“Flush with the success of his first renovation project, Jeff Pownell and his family has begun work to reclaim another downtown storefront.
The locally-owned POP ice cream shop in Huron completed its first year of operation last month, and business co-owner Pownell believes their success was largely due to their location – the heart of downtown Huron – within the fully-renovated former Habicht’s Department Store.
“We are so pleased with the positive community response and vibrancy that this historic building brought to our business and our customers,” Pownell said. “It exceeded our expectations. We would not have had this energy anywhere but downtown in one of these interesting old buildings.”
Building on the success of POP, the Pownells have decided to move forward with another historic rehabilitation downtown, this time at 145 Dakota Avenue.
POP co-owner Yendy Castillo is excited to once again design a contemporary business within an historic space.
“The key is combining the original character of the building to a contemporary purpose within the community. It is really more about forward thinking than historical thinking,” she said.
The two story building was originally built in 1909 as Mirras Modern Rooms and the OK Cafe. Located next door to the Great Northern train depot, the boarding house and cafe was a convenient place to eat and sleep for visitors and newcomers arriving to Huron. 
Mirras Modern Rooms, originally owned by George Mirras who also owned the then popular confectionery Huron Candy Company, closed in the 1930s and ultimately reopened as the Huron Hotel in the 1940s until 1969.”

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