This is the first featured “mobile home” located at 250 South Roop Street, Susanville. It was originally located at 30 South Roop Street and was built in the mid-1870s. In July 1921, Dr. C.F. Compton acquired the residence and divided it into two sections—one side being living quarters, the other half his chiropractic office. In 1936, Compton sold the building.
In 1940, Cliff Gledhill purchased the property and he sold the house to E.W. Smith. Smith hired Baker McQueen to move the house to its current location. Gledhill had a cement building constructed on the old site and on May 22, 1940 it opened as a Western Auto Supply Store.
So that’s what my grandparent’s house looks like today. Very nice!
That’s the house my mother grew up in from 1921 to 1931 when she left for college.
I’ll have to drive by for a look when I come to Susanville this September.