George Flores House and Retail Store. This house was built by George’s father, Jose, who was another son of Jesus A. Flores, one of the first village Comissioners (Mayor) appointed by the U.S. naval governer. He and his wife raised their large family upstairs. They were one of the most well-to-do families in the village. They had a large ranch in Malojloj, where they raised livestock, corn, cut coconut for copra, and raised many other products which they used for the family or sold in the store. They had a cook, a laundress, and a caretaker for the children. In the 1950s the store was operated by a cousin, Mary SN Flores, under the name of Mary’s Store. George and his family lived upstairs after he retired from the U.S. Navy in the 1960s. His wife operated a retail store on the ground floor. He remodeled the house in the 1970s, shown by the ceramic tile exterior and replacement of the manposteria staircase with iron railings. The second-story porch railings were changed from wood to ceramic-finished balustrades. 
The Guam Preservation Trust rehabilitated the second floor in 1997. It was occupied by renters until Typhoon Chata’an in 2000 tore off roofing tins from the kitchen. It was never repaired and continued to deterioriate until the kitchen floor and rafters were damaged beyond repair. In 2005 Gef Pa’go trainees sealed off the kitchen extension area and removed damaged paneling in the ground floor (bodega), to reveal the original mamposteria walls. The useable bodega was used to display part of the Guam Humanities Council Smithsonian Exhibit on “Music on Main Street” in 2007. It was then used as a Boxing Fitness center under the Historic Inalahan Engaging Youth Program in 2008.
The paintings show the various uses of the building throughout its history. The window above the stairs and the main doorway show paintings of the George Flores Store. “Auntie Mami’” (Carmen Candaso Flores – George’s wife) is shown in the window, stocking the store shelves. 
In the doorway, she is shown in the background, with George and his brother Alfred (former senator “Davy Crockett”) enjoying a drink and conversation at the counter. 
A fighting rooster in a portable cage draws the interest of a young boy.
The front window shows a typical “mom and pop” inventory of supplies on shelves behind a woman who is sewing. Stores in the 50s and 60s carried yardage materials and often had a seamstress who would sew clothing ordered by customers. These seamstresses could take a picture from the Sears & Roebuck catalog and duplicate the style by using a dress supplied by the client to measure for size. I was so intrigued by this that I learned how to sew my own clothes using this method. During my high school years, I earned spending money by sewing clothes ordered by friends and neighbors.
The right front window shows a bakery scene, based on the history of the building as a bakery run by George’s father in the 1930s and 1940s. At the time, there was a wood-burning, domed oven (Hotnu) located in the back kitchen. My husband, Juan, fondly remembers being sent by his grandmother to line up to buy fresh-baked bread when the baking fragrance wafted over the neighborhood. 
These scenes were painted by several EYP youth, most especially neighbors across both sides of this corner building. I enjoyed getting to know nieces Georgette and Alana who spent many afternoons with me. I also became acquainted with the Chuukese family next door – Anson, Tina, Mittin (and cousins?) who came out with their children to help.
