Knight, Joe, Building - Lebanon, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 40.785 W 092° 39.898
15S E 529542 N 4170336
Historic commercial building now a restaurant in downtown Lebanon, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMCXE8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2011
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"The Joe Knight building is located at 201 W. Commercial Street in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. Constructed in 1948, it is a three-story tall, Streamline Moderne building, with brick walls and a flat roof. It sits at the southwest comer of W. Commercial and Madison Streets in the central commercial district of Lebanon. It is a long narrow building, with curved comers and glass block windows. The short end of the building faces Commercial Street, and the long side wall faces Madison. The ground floor is slightly recessed and sheltered by a simple flat canopy, which curves out over a corner entrance on Commercial Street. The exterior walls feature string courses of darker brick, and horizontal bands of windows, and the curved corners are accented by large curved glass block walls. Dark bricks are also used to spell out "Joe Knight '48" and "Knight" on the main elevations. The interior spaces of the building feature extensive use of glazed ceramic blocks, with glass block accents" - National Register nomination
The building was built in 1948 for pharmacist Joe Knight, and it housed Knight's Drug store until his retirement in 1977 at the age of 81.
The building is in good condition and currently serves as a restaurant named Madison Street Grill.