River Cafe + Mercantile - Normandy - Former Masonic Lodge
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May 24, 2013 13:47
This building is a former Masonic Lodge and on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Normandy Historic District. Here is the text from the 1985 nominating form:
34. Front Street. Normandy Masonic Lodge, 1880s, Itallanate, Two-story brick, four bay front, original storefront with recessed double-leaf entry, chamfered posts, paneled bulkheads, original transoms, small side front door to second level, three 1/1 light rounded arch windows on second level, brick cornice with dogtooth corbeling, egg and dart trim, belt course of soldiered brick between floors, South wall facing alley features four boarded-up rounded arch windows, four small diagonal windows. Interior details Include rear balcony, original Victorian store fixtures, Vacant, Small storage shed at rear.