This was a very tired old building situated on the central downtown corridor in on High Street in Somersworth NH. It began life in 1945 as a Ben Franklin Five & Dime what in the day was the equivalent of a Target store today. The store thrived as a central hub or retail activity downtown until the 1960’s when urban sprawl began and these retail establishments giving way to the large shopping malls that are now themselves being threatened by the eCommerce leaders like Amazon.

The store ultimately closed and the store wore many faces over the years from an arcade, various retail establishments and its last incarnation as a used furniture and goods store.