Historic Zoning Commission

Market Square H-1:

9-F-03-HZ

Applicant Request

Replace contemporary door in kind; repoint masonry damaged by water main break using Preservation Breif No. 2; remove added styrofoam at north edge of front elevation; install new roof; add support structure for HVAC so they will not be visible from street but will not be supported on roof structure; install walkway on roof to access HVAC equipment.

Site Info

Two story three bay, brick building with modern single pane windows on front façade, chamfered corner. Two story Italianate Commercial rear portion with access from Union Avenue (325 Union), arched brick corbelled windows, corbelled cornice, c. 1950 storefront with recessed entry.

S. W. Hall & Co. Grocers is recorded as an occupant in 1885, with second floor use as the Grand Army of the Republic Hall. Successive uses included a drugstore, a hardware store, a pharmacy and boarding house and a shoe store. In 1935, when the front façade was probably altered, the building had become the Wonder Store, Inc., a department store, and by 1950, it was an annex of Miller's Department Store.

Commission is asked to APPROVE Certificate No. 93003MKT.