Then and Now #7 - Doctors' Grace Building

📍The Doctors' Grace Office building, at 452 Washington Street, was originally constructed in 1914 at the behest of Drs. Clarence M Grace, H. M. Grace, and Arthur J. Simpson🩺. It was designed by local architect R. Warren Roberts and finished around 1916🏗️. In 1923, Dr. Simpson left the group after a falling out, and a reported fistfight🥊 with Dr. H. M. Grace. From 1923 until 1963 the building continued to be used for a mix of doctor's offices🏥 and apartments. First as the offices of the father and son Drs Grace and later as the offices of Charles M. Grace (son of Clarence Grace and Grandson of H. M. Grace) and Dr. W. L. Fair. Dr. John Neal also worked out of the building in the late 1950s. By 1964 the building was the office of Gilbert Cox who managed MFA insurance📋. A decade later, Chillicothe Baptist Temple⛪ used the building. From 1978 till around 2014 a variety of professionals used the office spaces in the building and multiple salons and a gift shop occupied another part of the building throughout the time it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gibson. In 2015 Nathan Zabka purchased the property and since then the building's inside has been remodeled🛠️. The front of the building is, at time of writing, occupied by Shooter ’s Tap Room and Kitchen, though they plan on moving soon. The remaining portion of the building has remained apartments as they have been for most of the lifetime of the structure.