A real picture postcard of the Harding building at the Northwest corner of 3rd and Madison streets in downtown Corvallis, Oregon, shortly after its completion in October 1910. Designed by Portland architect Elmer E. McClaran and built for Gus Harding by Seattle contractors Wheaton &amp; Wood for $20,000 of brick, concrete and steel, the latter furnished by Northwestern Steel Co. of Portland. J.W. Nolan &amp; Sons' department store was the new building's first tenant, occupying the entire structure. The building still stands today, lacking the top of its cornice and missing the plate glass storefronts, long since removed as the building's ground floor was divided into smaller spaces.<br>Pacific Novelty Co. No. 1442
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