This corner building, originally built in 1948 in 1920-30’s Art Décor style, housed Free-Hart Bakery, owned by Lon Freeman and Richard Englehardt. The building was used exclusively as a bakery until 1960 when Fred’s Discount Store moved into a portion of the building. By the late 1970s, the building was entirely Fred’s. However, the Englehardt descendants still owned the building until they sold it to Jim Mauldin in January of 2021. Plans were made for the building to be reminiscent of its previous days. The 1920’s black, vintage-style glass that goes around the outside of the window frames had broken and needed to be replaced. Since this glass was no longer available and in keeping with the original design, Mauldin found a company in Italy who makes a porcelain tile that looks like the glass and had the glass replaced.
