120 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district and an example of a late Italianate style commercial design.

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		Italianate Style
Prominent location		X
Original façade materials	X
Upper fenestration pattern	X
Sympathetic Storefront Infill	X
Brick corbelled parapet	X
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This is a double storefront two-story light brown colored brick building. The storefronts are of unequal width, the south front having three, the north four upper windows. Pilasters divide the two and front the sidewalls.

The style is Italianate due to the narrow window scale. These feature soldier brick semi-circular arches and stone sills. The parapet is ornate with a band of recessed squares that surmount a complex corbelled base. The upstairs front entry is centered on the plan and accounts for the uneven split in the facade layout. The core plan measures 35 feet by 44 feet. Early 1/1 windows survive and the storefront with twin angled centered entries matches the dimensions as they were in 1968. Round steel columns (1919) survive and it is more than likely that transom components also remain.

Documented Alterations:

The storefronts had ceramic tile kick plates as of 1968-these are now brick. Awnings have been added and doors replaced. The building gained a new front in 1919 (Express, November 20, 1919). Permits indicate systems upgrades (1976-77), a remodel by Superior Sales (1977) and fire damage repair in September 1983. A one story shed roof rear wing, 24 feet in depth, is of recent date. The entire roof was removed by high winds ca.1996.

Commercial History:

The unusual feature about this double-front is that the two storefronts had the same address so many tenants can’t presently be placed in one or the other storefronts.

South Storefront

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
GEM Salons	Becky Baker		current
Curtis Architecture & Design			current
Mint LA Boutique		2020	current	Started 2011
Limerglass		2009		120B
S. A. Kenny Interiors		1995	2000
Zoey		2000
Lola’s Fine Coffees	Kara Van Zee	1999	2000
Especially Lace		1985		120 ½ Fifth
Junction Country Antiques		1985
Borea’s Fine Coffees	Susan Clark	1994	1995	New in March
Corkey’s Grill & Suds		1980
Chuck Wagon Restaurant		1970
ABC Antique Shoppe	Ruth Ankrom, Linda Cron	1970	1995	In business 25 years, from 408 Elm in 1980
Fabri-Craft Upholstery		1966	1966
Square Deal Lunch/Cafe	C. A. Gibson	1935	1962	Restaurant for sale December 1946, moves in, new location, March 1947 (Tribune, November 2, 1937 places it here in 1937). Gambling raid, 1935.
Kozy Cafe		1939	1947
Keturokis Watches		1929
Haye's barbershop		1908
Shobart's City Barbershop with baths		1895	1897	Sanborn Map
Kamp's men's clothing		1900		Express, August 3, 1900
Cigar store	Glas	1936	1948	Pays liquor tax
Sandwich shop	Glas	1939		For sale
Thompson's Laundry		1900		Thompson's Laundry was a problematic early tenant, removed 1900 (Express, June 29, 1900).
	Carl J. Glas family	1925	1954	Owners who and operated a cigar factory, confectionery and a beverage shop over those years.

North Storefront

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Zoey	Zoe Rawson	2000	2002
Heirlooms Inc.	Kati Smith, Wanda Lewis	1985	1993	From Army Post Road
You-Niquely Yours	Chris Davis	1983		Opens upstairs coop in repaired building, December
Junction Company	Libby Yapp, Jenn Griffin, Neil Courtney	1983		Three antique dealers form coop in repaired building, December
Andy's Restaurant and Pub and ABC Auto Repair	George Andrews	1982	1983	September 1983 fire destroys storefront level
Penrod's Tavern		1940
Vacant		1937	1945
Church		1897		Sanborn Map

Unknown Storefront

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Mint L A	Rebekah Risbek	2015	2015?	Also on Mills Civic Parkway
Tavern for rent		1965
Gold Coin Bar		1965		Building houses tavern, two storerooms, and apartments and is “in the latter part of its useful life” (1965)
Jimmie’s Place	James C. Bonanno	1959
Norma’s Lounge		1957	1959
Income property for sale		1939		11 rooms