Jewell Warehouse/W.R. Rannie Plumbing Shop - 1900 - Grants Pass, OR
N 42° 26.309 W 123° 19.688
10T E 473012 N 4698514
This dated historical building resides withing the G Street Historic District but is a non-contributing building located on H Street.
Waymark Code: WMN8KP
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2015
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*NOTE* I have only waymarked the dated buildings within the G Street Historic District (or near it) that aren't contributing buildings for failing to maintain original historical integrity but have been noted by the Josephine County Historical Society as containing historical merit nonetheless.
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This dated building is known as the Jewell Warehouse/W.R. Rannie Plumbing Shop and erected in 1900. The following text is taken from the G Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places nomination form to describe this building's history:
ID No. 026 - Historic Name: Jewell Warehouse/W.R. Rannie Plumbing Shop
Built: c. 1900
This lot first provided warehouse space for the Sherer-Judson and, after the 1899, the Fry-Jewell Hardware Company that occupied the storefront at 220 South Sixth[Site No. 029]. This use continued at least through 1907. By 1911 the building was apparently being used to store hay. In 1930 a W.R. Rannie owned the building and was operating his "Plumbing and Tinning Shop" here.(JoCtyDeed 71:262) The 1948 city directories list this site as the Rogue River Hardware, Industrial Division.
A simple, one-story, brick volume, the facade of this building has been moderately altered for subsequent retail/service uses. Simply detailed, it retains an early appearing entry and three-part facade, with a wide frieze area above over-sized awning. It is now the site of restaurant. Historically, unlike the two buildings to the west, the structure at this location did not extend the full depth of the lot [i.e. the full 100' from H Street to the alleyway that bisects Block 49]. A shed-roof addition of unknown date has been added to the original volume, extends the rear of the building toward the north property line.
While generally compatible in scale with the district and relating the modest appearance of the warehouses which originally lined this street, obscured details and inappropriate treatments combine to limit the ability of the Jewell Warehouse\W.R. Rannie Plumbing Shop to covey its original period of development within the G Street Historic District.
The Oregon Historical Sites Database contains a web link to the Jewell Warehouse/W.R. Rannie Plumbing Shop within the G Street Historic District and can be accessed here (you can open the PDF form in the upper left corner).