Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Oakesdale Mayor Dennis Palmer wants to replace window frames on the old Conoco gas station.
There are four windows on the brick building, which sits across from Crossett’s Foot Market on Steptoe Street. The wood frames of the two windows on each side of the door and on each side of the building are rotting.
“We either gotta keep on top of that stuff or it’s gonna fall around you,” said Palmer.
Oakesdale maintenance superintendent Bob Hooper pushed one window frame back into place two weeks ago. It had started to fall out.
Two years ago, mortar work was done to strengthen the brick on the building which is owned by the Town of Oakesdale. The station closed in the 1960s.
Mayor Palmer said that the glass of the windows is in good condition, it’s just the frames that need replacing.
Somebody could use that same glass and make new frames, said Palmer. Whatever would be the most economical, he said.
He also said he had no idea what the cost might be.
Mayor Palmer brought up the issue briefly at the Oakesdale City Council meeting Nov. 5.
“It’s something that we’ ll do when the weather gets nicer,” Palmer said.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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