In 1859 Charles Lincoln Wilson bought this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah, and in 1861 he erected a wooden warehouse to serve the railway terminal across 5th Street. By 1863 the building was often used as a community hall called Roods Hall, named for Wilson’s brother-in-law. During most of the 1870s Stephan and Melissa Burdge operated a boarding house and hotel here. After the Historic Downtown Fire of July 11, 1883, burned the Burdge Hotel, which was rebuilt across G Street, Gladding, McBean and Co. bought this site and constructed the present brick building for their own use. C.H. Butterfield purchased the building in 1887 and opened a general store; the Post Office was here in 1890, the year Butterfield died. In 1891 Mrs. E.J. Atkinson bought the building, which then housed the L.D. Adams Store from 1891 to 1903 and the Rochdale Chain Store from 1903 to 1905. Walter Jansen bought the building in 1907, and in 1912 he doubled its size; among the businesses here were J.E. “Jute” Tofft, from 1907 to 1920, Tofft Hardware under R.J. Tofft from 1918 to 1931, Finney and Tofft Mercantile Store, and, after 1920, a succession of merchants including Jansen, Tofft, Gates, Brooks, and many others. Wm. and John Falconi bought the building in 1990, it stood vacant after 1992, and the Falconis restored it in 2002.