Upon further review...
By going backwards through
telephone directories (this is known as a 'Jim
Rockford') and speaking with Barb Tittle, it was
possible to stitch together a more complete history
of this building.
This building has a very significant photography (and
real estate) lineage.
312 West Avenue chronology:
1894 - 1902 Lidberg
Studio (original location)
1902 - 1920 Lidberg Studio (new location)
1920 - 1936 E. H.
Lidberg Real Estate
1937 - 1947 Davison
Studio
1948 - 1949 Wood's Studio
1950 - 1952 Hodge Studio
1953 - 1979 Chalet Studio
1980 - 2004 InComm
Realty and Maas Realty (later
Coldwell-Banker)
2005 - 2007 Gary-Donald Arts, a private art dealer
2008 - Present Red
Wing Portrait Studio (and Red Wing Framing Gallery)
For 73
years, out of a total
115 years, this building has been home to
6
different photography studios. For 40
years out of this same
115 years, this building has been home to at
least 3 (if not 4) real
estate companies.
Draw your own conclusions.