Charles Hertel purchased this property from J.C. Fremont in 1859. The original building burned down in 1866 and was replaced with a fireproof brick structure with a sod roof, though the brick is now covered with plaster. Under various owners, including C.A. Schalgeter, it operated as the Mariposa Meat Market until 1899. In 1899 it became Richter's Pink Front Drug Store, and from 1903 to 1906 it was the Olander and Franklin Emporium. Bert Smith had a barber shop here from 1919 to 1943, and after World War II it functioned as a Western Auto Store.