111-113 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a non-contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district due to altered design and façade treatment. It is counted as a single building with additions. It was included in the district to allow for the inclusion of the depot building and to produce a contiguous district on both sides of lower Fifth Street. The building is otherwise of some historic interest given its construction date (1940) as a concrete block factory and the use of that material in lieu of other building materials, although this was only the central section of what became three parts (1943, 1945, 1959). This part of Fifth Street was long the last part of the downtown that retained a range of wood frame small store buildings or stables or coal yards and the belated loss of these resulted in this building. As such it represents late Depression-era commercial construction. Historical photographs would be helpful to determine its original appearance. If the current fenestration pattern is near to original, it could be re-evaluated. ***Check cladding on storefront.

District Characteristic	Yes	No	Findings/Recommendations
Two-story brick with narrow mass		X
Larger, broader massing		X
Other key façade features		X
Architectural style		X
Prominent location		X
Original façade materials		X	Concrete block
Upper fenestration pattern		X
Sympathetic Storefront Infill		X	The window and door pattern is assumed to not be original.
Brick corbelled parapet		X
Cornice/coping (not metal)		X

Physical Description:

Historic buildings are subsumed within this complex but the current concrete block facade is of recent coinage. The core plan measures 40 feet by 98 feet. The rear portions of the buildings have been clad in vertical boards further obscuring historic features.

Documented Alterations:

Permits note the south end warehouse construction (111, dated October 13 1959), a general remodeling 1974, a 40 feet by 16 feet by 20 feet and 120 feet addition (dated June 17, 1975), a pitched roof (1984), and electrical work (1986).

Commercial History:

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest

Alexander’s Photo	Steve Alexander	2013	2022	113 Fifth
Isabel Bloom		1998	2005
The Quilt Block		1990	1995	On the alley
The Write Touch	Christine Cobb	1992	1997	113B-moves to 134 Fifth
WDM Furniture & Restoration		1999	2001
A Touch of Italy		1997
The Cherry Stone		1995
The Gilded Angel	Dotti Bauer	1995	1995	From 221 4^th, DM, to 100 Fifth
Crazy Horse Gallery		1985	1987	Closes May 1987
Country Caboose Antiques	Ron and Sue Stookey	1985	2000
Canary Lane		1982		Register says opens December 25, 1983?
Mini World		1982
Nostalgic Junction Mart Arkenstone Emporium Leroy’s Antiques Yesterday Earrings & Things (1974-76) Luv’s (1974) Lind’s (1974) The Strip Shop (1974)		1970	1983	113 Fifth-Set up five units, three antiques, one unfinished furniture, one jewelry (Register, July 30, 1974) Closes-Register, November 16, 1983. Contained four shops as of March 1976.
Honeybrook Farm and Curios	Libby Yapp		1982	Closes-Register, December 8, 1982
Ed’s Old Shoppe		1970		111 Fifth-antiques
Rhiner Bros. Plumbing and Cooling	William Rhiner	1962	1977+	111 Fifth
Building Products Company		1950	1965	Builds south portion (1959)
State Electric Company	Harold Penney	1953		111 Fifth-Radio, TV, Appliances (Register, August 2, 1953)
Hoy's Paint and Hardware		1947		111-113 Fifth, moves to 208 Maple Oct. 1947
Tuttle Coal & Feed Company		1932	1947
	Clyde Tuttle	1943		Built as concrete block factory (111 Fifth) and expanded northward in 1945 (Express, September 13, 1945)