This is a one-story, rectangular building with a stepped parapet wall on the north and south sides. The parapet was originally topped with what appears to have been a ceramic tile; it is currently capped with a sheet metal coping, There were two storefronts of unequal size (the bay on the north was at least twice as wide as the bay on the south) each accessed by a recessed entry, The south entry has since been enclosed. The display windows, which are large expanses of glass set into canted walls, are typical of 1950s or 1960s fixed metal windows, A shallow canvas awning extends across the front of the building and wraps around the northwest corner of the building. A mural-type sign for the current occupant has been painted across the front and around the side of the building. A smaller secondary commercial space is accessed through an entrance on the north elevation on 8th Street. Facing east, the building sits on the southwest corner of Main and 8th.

Statement of Significance: Information gathered during the course of this survey indicates that the information presented in the 1983 survey was inaccurate. This building does NOT date from the 1850s; it was constructed in 1936 for Wallace Caufield after an c.1850 store constructed by his grandfather, Robert Caufield (an Oregon City pioneer of 1843) was demolished. An article in the Oregon City Enterprise, dated April 21, 1936, reports on the demolition of "one of the oldest buildings in town" to make way for a new one-story building on the site. It went on to say that the 33-foot by 85-foot building was to be constructed by contractor G.E. LaSalle and that the new tenants would be F.D. Cox and Son's Pool Hall. There is some confusion about whether or not a small, one-story building which set directly south of the old building was divided in half at the time of this construction with the north portion being added to this new building and the south portion being added to the Caufield-Gardner Building at (719-721 Main). It appears unlikely from the profiles of the buildings, but nothing definitive was found. The Lewis Karmel Korn shop occupied the smaller storefront from the time of its construction through at least 1953 (listed in the directories through that time). The pool hall was listed at this address in the 1941 directory, but not in the 1947 (there was no listing at this address). By the 1953 directory, Thorpe's Men's Shop had moved into this space. At the time of the 1983 survey, Matile's Men's Shop occupied the site. It currently houses a deli. Although the building has been somewhat altered, the alterations appear to be reversible. The building should, therefore, be considered currently ineligible as a contributing resource, but could be reclassified as eligible as a contributing resource if restoration efforts returned sufficient historic integrity.