In 1923, Glenn Medaris, mayor of Clinton and owner of Clinton Drug Store, began purchasing the lots needed to construct this building. Some records indicate the foundation may have been laid in 1927. After his unexpected death in 1929, his widow, Mrs. Cora Medaris, continued development of the family real estate. She completed the brick café building in 1931 as the new home of Tidwell’s Café, which had previously been located on Market Street. Tidwell’s Café was advertised as “the ideal place to dine, serving meals from morn till night, at modern prices”.