Kohlhagen Storefront - Roseburg Downtown Historic District - Roseburg, OR
N 43° 12.530 W 123° 20.711
10T E 471960 N 4784063
This contributing building is part of the Roseburg Downtown Historic District.
Waymark Code: WMQT1A
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2016
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The
NRHP Nomination Form contains the following verbiage to describe this contributing building's significance:
The one-story Kohlhagen Storefront building, measuring 80' x 80', was built of cast concrete and faced with pressed light colored brick. It is one of approximately ten historic structures that use this type of brick as facing. The building has four bays; windows are fixed with transom lights. The entry doors are wood frame with a large light and transom. A garage door divides the north unit from the two south units. A wide belt course runs above the window line as a lintel. The building shows no alterations.
George Kohlhagen (1868-1944) was born in Rochester, New York. He learned the butcher's trade from his father, for whom he was named. Moving to Roseburg in 1892, he established a butcher shop on Cass St., but in 1906 moved the business to Jackson Street. After venturing into the breeding and wholesaling of cattle and sheep, he soon became the leader of the trade in southwestern Oregon. He eventually owned three large ranches of over 1,000 acres each, a wholesale business, and two retail meat shops. Kohlhagen served as the director of the Douglas National Bank and as the president of the Douglas building and Loan Association. Several of the surviving commercial buildings in Roseburg's central business district were built and/or owned by Kohlhagen.
This building is Inventory #135 on page 66 of the NRHP Nomination Form and was erected in 1925. Today, this storefront is home to two businesses with one storefront empty.