208 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district. This single story building is now the southernmost of three identical storefronts.

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
Upper fenestration pattern		X
Sympathetic Storefront Infill	X		Virtually all storefront.
Brick corbelled parapet		X	Plain parapet front.
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This is a light brown brick single story and single storefront building. It measures 25 feet by 138 feet. The brickwork is unadorned. There is a metal coping. The 1968 storefront survives intact, having gained only a square wooden cornice in lieu of a lost awning. A single story rear addition extends to the alley across 208- 210.

Documented Alterations:

Rear addition as noted. Permits note systems replacements in 1969 a remodel in 1976 and 1983.

Commercial History:

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Memory Lane Antiques		2016	current	208 and 210 Fifth-Antiques, started 2013
Lane Antiques & Collectibles			2018
Floral Touch	Nancy Nelson	2001	2009	At 210 2004?
Valley Florists & Balloons Unlimited			2001	Closes in January
Valley Florists Gift Shoppe		1999	2000	Same as the above?
Outstanding Design	Marj Hubers	1998	1999	Iowa’s only store devoted solely to rubber stamps-“dedicated to the proposition that everybody likes to make little designs, but almost nobody knows how to draw.”
Small World Gifts		1991	1995	Small toys, candy in bulk, balloons
Suite Dreams	Cherie & Kevin Lehman	1985	1991
Contemporaries West		1983	1985	Cards, paper
			1982	For lease, 3,400 square feet
Home Crafters
Stanfield Construction Company/Stanfield-Marble Construction Company (1980)	Roy R. Stanfield	1967	1980	Likely former Stanfield-Pyland Construction Company of DM.
Homecrafters	Roy R. Stanfield	1976	1982	City says no gas grill on sidewalk April 1977-this store had some line to The Fireside Shop (1979-81) at 210 Fifth
Jacobson Apparel		1955	1969+
	Harry Jacobson	1953		Harry Jacobson acquired this half lot in 1945 and built 210 to the north in 1952 and then built this building ca.1953 to house his clothing store that was here 1955-69+.