204 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district. This is an unusual single-story double storefront plan.

District Characteristic	Yes	No	Findings/Recommendations
Two-story brick with narrow mass		X	One story with narrow mass
Larger, broader massing		X
Other key façade features		X
Architectural style		X
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 second single-story red brick double storefront with a core that measures 28 feet by 45 feet. The facade is covered and the storefronts, of unequal size, are identical in layout and materials to those of 1968. The parapet/transom line is covered but the parapet proper is set above a line of square cut corbelled brackets and there is a tile coping. The back of the plan consists of short extensions that were present as early as 1937.

Documented Alterations:

Tours Bakery remodeled the electrical system in early 1966 (north storefront), and other electrical work was done in 1986. The 1999 photo seems to show a Carrara Glass façade?

Commercial History:

This building has twin storefronts, the north one being 204 ½ Fifth. Given that shoe repair occupied the south storefront from 1935 until 2009, all other tenants during that period occupied the north storefront.

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Bing’s	Victoria Veiock	2017	2018	To 213 Fifth
Posh Affair	Muriam Chisala	2015		204 ½, new November 2015, women’s boutique
Bett’s Bridal Accessories	Nancy Newman, Betsy Hulen	2008	2012	204 ½ Fifth, Register, February 5, 2008
Bev’s Bridal and Glass Creations	Bev Raymond	1987	2007	Raymond’s own building
DM Shoe & Luggage Repair	Jim and Martin Raymond	1981	current	From Southridge Mall
Valley Shoe	Dominc LaPera	1970	1995
Canine Country Club		1970	1995	204 ½ Fifth
			1969	204 ½ vacant, 13 feet by 63 feet, 850 sq. feet, March 1969
			1941	Café doing nice business for sale November 1941
Holm Bake Shop		1945
Pigner Shoe Repair		1937	1945
Tip Top Coffee Shop		1935	1943
Charles Pigneri's Valley Shoe Shop		1935	1968
Franklin's Hamburger shop		1932
Rost Candy Shop		1927	1932
Farris' electrical		1927
Penrod's barbershop		1919
Joice Confectionery		1925
Gordon's tobacco		1915	1922
	G. H. Chase	1915		G. H. Chase acquired the property in August 1915 and the 1920 Sanborn Map depicts the front part of this building as present.