Pole-Frome Building for Retoil Yqrd Showroom

Pressure-treated, pole-f rame yard showroom ? Why not ?

That's what Dealer Jack Hibbert began planning his new sho.wroom Davis. California.

construction for a lumber- by 2xl2's bolted to each side. Stringers run at right angles across t-he top of the 2xl2's, from front.to rear of the buildasked himself when at5th&GStreets he in

Sure, the pole-frame method has been used in thousands of installations uD and down the state, but in most cases only for commercial and farm-storage and warehouse structures. A finished building such as a showroom might be another story but, cost being important (and when isn't be Dut, cost Delng I it?), Dealer Hibbert decided to give it a try.

Hibbert's srand oDenins, Iune 19-21, wt grand opening, June was a suecess in every department, with an unusually high percentage of unusually of (U.C. Aggies) communi ce was due partially to the agricultural and college (U.C. community attendino. The heavv attendance oartiallv to sood. tending. heavy to good, strong pre-opening publicity, but mostly because Jack Hibbert fias worked long and hard to earn the resPect of these people.

Wtrite the usual Open-House specials-drawings, refreshments and manufacturers' demonstrations-prevailed, the outstanding part of the opening was the building itself.

Co-designed by Los Altos Architect George Drake and Dealer Hibbert, the 3200-sq. ft. structure compares ite favorably with conventional buildings of the same qurte tavorabty wrth burldrnf size costing two to three times as much !

The building is supported by three rows of penta-treated poles (eight to a'row), each sunk into the ground. Poles were tied together for roof ttBaxco" five feet support ing, completed the roof truss.

The showroom floor is cement slab, which was poured right around the center, or interior, line of poles and out to within a few inches of the outside poles. Rather than try to hide the two outside rows. Hibbert decided to leave thern

PHOIOS AEOVE: Deqler Hibbert qnd Ar<hitect Drqke elected to lcqve outride rowr of eight prerrura-l.eqled poles in vlew, creqfing pleqing pylon efiect. Poler ce ioined by 2xI 2r rvming width of bvilding frd bolled lo ccnter (interiorl iow of poler. Stringqn rD ff top ol 2x12c f.om fronl to rs of tlore €mpletc the rcof luppod llefi photo).

View of other :ide of rhowrom rhows drivq-in olley for pickupr (right photo, oSove). Storoge of hewier building mdte.iolr ir ql reor qd woilcble through ridewoll tetioi which lilt up lile on overheqd gcoge dmr (nole roof overhog to 3hield carlomer od clerk during roinrl. Box over lhe nnt 2rl2 (topl ir one of reverql lod:peokers spotled thru yord for piped-in mvsic od onrcuncemsnls.

PTIOIOS AT LEFT: (fop lefilr lhe new elore, on on 6vi6lc locqtid, looks rody for burinqr following two yetr! in tmpo.cry qqleE drort rl.el. (fop Rightl: Deoler Hibbe.t lleftl od Gorehime'r Ed Yomg lqlk it over in o corner ol whol musl rutely be the "l6t wqd" in retoil lumberydd ofiicer.

(Cenler, Left'r Good lighting, olor cmbinqtiffi, modem 4E" cqtGr irlodr by Gorehime Corp., &porl- matolized sd pii.e-togged invslqy, centrolly locqted check@t .ouler qnd im@lh trqm. now rm up the chryrom. Stde cm be qlered from fronl lc :een herel, lrom lefi lide th.qrgh .liding potio dor, frm right (where cqlmeE ore rtodingl or fm reor rloroge ord which ir ngt blcked-ofi frm ghowom. (Coler, lichtl I Point depq.lmanl hG mdtching.enler irlddi rnning ftont lo reor wfich enli.e ihoppeB d*per inlo the tlo.e.

Lorer Left: The slore'i Peg-bcrd intqior woll doublc nicelY fa lhe Hond-tool ditploy. Lwcr light: lmprsrive deplh of the new ahryrom ir 3200 tq. ft., qPPffit in lhir photo. Note the csld rlriirg of poler f*ed-ofi in rhryrpm oro, giving oNfliiool Potl-qd- bem lok fo inlerior (od noti.e the kid with hir free bollom t'hile lhe lody brwrerl.

" Babe, that there's what I call a SOUND FOUNDATION ! " observed Paul Bunyan as he delicately lifted up the old house with his pinkie. The Blue Ox grunted. "See them mudsills, girders an' posts? Been settin' there 25 years in the damp an' dark, supportin' 50,000 pounds o' house-an' not a trace o' rot or termites anywhere. Sound as the day they was cut...Babe, sure as you're true blue, that's BAXCO Pressure Treated Foundation Lumber{c.,'

BAXCO pressure treated, FOUNDATION LUMBER

*Wt^t else, Paul? For the past 25 years

BAXCO pressure treated Foundation Lumber has been safeguarding thousands of rVestern homes against termites and wood-rot. Pressure treatment locks in the chemical protection for keeps. And when you figure, Paul, that just one repair bill, caused by rot or termites, can run into hundreds of dollars-well, why take a chance ? Especially since BAXCO Pressure Treated Foundation Lumber adds so little to the total building cost-just a few dollars. . . in plain view, creating a pleasing pylon efiect. Full-height showroom windows. cbmbined with resawn redwood board aud batt siding, did the rest. o Douglas Fir White Fir

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Hibbert Lumber Company's move to 5th & G Streets ends a two-year stretch of doing business across the street in pretty rugged temporary quarters. Hibbert originally started his business at 3rd & I Streets in Davis 12 years ago but, in May 1957, this yard was leveled by a disastrous fire. llence the move to temporary quarters until planning and construction of the new yard could be completed.

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Dealer Hibbert came by the lumber business naturally, having been born in the lumber community of Sterling City, ivhere his dad, Irving Hibbert, was employed by the Diamond Match Company, as it was then called.

The Hibbert family later moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon, where Irving worked for the Pelic_an Bay Lumber eompany and Klamath Lumber & Box Co., and Jack became more and more interested in the lumber business. Later, the Hibbert family moved to Cleveland, where Jack went on to graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Ohio. He then moved back to California in 1941 . just in time lor a 4-year stint with the USAF.

During the war, Hibbert definitely decided on the retail lumber business as a career 4nd, after his discharge in 1946, wasted very little time in putting this plan into motion. The establishment of Hibbert Lumber Company in Davis was made via Hollister, where he put in one year with McKinnon Lumber Company learning the rudiments of the business.

Cwenlionol u!€ of polefrmc corlru(lion lr tcen in yord't dry thqd. Note heigl* which qllowr tlorqge of long ldgth. in A-frme momer. Shed it dqed in on lwo 3idet ogqinrt elgmentti open lwo :ider for siet moletiql! hondling

A member of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, Hibbert is a well-known and popular figure in local civic circles, having served as councilman aid later ,rnayor of Davis. To know your business you must know your community and, in that respect, Hibbert enjoys an enviable position.

While the sledding has been tough at times, especially that night during May 1957 when he was forced to starrd by and watch his whole yard go up in smoke, Hibbert has fousht back to win a notch with the hundreds of progressive- California lumber merchants who have weathered an era of uncertain distribution patterns and trade infringements to come back strong and regain that key position in their communities.