Mr. and Mrs. Lot Wilbur

Mr. and Mrs. Lot Wilbur. Early Snohomish Heritage Trail. , Jennie and Lot Wilbur celebrated their wedding anniversary on April 8th; she was 24 years old and he was two years younger when they married in 1868. The union produced no children, but together they established the first drug store in Snohomish County at the corner of First Street and Avenue C, where their two-story brick building still stands, the oldest brick building in the county., The couple left Michigan for Wisconsin, then moved to Minnesota before finally migrating to the Puget Sound country in 1875. Lot worked in both the logging and drug store business[es], but when they arrived in Snohomish, he was selling insurance., The historian William Whitfield was one of his first customers, and it seems Whitfield sold the Wilburs on Snohomish. On December 18, 1875, the Wilburs opened their first drug store and the day's receipts amounted to $2.50. Wilbur's Remedies became so popular, 13 years later, they were able to build a two-story brick building designed by the popular architect J. S. White., Both were leaders of the community in business and civic affairs until Jennie's death in 1915. Lot sold the business to the new Rexall chain, and their handsome brick building became a depot for the Milwaukee Road. Lot passed in 1930., [Regarding the brick building (photo on left)] , "It's a handsome structure having a frontage of 24-1/2 feet; is 65 feet deep, two stories with a basement nine feet in the clear, and a second story 12 feet. The brick work on the building was done by E. Bast and Son in their usually substantial and permanent manner. The carpenter work was done by J. S. White, the well-known contractor, who fitted up everything in a skillful and elegant manner. The store room front is of galvanized iron, with plate glass doors and windows. The two larger windows are each composed of one piece of solid plate glass 146 inches by 64 inches in size, the glass alone for a front costing $340." , The Eye, November 16, 1889., [Top photo caption reads] , Photograph of the Wilburs is from Whitfield's History of Snohomish County, Volume II, 1926., [Right photo caption reads] , J. S. White illustrated biography from "Our Business Men," published in "The Sun," January 1, 1891.