After decades at 425 N Main St in Hendersonville, landmark Swanson’s organ, piano, and gift shop closed. Word on the street is, what’s about to happen should be a winner.
Not too long after Swanson and Sons Management, LLC put the building up for sale, it caught the eye of Franklin, NC based Vandrake Investments, LLC.
And it looks like it didn’t take too long after the mid-February, 2019 sale for the new owners to begin demolition work on the 1896 building.
Word on the street is that it’s going to be a coffee shop/wine bar at street level and an apartment upstairs.
Just look at that original rock wall! I’m so hoping they can save that and incorporate it into the new space. So many cool things you could do with that.
There’s a LOT of brick in Hendersonville. Much of it is original to the historic buildings lining Main Street. It’s especially nice when that, too, can be incorporated into new use designs. Imagine what those walls have heard over more than a century in this mountain town.
Main Street recently lost a coffee shop on it’s southern end, leaving Black Bear Coffee Co at 318 N Main St to support the coffee habits of locals and visitors on their own. They’re one block away, on the other side of the street from this new coffee shop (if that’s what it’s really going to be). But given what I’ve been able to learn about the new owners at 425 N Main, I’m thinking this coffee shop/wine bar is going to have a totally different vibe than Black Bear.
Disclaimer: I could be completely wrong, but don’t think so! 🙂