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Evaluation:
This is a non-contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district due to the loss of its upper story and its complete replacement façade (post-1899). The building is of interest because it is a surviving frame store building, a rare survivor.
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District Characteristic |
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Findings/Recommendations |
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Two-story brick with narrow mass |
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X |
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Larger, broader massing |
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X |
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Other key façade features |
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X |
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Architectural style |
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X |
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Prominent location |
X |
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More prominent now due to pedestrian alleyway to south. |
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Original façade materials |
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X |
The 1899 building retained twin round steel columns that flanked its central entrance. The columns remain. |
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Upper fenestration pattern |
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X |
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Sympathetic Storefront Infill |
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X |
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Brick corbelled parapet |
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X |
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Cornice/coping (not metal) |
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X |
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Physical Description:
This is a single-story frame gable roof single storefront. Historically this was a two-story building as late as 1968. The present building has a new brick facade.
Documented Alterations:
$2,000 in alterations by VFW (Express, May 2, 1957). Permits note electrical work (1968), plumbing (1983).
Commercial History:
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Business |
Owner |
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Stop |
Notes of Interest |
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G Mig’s 5th Street Pub |
Migliero Real Est. |
1995 |
current |
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General Store Eatery |
Giff Wagner |
2011 |
2019 |
17 years in business |
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Giff’s 5th Street Pub/5th Street Pub |
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1991 |
2011 |
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Easy’s Pet Peeves Tavern |
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1986 |
1988 |
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Yankee Stadium Lounge |
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1983 |
1985 |
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Dutchman Bar |
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1970 |
1980 |
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Veterans of Foreign Wars |
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1957 |
current |
First remodeled in 1957 (Express, May 2, 1957), lost its upper story after 1999. Leases “canteen.” |
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Denny’s Café |
Claude and Arlene Denny |
1951 |
1956 |
From EDM, to 206 Fifth |
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Ogden Café |
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1950 |
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The Plaza |
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1948 |
1949 |
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Colonial House Restaurant |
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1946 |
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Restaurant for sale, Register, February 17, 1946. |
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Eat More Café |
Pierre Joice, Pearl Fisher |
1946 |
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For sale March 1946 with six rooms, 70 seats, new equipment, “a real money maker” at $75-100 gross receipts a day, Fisher buys June 1946 but Helen Wilmore and Virginia Hull are in charge by September. |
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Restaurant and 6-room apartment for sale |
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1946 |
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May’s Café |
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1931 |
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Vice raid upstairs |
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Ed Peterson Plumbing & Heating |
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1923 |
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This building in its original form built by L. Mott in 1896 houses cigar stores, barber shops, Valley Junction Plumbing (1927-1932) and cafes. |
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Vogel Survey, April 1998
1970
1965