Adaptive Reuse: Vanderleigh Furniture & Antiques

[Tony B]

Hi MetroJAX.

I'm trying to get some more info on the history of this building as well as any photos before or during it's recent restoration.

Thank you for your help.

[chris farley]

Tony B go to Springfield Heritage Education Center and fill in the street address of 332-336 East 10th Street

[Debbie Thompson]

http://www.springfieldheritagecenter.org/

[Tony B]

Thank you.  I like the photo. Based on the vintage of the car reflected in the window it looks like that photo was taken sometime between the mid 1970s to 1980s.

It looks like the building was partially restored in the early 2000s then sold to Walter Kingston who (based on the construction permits) did a lot more work to it including a buildout of the upstairs apartment in 2005 to 2008 followed by a Bank of America foreclosure in 2011.

Are there any other information sources I could look at? Maybe something at the library?

Thank you again for your help.

[chris farley]

I sent you a pm

[strider]

Actually the photo on the Springfield Heritage Center website is the photo from the 1985 survey that was used to get the historic district designation. 

A good way to find the actual date your building was built is to go downtown to the main library and look at the old city directories.  They will tell you the first year someone used the building and who that was.  Start at 1927 and go back to see the first time it appears.  It is not unusual for the database to be off a few years and in the case of commercial in-fill, there may have been a residential structure there that was taken down for the commercial building.

[Tony B]

Thank you again for your help I really appreciate it.