Sesquicentennial Celebration at 1257 Greene Street

This summer customers buying books at the Silverton Train Store have been rewarded with a gift bookmark complete with plastic sleeve and tassel to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the building at 1257 Greene Street, the oldest commercial building in town.

Former Howardsville saloon keeper, George Wright, built the Engleman spruce frame structure in 1875. In 1876 Joe Lacombe bought the building …