Slaughterhouse

The ruin of the building still stands as of 2024. It is unclear when this building was erected. Going back to 1890, H. Powell operated a meat market. Tormey & Brooks were established by 1904. They operated the Gem Meat Market. O.B. Royce also had a meat market in 1904. In 1910, Charles Kleiner arrived in Cheney and bought J.E. Tormey's interest in the Gem Meat Market.

1927-02-04: Charlie & Harold Kleiner Buy Out Interest of Third Partner. Charlie and Harold Kleiner this week purchased the interest of Tom Ryan in the meat business. They are now owners of the Gem and City markets in town and of the slaughter house which the organization operates outside the city. Both markets sell meat which has been purchased and prepared under their own supervision.

1932-12-09: The Gem Market company slaughter house was broken into and a quantity of beef was taken it was reported today.

1953-11-13: Holmes Brothers Expand Business. The Holmes brothers, Norvel and Bill, who operate the meat market in Gibson's Food center, are expanding their business.

They have leased the Gem Market building, which will be used for cooler and storage space. Norvel Holmes said now they are prepared to do custom cutting and wrapping and curing hams and bacon.

Their plans include having the slaughter house, just south of Cheney in operation soon.