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The Downtowner Tavern replaced the Super Bar by March 1952, when it held a {{w|St. Patrick's Day}} party.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57715715/the-journal-times/ Advertisement], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 17, 1952, page nineteen.</ref> In April 1954, the tavern's license was temporarily revoked after the City Council discovered that Lloyd Berg, one of the tavern operators, had not been a Racine resident for at least two years and thus did not meet the license qualifications.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57730709/the-journal-times/ "Close Tavern Over License"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 8, 1954, page four.</ref> On the night of March 25, 1955, two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing $1,000 from the Downtowner.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57732002/the-journal-times/ "City Briefs"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 27, 1955, page four.</ref> In addition to the tavern, 232 Main Street was also home to Berg & Feil Construction Company, which was operated by the tavern owners Melvin Feil and Lloyd Berg. After Feil's death in a plane crash in April 1955, the construction company filed for bankruptcy in October 1955.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57734337/the-journal-times/ "Berg & Feil Go Bankrupt"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 7, 1955, page 22.</ref>
Louis Hegemen, the owner of the Downtowner in 1957, faced two court charges for "permitting a minor to linger and loiter" in the tavern in August<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57734683/the-journal-times/ "Happenings in the City"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 20, 1957, page four.</ref> and December of that year,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57734756/the-journal-times/ "Happenings in the City"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 20, 1957, page four.</ref> and again in September 1958.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57735008/the-journal-times/ "Happenings in the City"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 8, 1958, page four.</ref> In July 1961, Hegeman pled guilty to a violation of the "30 day liquor payment law," after purchasing "alcoholic beverages from one dealer without paying for a supply purchased 283 days earlier from another dealer," for which he was fined $25 in Municipal Court. <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57735255/the-journal-times/ "Happenings in the City"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 17, 1961, page 5.</ref> The Downtowner celebrated its sixth anniversary under Hegeman's ownership on October 3, 1961.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57735570/the-journal-times/ Advertisement], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 3, 1961, page 17.</ref> On September 8, 1962, a {{w|davenport (sofa)|davenport}} in the building's upstairs apartment caught fire after a lit cigarette was discarded.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57735765/the-journal-times/ "City Briefs"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 9, 1962, page 6A.</ref>
===Vacancy, collapse, and restoration (1963–1988)===
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The first business occupant at 232 Main Street after the renovation was A Touch of Glass, a stained glass and hand-blown glass art supply store which opened before the end of 1988.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57739461/the-journal-times/ Advertisement], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 9, 1988, page 2D.</ref> Pam Brefka and Richard Worrell opened Shear Madness, a hair salon, in the building in January 1993.<ref>Vallone, Charles S. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57739616/the-journal-times/ "New salon"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 12, 1993, page 4A.</ref>
The Main Credentials salon was located in the building before 2017, when it moved to [[309 Main Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|309 Main Street]].<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/downtown-a-busy-business-bee-hive/article_94f45c6e-00f3-502d-8db0-ee2127d8f468.html "Downtown: A busy business bee hive"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 30, 2017.</ref> Little Glass Bird Artful Objects, an art gallery, opened in the building in December 2017.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/little-glass-bird-gallery-lands-downtown/article_22d8b240-124e-520f-8d79-c27ebdb397b9.html "Little Glass Bird gallery lands Downtown"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 2, 2017.</ref> On March 27, 2020, Little Glass Bird owner Lori Lund sold the building to Pensio Libertas LLC of [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=property-record/>
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