Cool Bridge Street History
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400-02 Bridge N.W. The Weirich Building. Built in 1884 by the prominent Weirich family, who owned a brewery and several bars on the West Side. A saloon, a shoe store, a bank, and a grocery store have all done business in the retail space on the first floor. The upper floors served as a rooming house until the Volunteers of America opened a used clothing store and mission in 1956. The mission closed 10 years later. Sullivan Tile used the building from 1971 until 1990, and it was vacant until Swift Printing renovated it in 2000. (The Paper, July 6-12, 2000, p. 5.)
404 Bridge N.W. The Oroiquis Building. Built in 1893, this structure has housed meat markets, grocery stores, a bakery, and a shoe store. The upper floors have been used as a rooming house and as a hotel. Swift Printing Company, owned by Walter & Amy Gutowski, Jr., has occupied the retail space on the ground floor of the building since 1954. (The Paper, July 6-12, 2000, p. 5.)
