242 E Water St

From the National Register nomination

One-story building of painted cinder block with industrial metal-frame windows with concrete sills, a brick flue at the rear northwest corner, and metal awnings over replacement front doors. A seam divides the larger original west section from the smaller east section, the latter with two garage bays with plywood and glass panel doors. The Chew Brothers had this building erected as a radio repair shop. Orville Chew was an early member of the firm, followed by his son Richard L. Chew. In 1955 the firm sold Philco and Motorola radios and televisions. The present occupant, the Southern Electric Corp., has been in the building since the 1960s. (E. L. Davis)