Colonel Warren Potter established Potter & Company in the 1870s, to supply material needs of loggers and residents of Aitkin. He built the brick company building in 1902. The company was reorganized in 1903 and renamed the Potter-Casey Company, with Patrick Casey as the junior partner. This building is extant on the east side of Minnesota Avenue in Aitkin, just south of the stoplights. In 1982 it was listed on National Register of Historic Places.
