Haines Drug opened on this corner in downtown Whitefish in 1926 after earlier sharing the brick building across the street on the northeast corner with the Star Clothing and Shoe Co. J.A. Robinson, a jeweler, is thought to have built the first business at this site, 148 Central Avenue, in 1905. By 1911, Public Drug Crawford and Larter was listed as the owner, and in later years the business was known as Crawford and Sewell Drugs, then Crawford Drugs, and finally Public Drug again. Pharmacist Bob Haines, who was already operating the drugstore across the street, bought Public Drug in 1925. In 1926 he remodeled the building so the entrance faced Central Avenue rather than Second Street and called it Haines Drug, sometimes Haines Public Drug. Ownership later passed to Haines' son Roger, then to Ben Tempel and Ord Clark, and in 1984 to Jim MacKenzie, all pharmacists. Several other drugstores also played a part in Whitefish history, and as of 2002 Haines remained.