Built in approximately 1912 this building was originally occupied by Sharp’s Harness Co. In 1916 the harness shop moved over onto Broadway Avenue and this building became the long-time home of Rice Pharmacy. There is evidence that there were living quarters in the back because of a separate entrance through a gateway. There was an apartment in the rear of the building with a little garden where the pharmacist and his family lived. A separate entrance can still be seen through a gateway.

Meridian historian Lila Hill presents the Rice Pharmacy: