The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and then underwent an extensive, certified historic rehab. Joe Vaccaro originally built a one story building in 1921 to house his growing soda water manufacturing and bottling business. The next year he added the rest of the building, which included a reception hall on the second floor, and a partial third story penthouse, where he intended to live with his wife. They lived in an apartment building, next door (which has since been demolished), and never finished out the penthouse. The reception hall played an important role in the Italian community, which dominated the neighborhood at that time, hosting numerous wedding receptions and dances. After Joe died in 1959, Albert LaSala (owner of the famous LaSala's Deli, next door) bought the building and continued to use it to host receptions and dances. In 1965, he turned the penthouse into a pistol range. A building permit from 1974 shows the building was used as a Moose Lodge, and after that, it was sold to Bob Brandt, who used it for his business, Metro Service, which did fire and water damage restoration. "Vaccaro's Hall, circa 1935" "Funeral, July 28,1930"