1920s Gas Station - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.523 W 091° 00.911
15S E 672939 N 4269676
This building has had a few face lifts, but photo #25 show the gas station look
Waymark Code: WM10QPG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2019
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: Elm St. & W. 4th St., NW corner, Washington
Built: 1920
Architectural Style: Craftsman
Classified: D & Commercial
Current Occupant: fern & sycamore
District Map
" ...The increased use of the automobile during
the 1920s prompted construction of public garages such as the building
at 21-17 Jefferson Street, as well as gas stations (Photo 825,
foreground) ... " ~ NRHP Nomination Form, PDF page 22
"Early Twentieth Century, circa 1905-1940, Coded D (Photos #6, 19, 23
through 26).
This group of twenty-one buildings includes numerous oneand
two-story commercial buildings, four residential buildings, a gas
station, depot, Masonic Lodge, and a parochial school. All show
influence of progressive 20th century design traditions, including
Craftsman, Bungaloid, Art Deco and Moderne. ... and in several commercial/residential buildings
which feature facades with glazed brick or terra cotta patterning along
with terra cotta stringcourses and cornice coping. These buildings usually employ rectangular
windows with tripart upper sash. ... A few circa 1935-40 buildings are
articulated in a more streamlined Moderne fashion, and typically are
faced with light colored glazed brick trimmed with horizontal bands of
darker brick. ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Commercial, Coded With Black Bar
This designation indicates that historically the building (or part of
it) was used for commercial purposes. Since very few properties were
constructed exclusively for commerce, the black bar code at the front of the property parcel generally refers to a first story storefront." ~ NRHP Nomination Form