Shumway Metal Works 7th and Oak

This is an interesting shot of the intersection of 7th and Oak St. Probably taken about 1955, just prior to the demolition of the entire northwest corner, it shows the Shumway Metal Works with the old National Guard Armory across Oak St. How unusual that a manufacturing business and such dilapidated old buildings would survive in the heart of downtown until the mid 1950's. This corner has been the site of the Hilton Hotel and Convention Center for almost 30 years and was a parking lot in the interim. That large Oak partially hidden by the building with the false front survived until 2009.