J.H. Smith Grocery Store and Filling Station, at 1835 Old Ranch Rd. in

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, was built in 1915. It was listed on the

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in 2004. It has also been known as 210 Main Street and is located at a three-way intersection. It is a one-story building built in 1915 by J.H. Smith from materials ordered and shipped by

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to the local station away. It had two c.1920 "bubble pumps" to dispense gas, which originally was delivered by horse and wagon, then later by railway to its above-ground tanks. The pumps and tanks have since been removed. With

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