This house at 739 Columbia Street is undergoing a major restoration/renovation, and in the process, the current owner has uncovered some interesting information about its history, which has been shared at Historic Preservation Commission meetings.
In an early presentation to the HPC, the applicant revealed that the building had been moved to its current location from someplace on State Street in the 1920s. Yesterday, the applicant returned to the HPC seeking an amendment to the certificate appropriateness already granted. Approval was sought to raise the gabled roof 24 inches.
In the process of making the case for the change, the applicant shared this photograph of the house as it was soon after it was moved to the site in the 1920s. The photo shows that the gabled roof was added to the original building.
Of equal interest in the picture is the building that is its focus, which bears a sign that reads "Hudson Dress Co." As Gossips discovered at few years ago, the Hudson Dress Co. was founded in 1919 by Isadore Krupnik in the "old Traver Mill building" on Diamond Street. When the picture below was taken, the company was known as Krupnik & Jitomir Hudson Dress Co.
The ghost of the sign can still be seen on the building, which is now the location of Kasuri.
In 1922, the Hudson Dress Company moved to a location farther up Columbia Street, to the building across an alley from 739 Columbia Street, which was the original St. Charles Hotel. COPYRIGHT 2023 CAROLE OSTERINK
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