New Beginnings For Our First Love
Patina opened its doors at 605 Franklin Street in November 2013. We transformed the building from a hair salon to our home-garden-gift store. Customers enjoyed being able to shop for home décor in a house setting. We especially received lots of compliments for the white-washed exterior. We enjoyed 9 years of business at this location but reached a point of too much inventory for the space. We started searching for a new home and were thrilled to find 111 S Columbus St. We more than doubled our space and can now provide more furniture which was what our customers had requested.
The house at 111 S Columbus has gone from a private residence to a rental home to a commercial building back and forth for over two hundred years. Built in 1798 by a prominent Quaker, the home has had several owners, has been enlarged to the rear, and embellished with woodwork in excellent taste. Well into its second century, a German housewife increased its size and turned it into a boarding house and restaurant. She and her family owned the house for seventy-three years, the longest period of any owner. Restored at great expense in 1976, this eighteenth-century house seems set for another hundred years.
Although 605 Franklin Street was our first love, we are delighted to introduce Belle Neal, the new owner, and proprietor of The Groomery. Belle is a certified master groomer who has studied both nationally and internationally. She specializes in grooming cats (yes, cats do need grooming!) as well as elderly dogs and animals with special needs. She has a lovely calm demeanor, and her clients appreciate it. The location is convenient for walk-ins which also helps to keep the anxiety level down in your pet. We wish her the best in her new location!
