70 N Mason St

From the National Register nomination

Two-story building of painted American-bond brick with a limestone foundation and a shed roof with stepped side parapets. The front parapet is also stepped, and has dentil-like corbeling under the coping. The segmental-arch windows have mostly 6/6 sash. A small one-story Colonial Revival front entry porch on the front (west) end has wood posts and a Chinese Chippendale wood railing. Next to it is a mid-20th century picture window (both are in place of the original storefront). A rear wing, possibly an early addition, projects on the south side and has modern French doors that open onto a wood deck. The north basement elevation has a segmental-arch freight door with a tongue-and-groove door on a track, one segmental-arch six-light window, and a replacement mid-20th century metal-frame window. Truncated brick flues appear on the south side parapet. According to tradition, the Wilbergers operated a machine shop here where threshing machines and other machinery were repaired. The building was used as an auto repair shop in the 1910s and 1920s. The Hess Furniture Store occupied the building in 1955 before moving to 139 N. Liberty St. Now a used furniture store.