185 S Liberty St

From the National Register nomination

Post Modern one-story building of cinder block faced with stretcher-bond brick with intentionally rough decorative mortar joints. The front entry has a projecting surround with a pediment of simulation stucco and a transom with decorative muntins. Narrow metal-framed windows on the east side have decorative four-square muntins in their top panels. Other features include a simulation stucco parapet, an angled entry elevation, and several painted cinder block surfaces. A service station occupied this corner in the 1940s but the present building does not appear until the 1955-60 Sanborn map and there was no building at this address in 1955. A Mr. Forkovitz ran the station before 1963 when it was acquired by J. J. Crawford. It was an Exxon station in 1982 and was later thoroughly remodeled as a commercial rental. Despite the thorough recent remodeling, the building retains its 1950s form. Now Imago/Merle Norman day spa. (Vivian Myers)