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Main Street 1920s (Fernandez)Description
Main Street (San Pablo Avenue) looking west from the Bank of Pinole. In 1916, Edward Downer built the two-story brick Downer Building next to his Bank of Pinole near the southeast corner of Tennent Avenue and Main Street (San Pablo Avenue. Upstairs were the offices of Dr. Manuel Fernandez. Downstairs was Jacob Greenstein's pharmacy.
Also downstairs was a popular soda fountain with its suicide Cokes and great barbequed beef sandwiches. If you had no money, kind-hearted Sally, the waitress, would let you pay later.
Beyond the Downer Building was the Golden West Hotel, with what was to be Antlers Tavern across the street. The Pinole United Methodist Church on Shale Hill had yet to be built.Copyright
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Pinole Historical Society