Though it's a fully moot point now and mere footnote, with the former Barrick Funeral Home demolished a few years ago and a drive-thru coffee shack erected in its place, it had been an interesting mystery how old was that building.
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| February 25th, 1925 |
You may recall the basketweave upper level on the vaguely modernist box, but underneath part of it was a gable and an old chimney. Photos in the paper showed an old stained glass window, also. It seemed like there must have been an older structure underneath.
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| October 5th, 1922 |
Indeed there was. 100 years ago, in October of 1922 Webb & Clough announced a new building, which they completed and opened in February of 1923. It was remodeled at least once, and perhaps more than once.
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| Sept. 17th, 1930 |
Dentist Dr. I. F. Barrick bought into the business and changed careers in 1930. Virgil T. Golden was also a new junior partner. So that's the origin of the Barrick business and the start of what led to the Golden business.
An interesting sidebar, which we may pursue in more detail later, is that Barrick had sold his dental practice to Dr. A. D. Woodmansee of Eugene, who relocated to Salem. You will recognize his name in the eponymous park recently in the news. He seems to have had a colorful past and he and his family also suffered misfortune on more than one occasion.
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| August 5th, 1952 |
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