In the middle of the 300 block of North New Hampshire Street in downtown Covington, on the east side of the street, there is a one story brick building currently undergoing renovations. The location is in the process of being converted to a future restaurant.
On the south side its neighbor is the old courthouse building and on the north side is the Star Theater.
Last year this is how it looked. It housed two attorneys offices and a barber shop.
This is how it looked in early September of 2022
Work crews were getting ready for the delivery of a big oven
The view of the back of the building, with the microwave tower in the distance and the Star Theater on the right.
Interesting that the same location was an oyster saloon in 1904, according to the Sanborn Map of that year.
On the 1915 map it was labelled as a restaurant.
And on the 1927 map it was still a restaurant.
Here's a view of the building in 1973....
By 1983 it was serving as attorney offices
And in 1997, it survived the downtown tornado with minimum damage.
