In 1923, Glenn Medaris, mayor of Clinton and owner of Clinton Drug Store, began purchasing the lots necessary to construct this building. Some records indicate the foundation may have been laid in 1927. After his unexpected passing in 1929, his widow, Mrs. Cora Medaris, continued development of the family real estate. She had this brick cafe building completed in 1931 as the new home of Tidwell’s Cafe, previously located on Market Street. Tidwell’s Cafe was advertised as “the ideal place to dine, serving meals from morn til night, at modern prices.”