920s.
Two-story brick commercial building with lightly corbelled cornice. Second story divided into four broad bays by paired modern windows. Altered at street level with deeply recessed entries to storefronts and stairs down. Modern entrances to two shops.
Photo taken in 1987.
ca. 1975
Ca. 1970.
Modern addition to Main Street with tacked on mansard-type facade. Divided into small shops inside. Previously the Belk-Simpson Department Store.
Photo taken 1987.
Ca. 1929.
Two-story striated brick commercial building. Soldier course and concrete cap, panel outlined with headers above second story windows. Three bays wide at second story. Modern windows and storefront.
Photo taken in 1987.
Ca. 1929.
One-and-a-half story striated brick commercial structure. Decorative rectangular patterns created through use of a yellow brick. Storefront altered.
Photo taken in 1987.
Toms Block
Ca. 1906.
Two-story brick commercial structure covered with corrugated metal false facade. Decorative brick cornice apparent above metal facade. Reportedly a portion of a row of commercial buildings built ca. 1906 by Captain M. C. Toms, the east side of Main Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue has long been known as the Toms Block. French Broad Hustler reported construction underway by May 3, 1906, and almost complete by September 13, 1906: "It will make a very handsome row of stores when finished and a credit to the city."
