Edmond Ice Company, Edmond Oklahoma

The Edmond Ice Company in Edmond, Oklahoma, was built in 1909. As the nearby university and the Edmond community grew, so did the ice company, expanding its offerings from exclusively ice, to ice and butter, and then ice cream, and ultimately soda as well.

As with many other communities across Oklahoma, Edmond began as a small railroad town, a coal and watering stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (ATSF) in the 1880s. With the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889, the rail stop grew overnight, a trend that would only continue due to the location of the Territorial Normal School within the community in 1891. The Territorial Normal School formally opened in 1893, and though its name has changed many times, what would eventually become the University of Central Oklahoma has had a tremendous effect on the growth and prosperity of this community. As railroad transportation gave way to the automobile, Edmond would again be an important stop on a national route, Route 66. In addition to education and transportation, agriculture and natural resource exploration have also significantly impacted Edmond's development. In the 1930s and 1940s, oil exploration in the West Edmond Field led to a population increase as well as increased prosperity for residents. Most of the land surrounding downtown Edmond was farm land later developed for commercial and residential uses due to the city's close proximity to the state capital, Oklahoma City, making the Edmond area popular and the northern part of the state's largest metropolitan area.

Although the availability of ice is easily taken for granted today, in the past, the making of ice "was an integral part of the business community" in much of the country as well as one of the most powerful industries in the nation. The harvesting of natural ice and subsequently the invention of manufactured ice changed the face of business and settlement across the United States. Manufactured ice allowed businesses in certain industries to operate longer during the year and allowed other businesses to move where the climate would have prevented them from moving before. The impact on ranchers, dairy farmers, chicken processors, bakers, and florists was immense. Previously, their products had a very short shelf life and were primarily sold only in local markets. The widespread and ready availability of manufactured ice made it possible to ship these products regionally and then even nationally and internationally. Manufactured ice even helped end a nationwide epidemic of scurvy, as Vitamin C contained in fruits and vegetables were made more readily and steadily available. At a convention in 1922, one ice executive claimed that manufactured ice was responsible for the rapid growth of American cities in the early 1900s because of "the dependable supply of farm products, since without iced refrigerator cars, the great cities would starve." The widespread availability of ice allowed for significant commercial growth in the United States.

Before 1800, ice primarily seemed a winter nuisance for farmers, ranchers, and travelers. That was true until around 1805, when its potential usefulness in warmer climates was touted by Frederic Tudor, a Boston businessman. Tudor started his business by shipping ice to the island of Martinique. His first shipments met limited success because so much of his product melted during transport, and the natives were skeptical of the product. But Tudor persevered, initially winning one customer at a time. In the United States, Tudor traveled the country, convincing business owners (especially barkeepers) to offer chilled drinks to their customers. He also promoted his product to doctors and hospitals for use with patients. Adoption of ice for residential and commercial purposes was slow at first, but its popularity grew gradually. Once individuals used ice, the luxury became a seeming necessity. As the product gained in popularity, Tudor built icehouses throughout the region, storing his ice in sawdust.

In the early days of the ice business, purveyors harvested natural ice from rivers, lakes, and ponds. The ice was cut by hand and then hauled or floated to cities and markets and stored in "icehouses" until it was sold. The entire process was labor-intensive and dangerous to those involved. In the 1820s, Tudor worked with an inventor to create a special saw to cut the ice uniformly. Outside Boston, a new type of "boomtown" had emerged along natural bodies of water that typically froze with Tudor buying ice harvesting rights to many bodies of water in the region. By 1846, Tudor was known as the "ice king" and Boston was the ice capital of the world, shipping thousands of tons of New England's natural ice around the world each year.

The success of the early ice business was consistently limited by weather and geography. Natural ice could only be harvested in limited regions, far from the areas that most needed the resource. Much of the product was lost during transport and natural ice could not supply buyers year-round. Entrepreneurs saw the need for an artificial means of making ice. In 1845, Dr. John Gorrie of Florida invented an ice-making machine that he used to cool his exam and treatment rooms, recognizing the effect that cooler temperatures had on his patients. He was granted a patent for his machine in 1851. Gorrie's ice machine utilized the principles developed by William Cullen who had first created ice by evaporating ether in a vacuum in 1755. Instead of ether, Gorrie used regular air and worked with the Cincinnati Iron Works to create a working model of his invention. Gorrie was not commercially successful though, as he had difficulty finding and keeping investors. Gorrie blamed Tudor, the "Ice King", of sabotaging his efforts to develop an alternative to natural ice, and Gorrie died before manufactured ice became popular.

Utilizing the technology developed by Dr. Gorrie, the first commercial ice plant in the United States opened in 1868 in New Orleans. By 1920, "manufactured" ice was a billion-dollar-a-year business, and ranked ninth in the amount of investment among American commercial enterprises. At the end of that same year, there were nearly 4,800 ice plants nationwide, producing 40 million tons of ice and employing 160,000 people. Ice manufacturing was space and labor-intensive. Manufacturing facilities consisted of an engine room, tank room, and a place to store the finished ice. Most companies produced 300-pound blocks of ice that measured four feet by two feet by one foot. In the early years, it took three days to make a clear block of ice. The finished blocks of ice were hauled by horse drawn wagons and later in trucks, with delivery men cutting off the household or business' desired amount upon arrival. Owners left cards in their windows identifying the amount of ice requested, and the delivery men would leave the desired amount in the icebox or other designated storage space. In the early days, residents stored their precious ice in holes in the ground, in cellars, and later in "iceboxes" rudimentary wooden boxes that would gradually evolve into early refrigerators.

The boom period for manufactured ice was relatively short, from roughly 1900 to 1940. Utilizing the concept of the early ice boxes, inventors gradually perfected an efficient, electric alternative to ice. Subsequently, by the 1960s, fewer than 60 block ice plants remained in the United States. Most of the remaining plants produced packaged ice for sale in grocery stores and the predecessor of the convenience store.

The history of the Edmond Ice Company followed nationwide trends in the industry. In its early days, there was no ice, but after 1900, ice was shipped in via the railroad. The October 7^th, 1909 edition of The Edmond Enterprise announced "Ice Plant Assured" for the city in the coming year. The article elaborated that the Edmond City Council had authorized the mayor to call a special election related to the project. The ballot measure would allow for the ice plant, to be known as the Edmond Ice Company, to receive "exemption from municipal taxation for a period of five years." The plant was being proposed by businessman H.R. Hudson. Hudson was identified as a native Kansan, with resources sufficient to construct a twenty-ton ice plant estimated to cost $14,000. Hudson claimed to be ready to commence construction subsequent to the special election. The paper claimed that Hudson was from a "wealthy and prominent family" and as partners, Mr. Hudson had in place "two men … who are experienced in the ice manufacturing business … " Half of the capital required for the project reportedly belonged directly to Hudson and his associates, with the remaining half raised locally. The article claimed that Edmond Ice Company would be able to supply ice to Edmond and the vicinity for half the price previously paid, approximately fifty cents per hundred pounds. The site of the proposed plant was identified in the article as three lots just north of the Eagle Flour Mill coal sheds (located on the south side of 2^nd street) just west of the railroad tracks in downtown Edmond. The article reported that the Edmond Ice Company would employ eight to ten men, and be a valuable asset to the tax base after its first five years of operation, making the plant "a paying proposition for the city besides reducing the cost to the consumers."

An October 28^th, 1909, article in the paper identified that the proposition for the ice plant had yet to be put to voters, but would be packaged with a measure related to sewer and water main extensions. The issue was finally brought to a vote at the end of November 1909. The proposition passed. Subsequently, H.R. Hudson acquired lots 1 and 2 of Block 60 of Edmond Original Township in December 1909 for $450. Lot 3 of Block 60 was acquired separately for $150 also in December 1909. Construction on the ice plant was completed by the end of March 1910. The top story in the March 31^st, 1910, edition of the Edmond Enterprise announced the Edmond Ice Company "Ready for Business," proclaiming that the company "starts with a new and well equipped plant and has the facilities to give their patrons the best of service at reasonable rates." An advertisement in the same edition formally announces the opening and lists prices and terms for pickup and delivery of ice.

Business was apparently successful for the Edmond Ice Company. Within a few years, a decision had been made by the company to expand its offerings to include butter as well as ice cream. G.H. Fink acquired lots 5 and 6 in Block 60 through an administrative deed in November 1917. Partner Edwin L. Shelden, acquired adjacent lot 4 of Block 60 through a tax sale in November 1918. On November 25^th, 1921, Fink transferred the property to a Silas Jordan who then immediately transferred it to the Edmond Ice Company. Edwin L. Shelden deeded lot 4 to the Edmond Ice Company on December 5^th, 1921. In 1921, the national trade publication Creamery and Milk Plant Monthly announced that the Edmond Ice Company "will enlarge its plant and add a creamery and ice cream plant." Advertisements in The Edmond Enterprise from that same period expanded to include those new products, as well as an ad offering to buy local cream. The butter churned at the Edmond Ice Company was named for one of the partners, Edwin L. Shelden. Purportedly, Shelden's Golden Glow butter resulted from "all our skill, facilities and a lifelong knowledge of the finest butters." By 1922, Shelden's Golden Glow butter was available directly from Edmond Ice Company but from other grocers in the city as well. According to advertisements, "a better butter cannot be made - even at a higher price." An April 3^rd, 1924 advertisement claimed that the Edmond Ice Company was producing approximately 4,000 pounds of Shelden's Golden Glow butter each week. By 1925, Edmond Ice Company ice cream was also being sold "at all fountains" in Edmond. An April 30^th, 1925 advertisement by the Edmond Ice Company summarized the history of ice cream making claiming that "ice cream has been a powerful factor for morality and decent living by replacing intoxicating refreshments as a popular special treat."

The expansion of the Edmond Ice Company did not cease with adding a creamery. In 1926, advertisements heralded further updates and improvements at the factory. According to the Ice Company, "We have remodeled our ice plant in order that we may serve our customers more efficiently." Further, the advertisement stated that company wagons "are now making regular routes and will supply customers with any amount of ice promptly." In June 1929, the Edmond Ice Company acquired lots 8 to 16 in Block 60. In October 1929, the Edmond Ice Company published a notice to company stockholders stating that "You are hereby notified that a special meeting of the Stockholders of the Edmond Ice Company will be held in the office of the Company at 8 o'clock P.M. on the 12^th day of November 1929 for the purpose of increasing the Capital Stock of The Edmond Ice Company in the amount of $25,000.00." The notice was signed by W.L. Shelden, secretary, and son of Edwin L. Shelden. In November 1929, following the stockholder meeting, the Edmond Ice Company announced a new line of products, "Eskimo Pie and Purity Ice Cream." Advertisements claimed that the Edmond Ice Company made the original delicious chocolate-coated ice cream bar known as the Eskimo Pie. On March 27^th, 1930, The Edmond Enterprise announced the opening of the Edmond Ice Company Bottling Works. The article explained that the Edmond Ice Company had become a franchisee for "Smile" soda from St. Louis. The company planned to produce and sell grape and orange flavors of Smile soda. Further, the article explained that the bottling works would also be producing six flavors of their own soda to be called "Shelden's Soda Water." The article outlines the expansion of the Edmond Ice Company facilities needed to accommodate the production of these new products, stating that "In order to have room for the bottling works some additions and rearranging in the plant was necessary as much machinery is required to manufacture and bottle such a large quantity of drinks as this company intends to produce." The public was formally invited to visit the bottling works and the rest of the facility.

Very little information is available about the Edmond Ice Company after the 1930 expansion. After that time, the deaths or departures of its founders, as well as changing technology that resulted in decreasing demand, seem to have negatively impacted the business, ultimately resulting in its demise. In 1937, the H.R. Hudson family left Oklahoma, moving to Brownsville, Texas. Hudson retained ties to Oklahoma, but the loss of his physical presence and oversight constituted a significant change. Edwin L. Shelden died in 1938. The Edmond Ice Company is listed as an advertiser in the 1939 Central State University Yearbook. But that same year, the company experienced significant financial need, resulting in a mortgage in the amount of $2,000 to Citizens National Bank in Edmond and $4,000 to First National Bank. H.R. Hudson died March 9^th, 1940, in Texas. On November 6^th, 1940, the Edmond Ice Company began divesting itself of property, selling the westernmost lots of the complex, lots 8-16, to A.V. "Al" Shelden, a grandson of Edwin L. Shelden. The mortgages on the company were released May 25^th, 1942, but in October 1943, the Edmond Ice Company further divested itself of its land holdings, selling the west half of lot 7 to C.H. Holbrook Jr, leaving just lots 1-6 and the east half of lot 7 remaining. In May 1944, the remaining property on which sat the stables, as well as the ice house and creamery, sold to Fred Ives. Ultimately, the property came into the hands of the Rodkey family, owners of the nearby flour milling operation. The 1949 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps identify the main buildings as being used for general storage, with the stables being used for automotive storage. From 1909 to 1944, the Edmond Ice Company served an important commercial function in the City of Edmond, growing to respond to the changing needs of the community.

At the height of the ice boom, there was at least one ice plant in most communities across Oklahoma. With the advent of electric refrigeration and built-in ice makers, ice plants quickly became obsolete and those not converted to other uses often disappeared. A similar facility, the Southern Ice and Cold Storage in McAlester has been demolished.

Property Description

The Edmond Ice Company complex is located at 101-109 West Second Street, just west of the City of Edmond's downtown core and the railroad tracks. Construction on the complex began in 1909, with significant additions in the 1920s and 1930s. On the east side of the complex there is an asymmetrical commercial style, 4,000 square foot, single-story brick and stone clad creamery and ice house attached to a two-story brick bottling works. On the west side are the single-story rock face concrete block stable, of no distinctive style, and used for the care of the delivery horses and wagons. A modern, metal, light industrial building is on the far west side of the property near the stable. There is significant commercial development to the west of the property, light industrial development to the north beyond the alley, as well as commercial development along Second Street/Edmond Road to the southeast and southwest.

The Edmond Ice Company began its physical presence in 1909 at 101 West Second Street on Lots 1 through 3 of Block 60 with an ice house, including a detached iron chimney and a detached storage building. By 1922, operations had expanded south into a creamery addition. Reference to company wagons in newspaper advertisements of the 1920s confirm the use of horse and wagon for delivering ice to the company's clients. By 1929, the company owned Lots 1-16 of Block 60, the entire south half of the block. The 1931 Sanborn map illustrates a bottling works addition on the west side of the creamery and a large addition to the north, increasing ice making production capacity to 30 tons. The 1949 edition of the Sanborn fire insurance maps reflects a reduced building size, which is the same shape and size of the building extant in 2016. The large ice production and storage addition from the 1930s is gone. The remaining building includes the creamery and bottling works areas and a portion of the 1909 and 1930 ice house (ice storage area) to the north. There are some concrete foundation and slab remnants on site that reflect the larger building size no longer extant. By 1944, the Edmond Ice Company was closed and all associated property had been sold.

The Edmond Ice Company is represented by the remaining buildings on Lots 1-10 of Block 60, Edmond City Original Subdivision, in a light industrial area and is at the very east end of West Second Street before it turns north intersects by West First Street and ending at West Main Street. The property is bordered to the north by an alley. A railyard and multiple railroad tracks define the border to the east. The south border is defined by West Second Street and beyond the west boundary are other light industrial commercial properties.

The 4,043 square foot building is the primary building that remains of the Edmond Ice Company. Predominantly one story with southwest portion originally two stories, the building is built in the Commercial Style. It was constructed, added to, and subtracted from between 1909 and 1944. The overall shape of the building is rectilinear and irregular. Most of the exterior walls are finished with red face brick on the exterior, which is combined with concrete block on the inside. The roof is a series of pitched roofs finished with a composition material.

The south-facing facade is nearly parallel with West Second Street. The facade is red brick in running and common bonds, is about 20 feet tall from the grade, and is divided into five sections. The east three, equal in width, sections relate to the Creamery (1921) portion of the building. The west two sections relate to the Bottling Works (1930) portion of the building are equal in width to each other and smaller than the sections of the Creamery. Brick pilasters articulate the divisions of bays on the facade. The pilasters extend for the entire height of the facade from the ground to the top of the parapet. The horizontal parapet extends above the composition roof by about one foot at the ridge of the pitched roof which makes it about five feet above the roof at the eave. There are three rows of common and running course bonds that comprise the facade's modest corbeled brick cornice.

There is a distinct color variation between the parapet and the rest of the brick facade with the parapet brick of a blend of darker brownish brick and the lower brick mostly red. The brickwork under the large awning, which visually bisects the facade horizontally, appears different to the brick above the awning largely because of the more pronounced mortar joints. This condition may result from the protection afforded the brick below the awning. The sloped roof, wood-framed, awning extends the length of the facade except for the westernmost bay. The awning depth covers the depth of the raised concrete porch (loading dock) below. The awning is suspended by six metal pipe columns and two chains extending from the South edge of the canopy to the top of the parapet near the center part of the awning length. Additionally, the canopy has a red composition shingle roof. The loading dock and awning extend past the south property line by about two feet.

Detail features in each of the facade bays differ. From west to east, the first two bays were constructed in 1930 to accommodate the two-story bottling works. The west bay has a pair of four-over-four light wood hung windows for each floor, which are boarded over but visible from the interior. The windows have brick rowlock sills and painted metal lintels. The width of the windows is nearly the full width of the bay between the pilasters. The sloped roof wood-framed awning, and the raised concrete loading dock/porch begins at the left end of the second bay from the west. The area below the canopy has a single pedestrian painted wood door with an upper window light, and the lower part divided into two vertical panels. Three steps from the grade to the top of the loading dock are located at the west end of the platform.

The east three bays were constructed in 1921 to accommodate the one-story creamery. The west end of the west side bay has a scupper and downspout that begins above the canopy and continues down through it to the loading dock floor. Under the canopy, there is a boarded-up window opening and a pedestrian door. The window opening, in the west half of the bay has a brick rowlock sill and painted steel lintel. The window, visible from the interior, is a sixteen-light (four rows of four lights each), cold-rolled steel window with the middle two rows of lights operating hopper style and the top and bottom rows fixed in place. The pedestrian door, in the right half of the bay, is a painted wood horizontal five-paneled door. The middle bay of the creamery portion has a small boarded-up opening located above the awning, nearly centered on the bay width, with a brick rowlock sill and painted steel lintel. The opening contains a vent that is visible from the interior. Below the awning, also centered on the width of the bay, is a pair of painted, wood horizontal plank swinging doors. The east bay of the creamery has a window under the awning and on the west side of the bay. The window is boarded on the exterior and has a brick rowlock sill and painted steel lintel. Visible from the interior, the window is a sixteen-light, cold-rolled steel window matching the size and details of the window in the west bay of the creamery.

The east elevation is unarticulated red brick laid in a running bond pattern. The south end of the elevation is terminated with the wrapping of the east end pilaster of the facade. Beyond the end of the building and extending south is the width of the elevated concrete loading dock and the sloped edge of the south-facing awning. The top of the east elevation is terminated by an eave with the composition roofing extending over the top edge of the eave.

There are two window openings toward the south end of the elevation. They have brick rowlock sills and painted steel lintels. The windows, boarded on the exterior and visible from the interior, each have nine lights (three rows of three lights each) and are made of cold-rolled steel with the two top rows of lights operating in the hopper style and the bottom row is fixed. There is a door opening located at the north end of the elevation. It is boarded up on the interior and covered by corrugated steel sheets on the exterior. This door opening is wide and the floor level is elevated on the exterior so the bottom of the door is about three of more feet above the grade. The door opens to the ice storage area documented in the 1931 Sanborn map. There is a steel angle at the bottom of the opening and at the floor of the interior. The head of the opening has a steel lintel covered with a piece of wood.

The north elevation is divided into two parts, east and west, with each part having its own gable end. This wall is noted on the 1931 Sanborn map as extending only to the eave line. The gable ends are finished with corrugated metal sheets. The top edge of the gables that follow the roof line are finished with modern metal edges. The exterior finish of the east end is finished with concrete blocks. The mid-section has a deteriorating layer of parging or plaster. The west end is finished with red brick. On the west end of the east part is a wide door opening with remnants of sliding door track at the top, and to the east of the door opening. The opening is covered with corrugated metal sheets. A wood lintel is visible from the interior. Both parts have a concrete foundation wall. The very west corner of the elevation has a red brick pilaster similar to the southeast corner of the building (the east end of the facade).

Based on historical accounts of the ice plant modifications from 1909 through 1949, the east part of the north elevation is likely an original wall from 1909. The west part of the wall was constructed in 1930. Although noted to have been constructed of concrete block (which is the material on the interior) it is not known if the brick exterior finish was part of the 1930 addition. The east part roof line is likely to date from 1909 as a part of the first building associated with the ice plant.

The West elevation is the most complex with various projections. The north end of the elevation is terminated with a brick pilaster which also wraps around as a brick pilaster on the north side. The north section of the west elevation is about nine feet wide and clad in red brick. It has no openings and the concrete foundation from the north elevation wraps to this section. The next section of the elevation, further south, projects toward the west by about nine feet. There are no openings or other details and it is clad in red brick on both the west-facing side and the north-facing projecting side. No concrete foundation is visible for this section. The roof slope toward the west side and the roof of the projecting section is an extension of the roof to the north.

The remaining and south end of the elevation is stepped back toward the east and divided into three bays by red brick pilasters and by having the same red (darker and browner than the rest of the wall) brick cornice detail at the top of the parapet as the facade. This section was constructed in 1930 as the west wall of the bottling works and the brickwork matches the facade with red brick laid in common bond. The northernmost bay, the one that intersects with the south face of the projection, has a projecting concrete block addition of unknown date (post 1949) that is nestled in the corner of the north end of the bottling works and the south side of the ice storage (to the north). The concrete block addition projects about five feet west and is about seven feet wide. It has a shed roof that slopes down from the east to the west. To the south of the concrete block addition is a window boarded up on the exterior and visible on the interior with a brick rowlock sill and painted steel lintel. The window is a wood-framed, hung unit with four-over-four lights. In the middle bay, there is a pedestrian door opening (possibly with transom) that is no longer extant and the opening is boarded over. The sill of the opening is elevated above grade level, suggesting that there was a raised porch with steps to provide access. The south bay contains two pairs of stacked wood hung windows that match, in all details, the stacked windows around the corner on the south-facing facade. The windows are boarded on the exterior and visible on the interior.

The south side of the ice storage projection is divided into three bays. The top of the bays form a stepped parapet with each bay taller than the one to the west. The easternmost bay is about eight inches lower than the west side of the bottling works addition where the two walls intersect. The bays are defined by brick pilasters similar to the pilasters of the facade and the west wall of the bottling works. The top of the parapet is corbeled in a manner similar to the other corbeled brick cornices. The westernmost bay has a pedestrian door of vertical wood planks. The sill is elevated from the grade level and there was likely a porch or stoop that provided access to it that is no longer extant. The two east bays have a visible concrete foundation. The easternmost bay shares a projecting concrete block addition with the west wall of the bottling works.

The stable is documented on the 1931 and 1949 Sanborn maps. The west side was constructed as two stories in 1930 and the east side was constructed as one story and predates 1949 (probably predates 1944). The two-story part has a shingled gable roof and the one-story part has a corrugated metal shed roof.

The south-facing concrete block facade is clad with non-historic painted corrugated metal sheets. The west half of the building, which is the 1930 original two-story structure, has a gable roof with the gabled ends facing south and north. A wood-framed pair of wood shutters/doors opening at the second story and centered on this part of the elevation is indicated from the outside. An opening is visible from the interior, however, it is smaller than the indication on the facade. A wood-framed pair of wood swinging stable doors centered on this part of the elevation is actually a metal coiling door on the interior.

The east half of the building, which is a one-story addition (circa 1940), abuts the east side of the two-story portion. The shed roof attaches just under the east eave of the two-story part of the building and slopes down to the east. A pair of wood out-swing doors is centered within a larger opening that may have defined the size of the historic doors.

The east elevation is concrete block, matching the ice plant. There are three wood-framed openings that are nearly evenly spaced across the building face. Each opening has a metal lintel. Filling the openings are wood doors that are hinged at the top and swing in. The northernmost opening is covered over with metal sheets on the interior. Above the concrete blocks of the wall, is a wood fascia board with rafter tails protruding from it and the corrugated metal roofing rests on top of the rafter tails. The east side of the two-story gabled roof is visible above the shed roof of the east half of the building.

The two-story portion on the west side of the building is the original portion constructed in 1930. The one-story addition (circa 1940) is on the east end.

The west part of the building is constructed of concrete block. There are areas of obvious patches with newer blocks. The gable end is filled with corrugated metal sheets. An opening at the second floor level has been covered with corrugated metal. Another opening, at the ground floor level has a stone lintel and has also been covered with corrugated metal.

On the east part of the building, the one-story addition, the entire wall surface of this part is clad with corrugated metal. Concrete block is visible from the interior.

The west elevation is completely comprised of concrete block. A painted wood cased window is centered on the elevation. It is boarded up on the interior.

The county assessor reports that the northernmost portion, nearest the stable, dates from 1960. It is completely clad in painted corrugated metal. The 1995 addition is a modern metal building structure. In 2000 an addition, resembling a shipping container or metal building, to the back of the 1995 metal building, connected it to the earlier building.

The street-facing elevation of the metal building has a false front of painted vertical corrugated metal siding imitating the look of an "old west" commercial building with the facade visually divided into thirds and the middle section being taller than the other two sections on either side. Decorations have been added to the elevation, which has four windows with painted wood window boxes and steeply sloped wood awnings, two windows in each of the outer sections. The other decorations include a turned wood spire on each of the end corners of the facade sections and business signage in the upper portion of the middle section.

The east elevation has one window similar to those on the south elevation. The window is located on the south end with a pedestrian door located closely to the north. A large metal awning projects to the east from the east building face creating a large covered patio area.

The only other opening in the modern metal building is a pedestrian door on the south elevation of the circa 1960 metal building.