104 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district.

District Characteristic	Yes	No	Findings/Recommendations
Two-story brick with narrow mass		X	Single story brick building
Larger, broader massing		X
Other key façade features		X	Recessed rectangular panels on parapet front.
Architectural style		X
Prominent location		X
Original façade materials	X
Upper fenestration pattern
Sympathetic Storefront Infill		X	Mix of window sizes and considerable aluminum infilling that does not replicate a transom line. Historical photos could provide guidance.
Brick corbelled parapet	X
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This is a single-story red brick storefront (core measures 19 feet by 96 feet). The lower range of the boomtown front is ornamented with three recessed rectangular panels set horizontally. The parapet base is corbelled outward. The right-hand angled entry and storefront predate World War II. The interior retains a plaster ceiling above a drop ceiling.

Documented Alterations:

The 1920 Sanborn shows a concrete floor, no basement and buried gas tanks. Permits indicate remodeling’s in 1970 and 1976. A frame rear garage addition extends to the alley, covers both 104-06 Fifth.

Commercial History:

Despite its name Western Silo made and sold building kits for farm out buildings and garages in particular.

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest

Wayback Records	Robert Kuhn	2017
Fishlips3 Beads & Blues		2007	2116

The Frame Wizard	Mark Higdon	2006

For lease		2001		Register, January 1, June 1, 2001
Village Clockery (clocks)		1999	2000	Register, October 19, 1999
The Station		1996	1997
Bill and Sharon’s Antiques		1997
Antique Mall	James Phillips	1988		Seven tenant dealers

Americana Gift Bazaar/ Bazaar Americana		1968	1994	One of the first antique shops, dollhouses
Advance Building Co.		1961

Western Silo Mfg.		1937	1965
Valley Tire & Battery		1932
Clegg Garage		1929
Freel Auto Service	Carey Freel	1920	1925
Seyfert's Auto Co.		1915	1919	Includes 106 Fifth
Hayes barber shop		1908
Pool Hall	Harry L. Seyfert	1904	1919	E. B. Rigler was the contractor. (Express, March 16, October 5, 1905). Seyfert sells five pool tables (Register, June 30, 1933)