The property spans approximately 0.3 acres and consists of three adjacent parcels at the northeast corner of North Main Street and East Perry Street. The central and western portions are occupied by a 10,883-square-foot commercial building and a 1,402-square-foot attached service garage. The eastern portion is currently a gravel-covered parking lot.
Historically, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the site hosted a diverse range of businesses, including a furniture store, jewelry store, dry goods store, drugstore, saloon, undertaker, wool store, candy store, novelty store, poultry store, meat store, and office spaces. By 1907, all the original structures were demolished, and the site remained vacant until 1913 when it was developed with an auto repair garage and a two-story building, which served as an office, showroom, and second-floor apartment. Over time, the building housed several businesses, including Reinhart Chevrolet Sales, John C. Stiver Chev-Oldsmobile & Pontiac Inc., and Winkle Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Pontiac, Inc. Today, the building is utilized by the Village of Paulding Utilities and Streets Department for vehicle maintenance, storage, and office space.
From 1944 to the early 1990s, the eastern portion of the property hosted a gasoline station. The station was demolished in the early 1990s, and the underground storage tanks were removed. Since then, this area has been used as a parking lot and storage space, with the Village of Paulding continuing to use it for exterior equipment storage and parking.
The Phase I Environmental Assessment (PA) identified Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) and Areas of Concern (IAs), including the former gasoline station and auto repair operations. The Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), conducted in July 2024, found that concentrations of VOCs, PAHs, and VAP metals were below the U.S. EPA's Vapor Intrusion (VAP) Groundwater-to-Soil Concentration (GDCS) standards for residential or commercial/industrial land use. As the property is currently in commercial use and is expected to remain so, no soil remediation is required to comply with commercial/industrial land use standards.
However, sub-slab and soil gas concentrations exceeded the U.S. EPA's Vapor Intrusion Screening Levels (VISL) for residential and commercial/industrial land use. As the building is scheduled for demolition, any potential for vapor intrusion into the building is anticipated to be mitigated.