815-817 Massachusetts - Lawrence's Downtown Historic District - Lawrence, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

(c. 1860s)

This two-part commercial block building, with design details typical of Early Twentieth Century Commercial buildings, has two storefronts and a unified second story which probably occurred as an alteration during this period. The tan brick second story has four pairs of 1/1 double-hung windows, each with simple stone sills and lintels. A projecting triple course of brick stretchers runs the full length of the façade above the windows. Below the projecting cornice of corbelled brick brackets are two rectangular panels formed by raised brick headers. Both storefronts have secondary entries leading to the second story at their south ends. Each storefront also has a recessed, centered entry flanked by display windows. The north storefront has Permastone veneer bulkheads and metal covering the transoms, while the south has marble bulkheads and Luxfor glass transoms. Both storefronts share a flat metal canopy.