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The Colonel Fletcher Building at 602–632 Broadway, in
/ref> The building was renovated in 2008.
The Colonel Fletcher Building at 602–632 Broadway, in Downtown San Diego
Downtown San Diego is the city center of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in the United States. In 2010, the Centre City area had a population of more than 28,000. Downtown San Diego serves as the cultural and financial center and ...
was the site of some of the retail history of San Diego. The building is at the northeast corner of 6th and Broadway; Broadway was originally named D Street.
It was built by "Colonel" Ed Fletcher around 1906–1908 along with Frank Salmans, and designed by architect Edward Quayle of the Quayle Brothers (who would later do the 1935 renovation of the Walker Scott
Walker Scott, also Walker-Scott or Walker's, was a chain of department stores in San Diego and surrounding area from 1935 to 1986 and had eight branches at the time of its closure. It was founded by Ralf Marc (or R.M.) Walker and George A. Scott ...
Building). It was remodeled around 2005 by Champion Development Group.
Originally it was a two-story building housing the Barnett-Stine Co. department store. Two more stories were added.
Barnett-Stine went out of business in 1911 and Holzwasser's
Holzwasser's was a large department store that operated from 1911 to 1933 in the Downtown San Diego shopping district along Broadway and Fifth and Sixth avenues.
First location
The first Holzwasser location, now known as the Colonel Fletcher ...
department store, opened in the building.Advertisement for Holzwasser's Department Store, ''San Diego Union'', May 30, 1911 In 1919, Holzwasser's moved to a new, larger building, now known as the Walker Scott Building. (Holzwasser's would go out of business in 1933 and the first Walker Scott
Walker Scott, also Walker-Scott or Walker's, was a chain of department stores in San Diego and surrounding area from 1935 to 1986 and had eight branches at the time of its closure. It was founded by Ralf Marc (or R.M.) Walker and George A. Scott ...
store would open there.)
The Owl Drug Company was then located in the building."History", Colonel Fletcher Building website, accessed August 5, 2020/ref> The building was renovated in 2008.
References
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