202 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	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	Plain upper parapet front.
Cornice/coping (not metal)	X

Physical Description:

This single story red/brown brick double storefront has stone or concrete sidewall foundations, a centered double recessed entry for its narrow storefronts, the latter substantially being those present as of 1968 save for a Carrara glass kick plate. The core plan measures 25 feet by 135 feet, the south half of the plan extending 12 feet further than the north half. The upper facade is plain, being separated from the storefront by a stone/concrete belt course and a course of soldier brick. The parapet base is slight projected beyond the wall plane and there is a stone/concrete coping. This store has retained its aluminum/glass display windows and wooden doors present as of 1968.

Documented Alterations:

New storefront (Express, April 27, May 25, 1939). There are two over-sized north-facing shed roof skylights on the back of the plan but these are invisible to the public, save from the alleyway. The partial Carrara facade was lost since 1968. No permits found but at some point the storefront was divided.

Commercial History:

Business	Owner	Start	Stop	Notes of Interest
Sisters			current
Especially Lace/Sisters	Sara Davis, Greta McCarty	1988	2020	Renamed in September 2007 and goods broadened – name to confusing
Which Craft		1978	1985
Carlson’s TV & Appliances		1985	1986
Pots & Plants		1970	1977
Hunter’s Carpets/Hunter Carpet & Drapery	Russell Hunter	1973	1974	Basement flooded due to backup, July 1973
Ben Franklin ACT Tax Service		1971
			1970	City shoots down proposed VJ Midnight Special, railroad-themed bar and eatery, Kathleen Evans and Gary Little sought to buy/remodel with expenditure of $35,000
Saville's AG Food Store	Fred Wesley Saville	1959	1969	Owner dies in 1970
Way's A . G Food Market		1951	1959
Minnis Brothers Grocery/Peter Pan Grocery-Red Ball		1925	1950	Basement flooded (two feet) in July 1947.
Construction	A. H. Minnis	1925		A. H. Minnis built this building (25 feet by 80 feet) with a full basement for $8000 as a new site for his grocery, which was previously at 213 Fifth Street. F. B. Dickinson was the contractor and the architects were Wetherell & Harrison (Register, September 6, 1925).