Smith, N.P., Pioneer Hardware Store - Bend, OR - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The N.P. Smith Hardware building is significant to the city of Bend as the only remaining wood frame building dating from the earliest period of the city’s development. It is also significant for its association with the pioneer Smith family and with the development of the city of Bend. The building is two-stories with the hardware business on the ground floor and family quarters on the second floor. The hardware store closed about 1930 and a series of business have occupied the ground floor since. The daughter of N.P. Smith still lives on the second floor.

Street address: 935-937 NW Wall Street Bend, OR United States 97701 County / Borough / Parish: Deschutes Year listed: 1984 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1900 -1924 Historic function: Commerce, Domestic Current function: Commerce, Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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