This two-story, unreinforced brick masonry building was built in 1875 on downtown Woodland’s historic Main Street at 2nd Street. Throughout its long history, it has housed Woodland’s first Town Hall, the Daily Democrat, school district offices and Pearson’s Appliance store. The building was purchased vacant in 2015 by local developer, Ron Caceres, and Bay Area developer, John Anagnostou. Their vision involved restoring the largely concealed historic glass and cast-iron Main Street storefront, renovating the ground floor for restaurant or retail and repurposing the second floor for contemporary housing. The structural improvements included raising a mezzanine level to the second-floor level, adding steel moment frames behind the newly exposed historic storefront system, providing seismic wall ties and parapet bracing at the floor and roof levels and reinforcing the roof framing to support new mechanical units and photovoltaic panels. In addition to the mentioned, the team added a steel stair and steel frame in the alley to support additional PV panels. Pearson’s Building (702 Main Street)