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Morris Sommer Company

State & West Idaho Streets – Northwest Corner

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From Weiser American – January 1, 1951

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Originally Morris Sommer Company
-In 1898 opened his first store as a tenant in the IOOF Building – State & Idaho Streets on the Southwest Corner
-In 1900 built a new store across West Idaho Street to the North.
-Later became Sommer’s Mens Store
-The top floor was destroyed by fire on April 27, 1952
-After the fire, Ed Sommers sold the store to VB Christenson, who then in 1953 changed the name to Christy’s Mens Store.
-Ed Sommer sold the building to First Security Bank in 1963
-It was then torn down to make way for the “modern drive-in” bank – which it still is today.

From Michael Gribbin – August 18, 2023

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Purchased by VB Christenson from Ed Sommer, following a fire, and renamed Christy’s Mens Store

From Weiser Signal – January 1, 1953

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