171-181 N Main St

From the National Register nomination

Three-story building of stuccoed brick (first and second stories) and frame (third story) construction. A pent roof divides the second and third stories across the front, and a balcony with an iron railing runs above the storefront. The altered storefront has vertical board sheathing, aluminum and plate glass windows, and brick aprons. Windows are mostly 1/1, some are 2/2, and several rear windows are segmental-arched. A three-tier porch-a modern replacement of a historic porch-rises on the rear elevation. A notice posted in a front window describes the building as an "unsound structure." About 1910 J. W. Taliaferro and Charles Eshman bought what was then a two-story brick building for use as a rental property. Between 1918 and 1924 a frame third story was added. The building was partially destroyed by a fire in the 1940s when it was used as the Walton Hotel (a use that continued into the 1950s). Wampler's Grocery and a bus terminal were formerly located here. The El Sol Azteca Mexican Restaurant occupied the first floor until recently.