Notes about the Western Auto Supply Building.
Listed in Leonard Martin's order book forthe Columbia Terra Cotta Company as "order #186 Glaze 406 Western Auto Supply Vancouver WA for P. Johnson" Listed in 1931 city dir. "Western Auto Supply 705 Washington street". This building is no longer standing. The Vancouver Columbian, 02/02/1927, Vol XIX No. 90 Page 2, "Excavation for the basement of the new store building to be erected between seventh and eighth streets on Washington by local contractor Peter Johnson was started today by work of the Red Ash Contracting company … one store of the building will be occupied by the Western Supply Company of Portland."