Preserving History: Buildings Demolished, Moved and Landmarked
Dingbat
Dingbat at 2208 McKinley Avenue
Image: Courtesy Anna Marie Taylor
Image: Courtesy Anna Marie Taylor
The bungalow (and large tree) at 2416 Roosevelt were demolished to make way for the apartment building pictured below.
The original building at 2208 McKinley Avenue was the S.J. Sill house, a two-story building built in 1905 for S.J. Sill Co. as a dwelling and stable. The stable was used by Hink’s Department Store for its delivery van and horses. In 1947, Philip K. Dick, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan and Gerald Ackerman roomed on the upper floor which had been turned into a rooming house. The house was later torn down and replaced by the structure pictured below.