This site once held wooden "western-style" buildings that housed businesses such as a jewelry store and tailor shop. These old buildings were probably demolished in the 1920's and the present structure erected. The east half of the building was the site of the latest in a long line of barber shops, the last of which closed following the death of the owner in 1986. The old advertising mirror from the shop now hangs in the Mason County Museum. Benjie's has a large selection of books written by local writers some famous and some not so famous, like Fred Gipson, Russell Tinsley, Burton & Rene Pritzker, and Mike Shanley & Gail Coldiron! Also, Benjie's stocks an extensive collection of Texana books including history, travel, plants, animals & wildflowers as well as local history.