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This building has some historical interest as the location of several commercial businesses. While none of the businesses are historically significant individually, they contribute to the overall development of commerce in the Main Street Commercial Historic District.
Exhibiting a broad, metal projecting Italianate cornice characterized by brackets, end console and a paneled frieze, the Ed Nixon Confectionary Store is a two-story, three and a half bay building constructed around 1878 of cream brick. Recessed shoulder arched bays with shoulder arched windows accented by raised shoulder arched window heads decorated with articulated keystones remain on the building.
The application of paint to the brick surface and replacement of the windows with metal frame and vertical siding have altered the historic appearance of the building. Although a small projecting cornice extending across the top of the storefront and the brick end piers remain, the rest of the storefront has been completely altered.
The James Chappel building is a commercial vernacular building exhibiting no particular historic ornament. Although this building is not architecturally significant, the Chappel building contributes to the historic architectural character of the proposed Main Street Commercial Historic District.
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