Grants Clothing: 46 Lisbon

The building is architecturally significant as the finest surviving substantially unaltered example of commercial design by the important firm of Coombs, Gibbs & Wilkinson. These Lewiston architects had a huge practice in western Maine and Harry Wilkinson was the most creative of George Coombs’ many partners. His association with Coombs and Gibbs lasted from 1894-1899. With its distinctive fenestration and granite facing, the building provides a strong visual presence on Lisbon Street. The Lewiston Trust Company occupied this structure from its construction in 1898 until 1921, when they moved to a larger building. W. Grant bought the former bank for a clothing store in 1926 and remodeled the front. Grant’s went out of business in 1985.