209 Fifth Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Fifth Street building within the historic district.

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
Brick corbelled parapet	X
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This two-story brick building retains its façade, one that resembles other fronts with its twin recessed wall/window set panels. These panels begin just below the stone sill level and the caps of the panels are corbelled out forming minor cornices. The parapet base has a projecting brick base, a delicate band of triangular brackets that continues in front of the pilasters, and finally twin elongated recessed brick panels in the parapet front, the whole being capped with a stone coping. The storefront retains it steel beam with end rosettes, the transom is covered and the aluminum and glass storefront present as of 1968 remains. There is a left-hand upstairs entrance. The core measures 24 feet by 42 feet, with a 60 feet long rear single-story addition (pre-1950).

Documented Alterations:

The parapet has lost a very shallow centered pediment present in 1968. Permits note partition work in 1967; and electrical work in 1985.

Commercial History:

The second floor contained offices and were there as late as 1945. and

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
The Venue			current
Vino209 Wine Bar & Bistro	Kelly, Denny Sharp	2017	2020	Closed in October due to Covid.
Heart of Iowa	Kelly Sharp		2020	Occupies half of storefront
Wishes & Whims		1998	2000	Closes in February
The Rocket Diner		1995
The Soda/Sloppy Jerk	Allan Schulte, Bob Miskimon	1984	1990	Hot sandwich-buy The Ice Cream Factory, opens March 1984

The Ice Cream Factory	Loren and Susan Van Essen	1970	1983	For sale June 1978, October 1983
Berard Materials		1965	1975
Mister Tax		1970	1980
Olsen Paint and Wallpaper		1960	1968+
Dr. Charles Burt and others			1945+	Upstairs

Harry Young’s Wallpaper		1932	1945



Construction	L. J. Burt	1900		L. J. Burt owned the property 1898-1902 and this building is dated to ca.1900. However one of the new buildings completed in 1916 was the “Burt Building” (Register, April 29, 1916).