Troy Drug

In the early 1950s, the wooden building located at this location burned when the owner of a bar a few buildings down informed his bartender to burn his wooden, false front bar in order to collect on his insurance policy.  The bartender did as he was told and set the bar ablaze.  Before long the fire could not be contained, the fire ended up enveloping the block from the middle of the block, where the bar was, to the end of the block.

Troy Drug Store, no date, Image courtesy of the Latah County Historical Society, 15-03-04.

This one-part commercial building, faced with blonde brick, was constructed in 1953 to house C. Arthur Johnson’s Troy Drug.  C. Arthur Johnson worked with C.V. Johnson while he attended Washington State University to gain practical experience in the field.  C. Arthur Johnson bought the drug store and moved it to this location.  C. Arthur Johnson operated his drug store in Troy for 35 years.  Arthur's brother Kenneth was also a pharmacist, working in Pullman, WA before buying his own store in Palouse, WA.



References:

Anderson, Dorothy, Troy City Historian.

Johnson, Stella E. History of Troy. (Troy, ID: Stella E. Johnson, 1992) 216-217.

Julin, Suzanne, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Troy Downtown Historic District, August, 30, 2009.