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Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company building

The EM&M combines apartments and commercial spaces. Its history connects a 1930s demolition debate, county-financed rehabilitation, and present-day housing preservation.

The Enterprise Mercantile and Milling Company building at 115 East Main Street, Enterprise, photographed in August 2012, before the 2024 change of ownership and the current rehabilitation.
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The Enterprise Mercantile and Milling Company building at 115 East Main Street, Enterprise, photographed in August 2012, before the 2024 change of ownership and the current rehabilitation.

Ian Poellet · 2012-08-05 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image & source ↗
No current vacancies, rents, or public interior access verified. Building identity is distinct from businesses and apartments within it. No parcel or private owner identity is inferred.

The National Register nomination identifies the EM&M at 115 E Main Street and records its construction between 1916 and 1922. Its City and County Intervention section reconstructs a 1935 debate over demolition and the county’s subsequent rehabilitation for apartments and business space. That account draws on contemporary newspapers and commissioner minutes.

Working Homes reports acquiring the building in July 2024. Its project description identifies 27 apartments and six commercial spaces. September 2026 reporting describes electrical and heating improvements, fire-safety planning, and anticipated window work in 2027. Project intentions do not establish tenant savings or the completion of every improvement.

Also known as: EM&M · EM&M Building · Courtney Apartments · Berland Apartments

Through time

1916–1922

Construction period recorded in the National Register nomination.

1935

Demolition debated; county rehabilitation begins, according to the nomination’s historical reconstruction.

July 2024 · approximate

Acquisition reported by Working Homes; exact day not stated.

2026-09-02

Report describes electrical and heating improvements and anticipated 2027 window work; not a completion certificate.

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Enterprise’s downtown streetscape. Context photograph; the owner’s photographs of the EM&M itself are linked in the story.
An atlas essay Enterprise · 1935–2026

The apartments above Main Street

In 1935, Enterprise debated tearing the EM&M down. The county repaired it for housing. Nine decades later, keeping the building useful is again a question of roofs, wiring, money—and the homes inside.

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