J.C. Penney Building

In 1917, two wood-frame, false-front structures occupied these two lots, previously home to the Rupert Democrat newspaper and the Roosevelt Saloon. These were replaced by the Huggins building, which the J.C. Penney Company occupied starting in 1920.

A distinctive feature of the store was its cash-handling system: customers' money was placed in wooden cups that traveled via overhead trolleys to a mezzanine, then returned with receipts and change. This system operated until Penney's relocated in the early 1970s. The building later housed Taylor's department store and, in the early 1980s, The Bookstore.