531 Main Street , Mount Hope, WV 25880(Fayette County)

Bon Bon opened in the roaring 1920s shortly after America had won the Great War. The Bonifacio Familys soda fountain and candy shop was the local gathering place for residents for many years. The Bon Bon building is actually two adjoined storefronts that were completed around 1912, soon after the great fire of 1910 that destroyed nearly all of Mt. Hope. A local coal mining company used the location for headquarters until about 1920. Sam and Mary Bonifacio brought the property and the rest in an incredible history of serving Mt. Hope and the outlying communities. The Bonifacio Family founded Bon Bons Confectionery and Hardware in 1920, back in the day when small town shopping was in its heyday. The business operated dually as a soda fountain and as a shoe cobbler shop. Mr. Bonifacio soon afterwards transitioned from working as a cobbler, choosing to run a confectionary and a hardware store. The era of the hardware stored ended in 1968. Mr. Bonifacios children found running both businesses to be too much for just the three of them. The hardware store was repurposed to become a storage area. The confectionery continued to be a hang-out spot for local teenagers until the public schools consolidated. This landmark Mt. Hope business continued until recently when Phyllis Bonifacio stepped back and closed the doors. Brothers Dean and Doug Bonifacio still own the property and are active in decorating the front store windows.

HIGHLIGHTS AND ATTRIBUTES

Income Producing

Legacy business with 100 + years

Prominent Main Street property, high visibility

Mt. Hope could become the next Gatlinburg because of the Park and Scouts

Three historic storefronts with approx. 13,083 sq. ft., according to tax records

Only steps away from the police department

Only a few steps to the Mayors office and city hall

Across the street from the very active Pendleton Community Bank

Law office and other offices are just a few steps across the street

Three homes are currently rented

Includes ten residential units, seven with tenants

Large storekeepers residence

Within the Mount Hope National Historic District

Store buildings eligible for historical grants and tax credits

Featured on the American Pickers television series

One mile from US-19 New River Gorge Expressway

One mile to Bechtel Scout Reserve and National Jamboree site

Five miles to New River Gorge National Park & Preserve

Five miles to I-77 and I-64 expressways at North Beckley

LOCATION

Google Coordinates: 37.892859(N), -81.167405(W)

Address: 531 Main St., Mt. Hope, WV 25880

Elevation: 1760 ft. +/-

BON BON CONFECTIONARY AND HARDWARE

Three historic storefront buildings on Main Street and three houses in a courtyard behind them are being sold as a collection of income-producing properties. The commercial buildings have long housed family-owned stores central to the Mount Hope National Historic District and were featured on the American Pickers television series.

Ideally situated to take advantage of the regions burgeoning tourism industry, the buildings are less than a mile from the US-19 expressway, the primary traffic route through the northern New River Gorge market area. The community has often been cited as the gateway to the central New River Gorge National Park & Preserve and is some 15 miles south of the world-famous New River Gorge Bridge and five from the boundary of the park.

THE COMMERCIAL STOREFRONTS ON MAIN STREET

531 MAIN STREET, COMMERCIAL

Address:531 MAIN ST

Class Type: Commercial

Parcel ID 10-08-0009-0200

County 10: Fayette

Deed Book 91 Page 440

District: 8 Mount Hope Corp Map 0009 Parcel No. 0200

Tax Class: 4

Deeded Acres: 0.129

Legal Description: LOT 19 MAIN ST STORE & APT BLDG

Tax Class: 2

Deed Book 91 Page 440 Deeded Acres 0.129

Property Class: C Commercial