Cline Building

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Cline Building

The Cline Building has two stories, is rectangular, and is connected to other buildings on the sides. The top story has apartments and the bottom is used as a storefront. It has a flat commercial roof, and has stucco siding. The walls are made of brick. Today the building is a different color and the awning that extends across the front of the building is made of wood.

History

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The Cline building at 12 and 13 Main Street, Oak Creek was built by Mr. Cline in the 1940s. Ed Quen was the first to move in, and he relocated his drug store there. A few years later he sold it to a man named Don Thompson who in 1949 sold it to Jim Metziner. Next to the Drug Store George Moraites moved his shoe shop from the Piercen Building and opend The Oak Creek Shoe Shoop, which he operated until retirement

Vera George became the new owner, and in 1975 when the drug store moved Vera expanded by removing the wall etween the two stores, calling it George's Town and Country. The Lombardi’s then removed part of the wall and expanded the store. Vera sold her half to Bonnie Steele 1984. In December of that year it was turned into the Boutique of Oak Creek and Family Discount Store. More recently, it has been a dance studio, a flower shop, and a tae kwondo school, Las Flores, flower shop, a stained glass studio, and an uphosltery shop.

The building itself was owned by Cline who sold to Eugene Kaspar who sold it to Ernie Lombardi.

Cline Building [Click here to view full size picture]

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Information gathered with the help of Mike Yurich of the Historical Society of Oak Creek & Phippsburg by Tylor & Steven at Soroco High School, May 2004.