Wanting to be near their businesses, grocers would build houses with little boxes tacked on to the front for the stores. Others would build the stores right into the ground floor of their houses. The owners would then live "above the store."
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80 Fourth St, 234 Clark Pl, and 131 Broadway
When the stores were built into the houses rather than stuck on to the front, the most distinguishing feature left on many of the buildings these days is a different building material for the ground floor. Many built the store space with brick, then used a wood framed second and third floor. Even when the buildings now have been covered with matching siding, sometimes an awning, small overhang, or other division is still visible.
26 High St, 14 First St, and 152 S Park St
244 Second Ave, 150 Magnolia Ave, and 306 S Fifth St.
216 Centre St, 228 S Fifth St, and 400 First Ave
39 Spencer St, 75 Geneva St, and 339 Magnolia Ave
519 First Ave, 521 Third Ave, and 108 Ely St
113 Washington St, 301 Washington St, and 640 Montgomery St
1140-1142 Fairmount Ave, 1037 Louisa St, and 572 Third Ave
567 Fourth Ave
Cecilia Ron and her husband Richard own Ron's Deli & Grocery in Peterstown, and they live above the store. In 1925, Rocco Malchionno owned the grocery store and lived above it.
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