127-129-131 Capitol Drive / The Jackson Building
The foundation for this two-story business block was laid in 1913, and on July
1, 1914, Schwartz’s Big Store sponsored a free dance to the public to celebrate its opening. Ten
years later, the building was sold the Thompson Cooperative, which occupied it
until its closing in 1927. in 1929, the store was purchased by Herbert and Rosalia Jackson and became
Jackson’s Department Store. During its heyday in the 1960-1970’s, the department store occupied all three floors and was complete with
pneumatic tubing or remitting cash to the registers upstairs. The retail store
remained in the Jackson family until it closed on December 22, 1984.
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