Located in the heart of the Tobacco Warehouse Historic District on a corner lot, this Art Deco structure was added to the front of a Victorian home in 1947 to create the V-C Restaurant on demand of a thriving regional tobacco market. Wilson Street was a residential area that provided dwellings and business locations to the immigrant Jewish and Greek populations that literally stepped off the nearby train service, which commenced operations in 1856. Old timers often referred to Wilson Street as Kugel Street since the Orthodox Synagogue was nearby. Numerous Greek restaurants and Jewish merchants worked here beneath their residences on the upper levels and earned the moniker, Jerusalem, for the neighborhood.
The restaurant, which encompasses 2700 sq. ft. of space on the street level, features a functioning kitchen and prep room with basement storage, a double-horseshoe style counter, and a dining room. The décor of the restaurant includes a pressed tin ceiling, neon light tubes in the windows, 30 period chrome bar stools, and 4-top tables with a seating capacity of 75. Upstairs over the restaurant, two apartments were built for the owners and family members. The occupied apartment has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, living room and the vacant apartment provides 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, and living room. These residential units and a 300 sq. ft. office in need of rehab are all accessed via exterior stairwells from the street.
At the rear of the restaurant are 3 retail spaces that each offer approximately 880 sq. ft. of space with private lavatories. Existing tenants occupy on a month to month basis at below market rents. The adjoining downtown and TWD are experiencing a renaissance in close proximity with the location of Luna NanoWorks, 2 projects that are creating 52 residential condos, and conversion of a hotel for university studio apartments. Pedestrian amenities include Danville Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Carrington Pavilion, Community Farmers’ Market, Riverwalk Trail, the Register Publishing Co., City Hall, Courts & Police Dept., and Amtrak service to New York & New Orleans.
Priced at $249,900 Shown only by appointment
Susan Stilwell, Historic Specialist
heritageva99@hotmail.com
434.548.4816
Century 21 Manasco Realty 434.792.3000, Ext. 22
