ThiS one-story, concrete building looks almost identical to when it opened in 1946. The front entrance has plate glass windows that are slightly recessed and canted toward the doorway. The kickplates below the windows are sheathed with tile. A very shallow rigid canopy juts out from the building over the storefront windows and doorway. Art Deco style lettering ("Clackamas Auto Parts"), added since the 1983 survey, rest atop this canopy. Windows on the northeast corner (front and side) now consist of 3:4 fixed pane windows with metal muntins and mullions; they were originally 12-light fixed pane windows. The newer windows use the original openings. The windows on the north elevation are the original industrial metal sash with pivot type openings. A pedestrian entrance and a garage entrance are also located on the north elevation. The parapet wall is capped with a simple metal coping. A neon sign is mounted from the roof on the northeast corner of the building, which faces east on Main Street.
Statement of Significance: Construction on this building began in December 1945 and was completed in the spring of 1946. It was built as the Clackamas Auto Parts store and has been so ever since. The building is virtually intact, with the exception of replacement windows in the two northeast corner windows. The replacements, however, are very compatible stylistically and in terms of materials, and they utilize the original openings. The building was designed by Portland architect, Earl G. Cash. Because of its high degree of historic integrity, the building is eligible as a contributing resource in a historic district.
