Three story reinforced concrete. For many years an awning and metal siding obscured the second and third story windows. Parapet missing flagpole and glass globe lights.

Photo by LCPS, 2020.

Drawing by C.T. Diamond, 1923.

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"Hildebrand & Company first opened their doors for business February 1, 1905. The original store, which was destroyed in the 1922 fire, was located at the same site as the present one. On July 13, 1923, Henry Makes commenced driving the piling for the foundation of the new building to house the furniture company and on August 17, 1923, August Hildebrand awarded the contract for the rebuilding of his store to Lorenz Brothers, well-known Portland contractors. Plans for the new building were drawn by Charles Templeton [sic] Diamond. On January 31, 1941, fire again struck the Hildebrand firm, wiping out the interior of the building. For the next six months the firm sold furniture at scattered locations about town until the building was rebuilt. On February 1, 1955, the firm celebrated its Golden Anniversary and it is now in its 85th year." NCLC 1990.

"August Hildebrand, from Germany, started his furniture store on this site in 1905. In 1941, fire caused severe damage inside, After 90 years of Hildebrand & Co., the business was sold to McMahan's furniture. Hildebrand was a first rate local historian, one of the organizers of Clatsop County Historical Society in 1923, In 1918, he became the first person to drive a furniture truck to the top of Coxcomb Hill." - Bruce R. Berney, Captain's Tour of Downtown Astoria, revised 2010.

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Hildebrand Furniture photographed in 1989/1990 during historic inventory of downtown by NCLC.