408 Maple Street

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Evaluation:

This is a contributing Maple Street building within the historic district. This utilitarian plant building represents the broad range of district commercial activity, in this case, a meat locker.

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		NA
Sympathetic Storefront Infill	X
Brick corbelled parapet		X
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This brick/concrete block single-story utilitarian locker building consists of several sections of varying height. The core building with its storefront offset to the west has a 29 feet width. A second major rear addition (post- 1941) has a 48 feet width and both sections a 98 feet depth. A final addition with a 19 feet width post-dates 1950. The core original facade has a stepped pediment, left-hand raised entry, and a paired 1/1 window set and square display window to the west of it. This building had sidewall fenestration, still open on the alley (west) side. The rear additions have mostly eaves level small windows and an alley garage door.

Documented Alterations:

Stuccoed with a white finish 1939 (Express, October 26, 1939). Permits note the construction of a 927 square foot addition, apparently an interior work item (permit dated April 5, 1984), with electrical work in 1982-84.

Commercial History:

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Dressmakers		1984	current
Dressmakers Showtime			current
WDM Meat Processers	John Gogerty	1979	1980	Gogerty returns
			1980	Vacant, 3,500 sq. ft., commercial loading area
			1979	3,800 sq. ft., garage door off alley, two buildings in one with separate entrances
WDM Locker Service		1966	1978	Used lockers for sale
WDM Frozen Foods & Locker Service		1945	1953
	C. J. Carlson	1950		New owner, buys form L. V. Snorf and D. R. Whitington
	Vane Snorf		1947	Locker operator
			1945	OPA investigates W. J. Broderick for hoarding 271 pounds of beef at locker (Tribune, May 16, 1945)
Construction	Donald Reid, D. R. Brinton as mngr.	1938		The west one third of the double lot was acquired by Donald Reid and this building was constructed. Ray Brinton is credited as founding the firm and building this building in 1938, operating it for eight years until C. J. Carlson acquired it in 1950 (Express, July 15, 1954). Started work in May 252 of 584 potential lockers (Tribune, July 30, 1938).