Kohlhagen Meat Market - Roseburg Downtown Historic District - Roseburg, OR
N 43° 12.478 W 123° 20.705
10T E 471967 N 4783967
This contributing building is part of the Roseburg Downtown Historic District.
Waymark Code: WMR6WN
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2016
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The
NRHP Nomination Form contains the following verbiage to describe this contributing building's significance:
This one-story 20' x 80' storefront was built c.1892 for George Kohlhagen. The side and rear walls, though not visible, are probably made of brick. The front (north) elevation is faced with manufactured stone. The cornice is embellished with a battlement and what appears below as dentils. The upper portion of the storefront's windows have been blocked, with a rough board infill thus reducing the height of the window and door on the front elevation. The building has a neon sign.
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. In the 1940s Irene's Beauty Shop was located here.
This building is Inventory #167 on page 78-79 of the NRHP Nomination Form. The Oregon Historical Sites Databasee website mentions this building being erected in 1909. Today, this building is home to C & M Tavern.