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114 North Washington Street, c. 1900

This property was owned by Hopkins family members in 1882; later owners were Sarah C. Worthington (who died in 1926), Sarah H. Taylor, and Mary Alden Hopkins who sold it to Edward B. Lawder in 1935. It is not known what business was conducted here at that time but Edward B. Lawder sold the property to Charles H. Seibert in 1941.
Charles and his father, Herman C. Seibert (1885-1960), opened their first grocery store in this building in 1941. It was next door to Sam Haberman’s, who sold Lee’s overalls. Seibert’s had a meat department, groceries (with “as near a complete line as present buying conditions will permit”), fresh fruit and vegetables. They delivered “in town and Concord Fields.” (Concord Fields was a rental community built by the federal government during WWII that has since been demolished.) Hilda Parsons says Herman Seibert was “a wonderful person,” adding that during the WWII if people were short of money, “he carried them.” Herman ran for City Council three times overall and for Mayor in 1951. Ruth Seibert, Herman and Anna Seibert’s daughter born in 1924, worked in the store for a time and later married Charles G. Hiob, Jr.
Around 1952, the Seibert family moved their store from here across the street to 137 North Washington Street. Park Plaza Billiards then opened in this space. By 1963, however, Davison’s Appliance Sales were here, selling Westinghouse and RCA Victor TVs and appliances for several years. In 1998, this was the location of Monograms & More. In 2007, this first floor became a store called Island Jack, run by Kelly Falkenstine, after which the store moved across the street to #101 for more space. This space then became Creative Sanctuary with yoga and drumming classes for a short time.
This property was completely renovated in 2014 as a restaurant by new owners, Laura Kalb and Jeannie Malott, who opened the Vintage Café as a breakfast and lunch restaurant in 2015. However, in February 2019, the Vintage Café business was bought by George Mullin, the owner of the former George’s Original Chicken across the street. His partner is Dana Rowley. The building is owned by 114 North Washington LLC.
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Built 1900. 2391 sq ft commercial restaurant, 2775 sq ft lot.
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