#20 Blum & Sons,

Einstein's,

1910 Bank of Dixon, Ulatis Building

178 North First Street

#20 - Bank of Dixon – 178 North First Street (232)

The original bank see location #28.

The bank was originally located in the brick building west of Eppinger’s on West B Street. It was moved to its new home at the corner of First Street and B Street around 1913. This ornate building was torn down in the 1960s and today’s structure and parking lot were then built. In the parking lot is where the Bank of Dixon once stood. The bank proudly occupied this prominent corner until being bought out by the Bank of Italy and later became the Bank of America.

1st legible copy of the Tribune ever published 11/21/1874

F.F. UPHAM, SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, First Street, opp. King's Hotel

08/01/1875 ---Dr. Upham, Dentist, is permanently located in Dixon and can always be found when wanted. He guarantees all of his work to give perfect satisfaction.

1883/01/13 Over twelve years residence in Dixon. Opposite King's Hotel. Dentist; Dr. F.F. Upham

10/6/1883 Improvements: Dr. Upham's building in which will be located his office as well as his residence, is about finished, but it is not likely that he will occupy it before the 10th of next month, as he wants to give it

ample opportunity to dry out thoroughly. It is a handsome structure, and adds greatly to the appearance of the east side of Main street.

12/1/1883 after the great fire...

Einsteins brick store on the south-east corner of Main and B streets withstood the heat, as did Dr. Upham's new brick building, and to this fact, the safety of all that side of the street is due. At -leain and A streets, the heat created a fearful current, that threatened the whole southeastern portion of the town, but the Palace hotel stood up bravely, and the destruction that seemed at one time inevitable, was averted.

03/01/1885 --Dr. Upham is having his frame building, one door south of his office and residence, renovated and repainted. H. Goeffert has rented it for a harness shop.

1890/04/01---A new barber shop has been opened in the Einstein building.

12/1/1892--The new restaurant in the Upham building has been handsomely fitted up and will be ready for business in a few days.

1895/06/28---J.G. Ulsteen has opened a new grocery store in the Upham building on the east side of Main street. He has a small but well selected stock of goods, which he proposes to sell at the lowest possible prices for cash.

1895/12/01 W.s. Van Sant has moved his refreshment stand into the Upham building, formerly occupied by J.G. Ulsteen as a grocery store.

7/1/1897---Ulysses Upham now occupies an office in the Mayes block adjoining the telephone office, where he will engage in the practice of dentistry. His card appears in another column.

02/01/1901---In another column will be found a notice of sale of real estate under execution, the same applying to the well-known Einstein property on the corner of First and B streets, Dixon.

1905/09/08

Source Dixon Tribune

DISASTROUS FIRE. Ten Thousand Dollar Loss Occasioned on Tuesday. Old Frame Buildings and Machine Shop on Main Street Entirely Demolished. Those who have persistently prognosticated that the old frame buildings on the east side of Main street would one day be the cause of a disastrous fire have made frequent use of the expression "I told you so" this week. However, the general supposition had been that in the event of an outbreak in either of the premises referred to that it would have been well nigh impossible to save any of the property standing between the brick structure at either end of the block but in this particular the prophets erred. As a matter of fact nothing but a pile of ashes and debris is now left of the old Upham building, the two story Reichert building, Miss Conniff's millinery establishment and d'Artenay's machine shop, while the adjacent portion of the Dixon Restaurant premises is hardly more than a wreck of its former self. The fire was discovered about 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning by Miss Conniff who noticed a blaze in the outer stairway between her property and the Reichert building. Almost as soon as it was discovered the whole side of both buildings burst into flames which shot high into the air and soon the whole neighborhood was aroused. The Fire Department responded promptly to the alarm given and with the assistance of other citizens who rendered all through the trying ordeal valuable help, confined the flames to the immediate property. In a short while the old buildings were burning like tinder and the heat was terrific. The department made heroic efforts to prevent the flames from spreading to d'Artenay's shop and Dr. F.F. Upham's residence and succeeded in keeping the flames from the latter but they were obliged to sacrifice the kitchen at the rear which was built of wood. They were not so successful in regard to d'Artenay's shop which contained much machinery which had been installed at considerable expense. The flames crept up under the rafters supporting the corrugated iron roof and soon the whole building was doomed. This iron building confined the flames to some extent and this fact greatly contributed to the success of the fire laddies in saving the restaurant property. However, they had to work like trojans to achieve that much and many examples of heroism among the fire fighters were not lacking. The boys and those outside the department who worked shoulder to shoulder with them are deserving of much thanks and a word of commendation should be written for the manner in which the Dixon Light & Water Co. responded to the demands made upon it. A good full supply was available right along and at the conclusion Of the fire there were several inches more water there than at the outset. Both the electric and steam pumps were set going when the alarm was given and the company is entitled to its share of the credit. The origin of the fire is unknown but considering the hour and the rapidity with which the fire got under way it is thought to be incendiary. The loss as far as can be ascertained is about $10,000 with about $5,000 insurance.

(From the Board of Trustees meeting; President Cowden in the chair and Trustees A.F.Shangraw, A.H.

Leigh, J.A.Kerr, and M.P.Carpenter present.) Trustee Shangraw mentioned the matter of hitching racks which he said was somewhat pressing in view of the fact that Mr. Schulze had commenced the work of laying his cement walk and the present hitching racks would have to be removed. He suggested that until the Board could determine upon a suitable location they should erect racks along Main street from the Brewery to the corner of Mr. Schulze's property. Trustee Kerr initiated a discussion regarding the removal of hitching racks from the streets. He thought it would be unfair to order one tradesman to remove racks while another should be allowed to tie up in front of his store. The chairman said that when the streets were macadamized they would have to order a cessation of all tying on the streets so treated but they would first of all be obliged to provide a place for public hitching racks. On the suggestion of the chair a special committee consisting of Trustees Shangraw, Leigh and Kerr were entrusted with the task of finding a suitable location.

1910/07/01--W.U. Goodman was appointed by the court as referee. The bidding was commenced by J.H. Rice, for the Bank of Dixon, he bidding $10,000 for the property. This was quickly raised by Joseph Stephens and the bidding was lively, until the property was knocked down to Mr. Stephens for $15,550.

This is a big price for the property and the buildings are old; however, it is the very best corner lot in town and furnishes homes for five business firms, so that the rents received are good. We do not know what Mr. Stephens intends to do with the property, whether or not he intends to make any change, but if the Bank of Dixon had secured the property they would have erected a modern reinforced concrete bank and office building on it.

---Failing to secure the "Old Corner" property the Bank of Dixon has purchased the corner property opposite, now occupied by the hardware store of Cowden & Mason, which they intend to improve as soon as they can gain possession, by the erection of an up-to-date reinforced concrete building of two stories. The lower story is to be made into a home for the bank, in which every modern convenience will be incorporated. The upper floor is to be used as offices for rental, and will be made modern in every way. The firm of Oscar C. Schulze, Inc., has bargained for the old bank building, which they intend to use as an office.

1910/11/08

---The brick building, which is being demolished to make room for the modern bank building to be erected by the Bank of Dixon, is one of the old-time land marks of the town, having been erected in about 1868, when the town was first started, by J.Blum & Son, who conducted the principal merchandise establishment of northern Solano county at the time, and did so for quite a number of years, until caught by the wheat market, when they went the way of nearly all speculators, failing for some $30,000, which in those early days was a princely fortune. Since it has housed nearly every kind of business principally that of liquor selling. When built it was considered a fine structure, and the citizens of Dixon were, no doubt, fully as proud of it as it has been since of more modern structures.

10/1/1926 R.F. Brennan is now located in the re-modelled store building of the Upham estate of First Street. The upstairs is occupied by the family as an apartment. The Brennans are now in an excellent location with their exclusive electrical goods shop, which carries all the late electrical appliances for the home and the business house.

06/1928

BANK OF DIXON SOLD. The Bank-of Dixon has been bought by the Security Bank & Trust Company of San Francisco. The new owner is largely San Francisco men and is part of the Gianinni interests, or Bank of Italy. Dr. Hall states that the Bank will continue to operate as in the past, with the same officers and personnel. The present roster of the Bank is made up of: Dr.L.P. Hall, president; R.S. Currey, vice president; R. Moss, cashier; J.M. Cowden, assistant cashier; Miss Ralpha Little, grand-daughter of one of the charter members, assistant cashier; J.H. Petersen, Henry Peters and son, Ellwood, R. S. Currey, W.H. Garnett, H.G. Brown and E.D. Dudley.