Joplin Supply Company – Joplin, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Joplin Supply Company Building, at 228 South Joplin Avenue in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, is a five-story, two-part vertical block commercial building. It is located on the north side of downtown Joplin, one block west of Main Street. Constructed in 1923 by the Joplin Supply Company, the building functioned as an auto and tractor showroom and as an assembly plant for Ford Model T cars from the time it was built until 1931. It has a steel reinforced concrete structure, brick exterior walls, large multi-pane windows and simple stone detailing. The building occupies a corner lot, and the two street elevations are more highly detailed than the other two walls. The façade faces east to South Joplin Street, and the south wall faces West Third Street. The street elevations feature open storefronts with prism glass transoms along the first floor, and even bays of windows fill the upper floors. The other two elevations are fairly simple, with concrete and brick walls, and banks of industrial metal windows. The formal entrance to the building is centered on the ground floor of the fapde. Like the large display windows of the storefronts, the entrance doors and surrounding trim are fully intact beneath temporary metal coverings. The ground floor of the interior includes an open, relatively formal display room in the front of the ground floor, along with a low mezzanine and other support spaces to the rear. The upper floors all have open plans, with rows of plain square concrete posts and exposed concrete support beams and floors. The building occupies almost all of the lot, and it is the only resource on the property. The period of significance for the property runs from 1922, the year construction on the building was completed, to 1931, the year the last Ford Model T was assembled there. The building has seen few changes of note, either inside or out, since the period of significance, and it appears today very much as it did in
the 1920s.

– National Register Nomination

The building appears to be in good condition and is currently residential apartments.

Street address: 228 S. Joplin Ave. Joplin, Missouri County / Borough / Parish: Jasper Year listed: 2007 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924; 1925-1949 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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