On this site stood the M & H Company Store and corporate offices. In the late 1800's Lewiston was truly a company town. Major stockholders of M & H built their homes there and had streets named after them. The town itself was named for Lewis Jensen, the first Treasurer of M & H, and was informally called Lewie's Town for many years. The Company Store was the life's blood of the community, selling dry goods, clothing, cloth, food, and supplies, with a large basement for storing produce. It was operated with a charitable spirit primarily to provide for workers and was not expected to make a profit. The south wing of the building held the company offices and vault, where workers lined up to be paid in cash or to take credit on their wages in the form of company chits exchangeable for merchandise or food at the store. Because much business was conducted in hard currency, the office had a large fireproof vault. The M & H Store ceased operations on May 7, 1910, when the main mill closed, and the building was destroyed by a large fire in 1914. With the mill's closure, electricity from the company facilities ended, residents returned to kerosene lighting, and fires were frequent. The fire hydrants and water system supplied by the mill were also dry, so townspeople formed bucket brigades to fight flames, often with little success. The fire of 1914 might have destroyed the entire town if Herman Lunden had not dynamited several buildings in its path and stopped its progression.