Lesher's Store/ Lesher's 5 and 10
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7 and 9 North Seventh Street

Images from the Perkasie Historical Society Collection and Rick Doll

The building where Lesher’s was located was constructed around 1894. Phillip Cressman, the owner of the American House Hotel, who also built a new hotel building at this time, built it. The Grand Bazaar and Kulp Brothers stores were located in this building before Lesher’s moved there in 1933.

Lesher’s store was a combination of the Victory Store (613 Market St.) and Schmidt's 5&10 (Walnut St.).  A.A. Lesher opened the store in 1926 as Beer’s Variety Store. It was initially located at 613 Market Street and in 1928 the store relocated next to the post office on 7th St. In 1933 Lesher’s moved to 7th St in the former Kulp Brothers store building, and the name of the store changed to Lesher’s  Ben Franklin League Retail Store. Later the name changed to Lesher’s 5-10-$1.00 Store. The store was destroyed in the fire of 1988 and the property became an empty lot and for a while the location of the summer farmer's market. 

In 2016, a new retail and residential building was constructed on the site currently (2020) housing such businesses as Old Glory Barber Shop

Reference:  Perkasie Historical Society archives