Wood's Building - West Ninth Street/Baltimore Avenue Historic District - Kansas City, Mo.
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N 39° 06.212 W 094° 35.054
15S E 363015 N 4329460
This three-story red brick building is located at 101 West Ninth Street in Kansas City, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMM78J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2014
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From the National Register application:
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"The Wood's Building, located at the southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and West Ninth Street, is a three-story brick and mill structure of conventional Late Nineteenth century commercial design. Constructed in 1881, the building consists of a rectangular basement and first story. The second and third stories are designed in an asymmetrical L-shape plan. The exterior embellishments are applied along the north and east facades. The south and west facades are unadorned. Portion: of the west facade share a common wall with Wright House Hotel. On the north, east and areas of the south facade, the original red brick face has been painted sky blue and off-white.
On the north facade, the ground story is into four bays, each containing store fronts surmounted by glass transoms. The main entrance is recessed within the second bay from the east. A metal entablature was originally placed above the first story. The second and third stories consist of thirteen segmented-arch, double-sash windows, with white stone forming sills and arched lintels. The third-story windows are of smaller size than those on the second story. The parapet is ornamented by a metal entablature composed of a projecting cornice supported by paired brackets.
On the east facade, the extreme north edge of the facade with a protruding surface identically repeats the fenestration of the north facade. The remaining portion of the facade contains a secondary side entrance surmounted by sash windows with additional windows placed on the ground story. Originally the first story consisted of small segmented-arch windows aligned to those of the upper stories with a side entrance near the extreme south edge of the facade. The parapet, originally crowned by four chimneys, is embellished with brick corbelling."