The Antique Peddler - Oskaloosa, Ia. - Antique Shops on Waymarking.com

Date of Construction: Between 1912 & 1917

Information taken from pages 18 & 19 of the pdf for Type V buildings and pages 106 & 107 of the pdf on the specific building.

Type V Building - Type V buildings are, again, the standard rectangular commercial box with loadbearing masonry walls. Most of these buildings are two-stories in height, only four examples are three-story buildings. The only one-story building in the entire district is also of this type. The bricks of the Type V facade are slightly larger than those of the earlier building types and display a new range of color: from tan to dark brown, with a marked gradation within each color. Textures have changed, too. Several Type V building facades are constructed of the rough, striated bricks newly popular at this time.

At their second levels, Type V buildings have wide, double-hung windows with large single pane sashes. Windows are either paired or regular spaced. The approximate 2:1 proportions of the windows and the examples of paired windows reinforce the new horizontality of the facades. On many of these buildings, ornament is limited to horizontal bands of raised or recessed brick laid in repetitive rectilinear patterns. These decorative brick bands run the full width of the facade, usually just above the upper level windows, and are commonly of a contrasting color. Simple corbeled brick cornices are also common, as are name and date plaques. A stepped parapet appears on one building of this type.

As with other buildings of this district, the street level facade of Type V buildings have been repeatedly renovated so that original materials, in many cases, have been lost.

Specific to building - Architect is unknown. Storefront altered, shutters added on 2nd level.

Although this is not a particularly outstanding example of its type (Type V) due to its vertically proportioned windows, it is nevertheless intact. It could be considered a transitional structure, exhibiting aspects of Victorian (vertical proportions in windows) and commercial brick (stumpy massing, horizontal striping of textured brick).

History of the building tenants:
1889 - No Entry
1902 - Oskaloosa Times Office
1911 - C. Glover, Smithy (Residence)
1925 - Herbert Killups, D.V.
1936 - Herbert Killups, D.V.
1954 - H.C. Bos, M.D.