Desert Market

35596 Santa Fe Ave., Daggett, CA
Phone: 760-254-2774

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The Desert Market with it's Spanish style architecture stands on Santa Fe St. at Mill St. The building was rebuilt of solid concrete after a fire in 1908, making it the first fireproof building the Mojave Desert. Before the fire it was the General Supply Store, when it reopened after the fire it was known as Ryerson's General store.

There used to be a pair of"visible" gas pumps out front under a canopy that was slightly wider than the center two columns and projected out from them providing a shade pump drive. On top of being a general store and Shell gas station they also sold tires and other auto related supplies. The sign on the side of the building indicates that the market is also the Village U.S. Post Office.

Photo(s): 2013