diff --git a/src/tables.jl b/src/tables.jl
index fb0b56e..4ff80cb 100644
--- a/src/tables.jl
+++ b/src/tables.jl
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ function getvalue(
     rownumber == q.current_rownumber[] || wrongrow(rownumber)
     handle = _get_stmt_handle(q.stmt)
     t = C.sqlite3_column_type(handle, col - 1)
-    if t == C.SQLITE_NULL
-        return missing
-    end
-    TT = juliatype(t) # native SQLite Int, Float, and Text types
-    return sqlitevalue(ifelse(TT === Any && !isbitstype(T), T, TT), handle, col)
+    # branch on the storage class so each read is a static call
+    t == C.SQLITE_NULL && return missing
+    t == C.SQLITE_INTEGER && return C.sqlite3_column_int64(handle, col - 1)
+    t == C.SQLITE_FLOAT && return C.sqlite3_column_double(handle, col - 1)
+    t == C.SQLITE_TEXT && return sqlitevalue(String, handle, col)
+    return sqlitevalue(isbitstype(T) ? Any : T, handle, col)
 end
 
 function Tables.getcolumn(r::Row, ::Type{T}, i::Int, nm::Symbol) where {T}
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ end
 function Tables.getcolumn(r::Row, i::Int)
     Tables.getcolumn(r, getquery(r).types[i], i, getquery(r).names[i])
 end
+# non-strict values don't depend on the column type; skip dispatching on it
+Tables.getcolumn(r::Row{false}, i::Int) = getvalue(getquery(r), i, getfield(r, :rownumber), Any)
 function Tables.getcolumn(r::Row, nm::Symbol)
     Tables.getcolumn(r, getquery(r).lookup[nm])
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5b31a2d..5205218 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1126,6 +1126,21 @@ end
         end
     end
 
+    @testset "Non-strict values follow each value's storage class" begin
+        db = SQLite.DB()
+        DBInterface.execute(db, "CREATE TABLE mixed (x INTEGER)")
+        for v in (1, 1.5, "abc", :sym, UInt8[0x01, 0x02], missing)
+            DBInterface.execute(db, "INSERT INTO mixed VALUES (?)", (v,))
+        end
+        expected = [1, 1.5, "abc", :sym, UInt8[0x01, 0x02], missing]
+        @test isequal([row.x for row in DBInterface.execute(db, "SELECT x FROM mixed")], expected)
+        @test isequal(columntable(DBInterface.execute(db, "SELECT x FROM mixed")).x, expected)
+        # strict rows read through each column's inferred type
+        row = first(DBInterface.execute(DBInterface.prepare(db, "SELECT 1 AS i, 1.5 AS f"), (); strict = true))
+        @test row.i === 1 && row.f === 1.5
+        close(db)
+    end
+
     @testset "strict mode" begin
         @testset "Issue #353: ALTER TABLE on a STRICT table" begin
             for strict in (false, true)