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It’s a rare thing anymore, to raze a 19th century building within the Lafayette Square city and national historic district. The treatment is usually reserved for condemned properties that prove hard to sell and present an imminent danger of wall collapse.
1929 Hickory Street sits at the intersection of Hickory and Mississippi Avenue. At least for the moment. The unoccupied building experienced a collapse of its west wall in mid-February. It’s a pivotal moment in the live of a key corner.
Its history goes back to 1889, purpose-built for a storefront on the ground floor, with living quarters above. True to form, it held a procession of stores, confectioneries, taverns and soda fountains. The last commercial use appears to have been as the Hickory Street Gallery in the late 1980s…