415 1st (25/26)

25 (west)

1884 - Office

1886 - possibly owned by R.C. Greig (tax assessment)

1888 - Candy Store (1-story)

1890 - William Euster's Tailor, sold to A.L. Ames Merchant Tailor. (1-story)

16 February 1890, destroyed by fire.

1891 - no building

1897 - no building

1905 - no building

1908 - no building

1916 - Part of bandstand

26 (east)

1884 - Drug Store (1-story)

1886-08-19 - John Harris has bought the property at present occupied by M. Bartholomew. Harris will have the Post Office in this building. [NW Tribune]

1888 - Post Office (1-story)

1889-07 - J.A. Harris property owner

1890 - Split Post Office J.A. Harris, postamaster / J.W. Minnick's Jewelry Store (1-story)

1890 - J.A. Harris owns the property (tax assessment)

18 February 1890, destroyed by fire.

1891 - no building

1892-10-31 - J.A. Harris owns the property (tax assessment)

1897 - no building

1905 - no building

1908 - no building

1916 - Part of bandstand

Combined initially into 417 1st Street - it later became 415

1928 - 31 August 1933 JC Penneys

1933 - 1941ish Casey's Store or Casey's Department store

1934-09-04ish: J.D. Casey of Spokane has announced that he will re-enter business in Cheney in his former location on main street.

1939-09-29: Casey remodeled department store. The shoe department, which had occupied the rear of the first floor, was moved to the balcony. The space made available downstairs was used for enlarging the men's department and the women's ready to wear section. Additional shelving added.

1942ish Craig's Department Store

1943 Butler Brothers of Chicago signed a 5-year lease to operate a department store. This may be the Federated Department store, we have a gap before that name begins appearing - more research is needed.

1945-01 T.C. Tompers of Reno, Nevada was in Cheney this week making arrangements for the opening of the Federated department store in the building formerly occupied by J.C. Penney Company and by the Casey and Craig department store.

1945-03-09 - Opening of the new Federated store Friday morning will introduce to Cheney one of the most modern and complete dry goods stores in this shopping area. T.C. Tompers, owner of the new store, and formerly an independent operator in Iowa and North Dakota, is enthusiastic in his plans for the store's future.

1945-06-29 - Announcement was made yesterday that the Federated store in Cheney would close Saturday and remain closed for a few days during progress of inventory incident to change of ownership. L.E. Tippets, of Chillicothe, Illinois, manager of a J.C. Peney store for 18 years is the new owner. He will arrive in Cheney with his wife July 1. They have purchased the store and the Tompers residence at 624 8th Street,

1945 - 1950 Federated Department Stores, Inc.

1946 photo of Federated Store.

1946-11-26: Don Shaw Portrait Studio opens a Cheney branch on a new front balcony of the store.

1949 - 1951 - Melron Department Store

1951 - 1978 Cheney Department Store, E.H. Wagoner

1956: Jeske-Davis Insurance Agency located inside the department store building.

1965 - store opened a new "Self-Service" shoe department

1966-12-15 Four glass panels in a display window at the Cheney Department Store were shattered, several mannequins were destroyed and a window display was damaged when a college student went berserk.

1978 - 1980 Michael's Department Store

1980 demolished

1979-06-14: SeaFirst Bank has purchased Michael’s Department store in Cheney, according to an announcement made earlier this week by a Spokane bank official.

He said the bank will make no immediate changes in the property, which was purchased from store owner Michael Abbott. Abbott purchased the business a year ago.

1980-07-17

25 (west)

1884 - Office

1886 - possibly owned by R.C. Greig (tax assessment)

1888 - Candy Store (1-story)

1890 - William Euster's Tailor, sold to A.L. Ames Merchant Tailor. (1-story)

16 February 1890, destroyed by fire.

1891 - no building

1897 - no building

1905 - no building

1908 - no building

1916 - Part of bandstand

26 (east)

1884 - Drug Store (1-story)

1886-08-19 - John Harris has bought the property at present occupied by M. Bartholomew. Harris will have the Post Office in this building. [NW Tribune]

1888 - Post Office (1-story)

1889-07 - J.A. Harris property owner

1890 - Split Post Office J.A. Harris, postamaster / J.W. Minnick's Jewelry Store (1-story)

1890 - J.A. Harris owns the property (tax assessment)

18 February 1890, destroyed by fire.

1891 - no building

1892-10-31 - J.A. Harris owns the property (tax assessment)

1897 - no building

1905 - no building

1908 - no building

1916 - Part of bandstand

Combined initially into 417 1st Street - it later became 415

1928 - 31 August 1933 JC Penneys

1933 - 1941ish Casey's Store or Casey's Department store

1934-09-04ish: J.D. Casey of Spokane has announced that he will re-enter business in Cheney in his former location on main street.

1939-09-29: Casey remodeled department store. The shoe department, which had occupied the rear of the first floor, was moved to the balcony. The space made available downstairs was used for enlarging the men's department and the women's ready to wear section. Additional shelving added.

1942ish Craig's Department Store

1943 Butler Brothers of Chicago signed a 5-year lease to operate a department store. This may be the Federated Department store, we have a gap before that name begins appearing - more research is needed.

1945-01 T.C. Tompers of Reno, Nevada was in Cheney this week making arrangements for the opening of the Federated department store in the building formerly occupied by J.C. Penney Company and by the Casey and Craig department store.

1945-03-09 - Opening of the new Federated store Friday morning will introduce to Cheney one of the most modern and complete dry goods stores in this shopping area. T.C. Tompers, owner of the new store, and formerly an independent operator in Iowa and North Dakota, is enthusiastic in his plans for the store's future.

1945-06-29 - Announcement was made yesterday that the Federated store in Cheney would close Saturday and remain closed for a few days during progress of inventory incident to change of ownership. L.E. Tippets, of Chillicothe, Illinois, manager of a J.C. Peney store for 18 years is the new owner. He will arrive in Cheney with his wife July 1. They have purchased the store and the Tompers residence at 624 8th Street,

1945 - 1950 Federated Department Stores, Inc.

1946 photo of Federated Store.

1946-11-26: Don Shaw Portrait Studio opens a Cheney branch on a new front balcony of the store.

1949 - 1951 - Melron Department Store

1951 - 1978 Cheney Department Store, E.H. Wagoner

1956: Jeske-Davis Insurance Agency located inside the department store building.

1965 - store opened a new "Self-Service" shoe department

1966-12-15 Four glass panels in a display window at the Cheney Department Store were shattered, several mannequins were destroyed and a window display was damaged when a college student went berserk.

1978 - 1980 Michael's Department Store

1980 demolished

1979-06-14: SeaFirst Bank has purchased Michael’s Department store in Cheney, according to an announcement made earlier this week by a Spokane bank official.

He said the bank will make no immediate changes in the property, which was purchased from store owner Michael Abbott. Abbott purchased the business a year ago.

1980-07-17