PICTURES TELL THE PAYSON STORY: DUNN CONFECTIONARY AND GIFTS

By L. Dee Stevenson

Payson Historical Society

Located at 51 South Main on Historic Payson Main Street can be found a two story building that has housed many different business over its 116 year history. The building was originally constructed in 1900. The first floor contains the area where the various merchants conducted business during their existence. The upper floor contains an apartment that has been used by the owners or at various times was rented to tenants to be used as their residence.

The Dunn Confectionary (pictured above) was one of the first businesses to utilize the building. They sold ice cream, candies, and many gift items. There was a large soda fountain bar along the north wall which had a depiction of the Mormon Trek made from tiles across the entire front.

In 1942 Byron Dastrup purchased the building and it became known as Dastrup’s Confectionary and Gifts. Read about this and the businesses that would follow in the print edition of The Payson Chronicle.