ANAHEIM - An 80-year-old building, held together by its bare wooden frames, moved Monday to its permanent spot at the
entryway of downtown Anaheim.
Two trucks hauled the two-story structure, known as the Five Points Building, about 100 feet on Lincoln Avenue.
entryway of downtown Anaheim.
Two trucks hauled the two-story structure, known as the Five Points Building, about 100 feet on Lincoln Avenue.
The two-story Five Points Building was moved 100 feet
down Lincoln Avenue on Monday.
down Lincoln Avenue on Monday.
It was constructed in the early 1920s on Lincoln
Avenue and sits at the entryway to downtown Anaheim.
It was designed to fit the wedge-shaped parcel. Its
location, on Lincoln Avenue (then called County Road)
and West and Center streets, is at a five-point
intersection and gave the building its name.
The new site is about where the building sat for years
before the city moved it during a road expansion project.
The 1920s building will likely house loft apartments and
a restaurant once its restoration is complete in about 15
months, but plans for the building have not been
confirmed.
Clean City, an Anaheim developer known for its
restoration projects, is spearheading the Five Points
Building venture.
The city gave the building and the land where it now sits
to Clean City under the condition that it would
redevelop the building to historic-preservation
standards.
Clean City is spending about $1.2 million on the project,
maintaining the building's 1920s postwar appeal and
blending it in with the neighboring historic homes, said
P. Wayne Palmer, Clean City's director of operations.
Developers will work to salvage each piece of the aging
structure, he added.
Avenue and sits at the entryway to downtown Anaheim.
It was designed to fit the wedge-shaped parcel. Its
location, on Lincoln Avenue (then called County Road)
and West and Center streets, is at a five-point
intersection and gave the building its name.
The new site is about where the building sat for years
before the city moved it during a road expansion project.
The 1920s building will likely house loft apartments and
a restaurant once its restoration is complete in about 15
months, but plans for the building have not been
confirmed.
Clean City, an Anaheim developer known for its
restoration projects, is spearheading the Five Points
Building venture.
The city gave the building and the land where it now sits
to Clean City under the condition that it would
redevelop the building to historic-preservation
standards.
Clean City is spending about $1.2 million on the project,
maintaining the building's 1920s postwar appeal and
blending it in with the neighboring historic homes, said
P. Wayne Palmer, Clean City's director of operations.
Developers will work to salvage each piece of the aging
structure, he added.
| 5 Points Building prior to renovation project. |
"It doesn't look like much now. It'll take a lot of work, but when it's done, it will be all worth it," Palmer said. "We're going to bring
it back to life."
Community members and local preservationists have worked with developers and the city to restore the Five Points Building, which
had been home to a variety shop, bakery, cleaners and hat store. Also, a pharmacy in the building once served as a hangout for high
school students who snacked on malts and sodas.
The Five Points Building now sits across the street from a row of 1920s and 1930s houses.
The structure pulls together the historic look and feel of the neighborhood, said Joyce Morris, vice president of the Anaheim
Historical Society.
"Every morsel of history we have, we value very highly," Morris said. "It's a great entrance sign to say you are here in Anaheim -
sort of letting people know this is home."
it back to life."
Community members and local preservationists have worked with developers and the city to restore the Five Points Building, which
had been home to a variety shop, bakery, cleaners and hat store. Also, a pharmacy in the building once served as a hangout for high
school students who snacked on malts and sodas.
The Five Points Building now sits across the street from a row of 1920s and 1930s houses.
The structure pulls together the historic look and feel of the neighborhood, said Joyce Morris, vice president of the Anaheim
Historical Society.
"Every morsel of history we have, we value very highly," Morris said. "It's a great entrance sign to say you are here in Anaheim -
sort of letting people know this is home."