle Point, was in the city
returning home from a business visit to San Francisco. He tells us that he has
contracted 10,000 boxes of apples for the city, which he will sell from the product
of Coos County orchards. Business is improving in his section of the state, so
Mr. Black says.
A. H. Black, of Myrtle Point, when over here last week, showed us a new
method of book-keeping which he has invented and has patented. He has had
it in practical use in his own store at Myrtle Point and finds that it does away
with all possibility of dispute or mistake, especially in open accounts. We
think that it is the best thing in the line of general book-keeping which we
have seen and we do not doubt but that it will be universally adopted
whenever Mr. Black introduces it to the public. --Coast Mail. Myrtle Point Enterprise, Jan 27, 1900
A.H. Black is tearing off and placing
new studding inside the brick wall of the building, making the hall doubly strong, or wall
within wall, and other improvements to make the hall in perfect and safe
condition and making it a cozy and comfortable room.
The new carpet for Black's hall arrived from Portland on the last trip of the
Homer, and will be put down the first of next week.
The election of A.H. Black, the candidate for representative on the Republican
ticket, will be a fitting acknowledgment of Mr. Black's worth and ability to
serve the people of Coos county at the next legislature. He is competent,
honest and economical and there is no man more interested in the
development of our county, hence his interests are ours and our county would
be ably represented. Mr. Black is a practical business man and is widely
known throughout southwestern Oregon. He established himself in the
general merchandise business at this place about six years ago which he has
successfully conducted, building up a large business, and has done much for
the farmers of this section. He has a keen appreciation of the needs of the
county and will be our next representative.
During the heavy rain Monday night shavings and debris damned the
waterspout on the roof of A.H. Black & Co's store causing an overflow which
resulted in considerable damage to goods in the front part of the store, also the
goods belonging to Masonic Lodge in hall above.
Trustee's Sale in the matter of A.H. Black and Company in Bankruptcy;
Selling at auction lots 5, 6 in Block 12, Lehnherr addition to Myrtle Point, with barn and
fruit drier incl. fixtures of fruit drier to be sold subject to delinquent taxes.
One warehouse on Lease-hold property. The undivided 1/2 interest in lot 4
Block 12 extension to Myrtle Point with store, warehouse, butter room, windmill, tank,
fixtures to be sold subject to mortgage for $1600. The undivided 1/2 interest
in lots 5 and 6 block 29 Border and Bender addition, small house on same,
also water system. To be sold subject of delinquent taxes. Also to be sold at
same time 3000 gal. vinegar, one cider mill. C.F. McCullom trustee for A.H.
Black & Co bankruptcy.
Newspaper clippings transcribed by Marilee Miller. For more clippings, visit her webpage. |
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