On March 5, 1903, Jules Alexander, John Borrette, Isaac Knoch, Sol Nathan and John Spalding formed the Susanville Creamery Company. It should be noted that these individuals were prominent Susanville merchants. By the end of the month, the newly formed company hired Herman Enhorning and Charles Odette to construct a creamery at the end of Roop Street, near Piute Creek for $1,925. By July the new creamery was in operation, W.T. Mitchell was at helm, he had previously managed to the Diamond Mountain Creamery.. There were problems. There were too many creameries in the area-the others being located at Johnstonville, Spoonville and Standish. Equally important, there was not enough dairy cattle and labor to support all four. In 1911, the Susanville Creamery shut down. It would later re-open and by 1916 it was permanently closed.
The abandoned creamery would see a new life as a steam laundry. On February 25, 1921, L.R. Cady, C.W. Hallowell and E.H. Brouillard formed Model Laundry. They took over the defunct Susanville Creamery building and converted into a laundry shop. They built an additional building to handle dry cleaning. In 1950, Model Laundry, under new ownership built a new facility on the corner of North Spring and Main Streets. What became of the Roop Street buildings, whether dismantled or destroyed by fire, I do not know.