Built about 1886, this building was originally used as a furniture store, including the sale of caskets. From 1889 to 1891, it housed the newspaper office and printing press of the Lincoln Independent, owned and operated by editor James Kibbee. From 1892 to 1894, Kibbee operated the building as a boarding house. James Kibbee’s son, Guy, became a famous character actor who appeared in It’s A Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. From 1884 to 1920, it was used for a variety of purposes, most notably as a saddle shop. From 1920 to 1925, it became Lincoln’s first and only movie theater, and in 1926, Dr. Earl Woods and his wife Mary June converted the building first into a winery and later a soap factory.