Between 1889 and 1891, John Cradwick developed this large two-story block, possibly using earlier one-story structures already on the three-lot site. Born in England in 1829, Cradwick settled in the Winters area in 1875, where he farmed and established a brick-making business. Working with local contractor Alex Ritchie, he used his brick masonry skills to erect the building. Its early businesses included the Winters Bakery, the Phoenix General Store, and a saloon. In 1893, Cradwick offered 21 sleeping rooms upstairs, and the building later became known as the Acme Hotel. During the severe Winters earthquake in 1892, the building suffered major damage, and the city's only fatality occurred when bricks from the back of the building fell and killed Jeff Darby. In 1998, a local investment group, in partnership with the city of Winters, rehabilitated the building with substantial seismic retrofitting.