313-315 N. Holden St - Holden and Pine Streets Commercial Historic District - Warrensburg, Mo. - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Contributing Building
1897

313-15 N. Holden St. comprises the south half of the Cord/Lobban/Smith Building Block at 313-319 N. Holden Street. The two-story two-part commercial block has brick and stone cladding and a flat roof. A bracketed, pressed-metal cornice with a raised center pediment caps each half of the building. The center of the raised pediment has letters in relief that read “1897” on the north half and “1897/C.W. CORD” on the south half. Stone piers with bracket capitals on the first story frame each half of the primary (east) elevation and continue to the top of the building. The primary elevation has six bays.

The south half of the primary elevation (313 N. Holden) has three bays; the second story fenestration defines the bays. Non-historic brick infill clads the first story. A glazed aluminum door flanked by aluminum display windows fills the storefront. A dentillated cornice divides the first and second stories. Alternating courses of dressed and cut stone clad the second story. One-over-one round-arch wood windows fill the second story window openings; windows in the outer bays have simulated muntin grids and the top light in the center window has plywood infill. A bas-relief scroll design ornaments the window sills; the lintels are cut stone. Businesses housed in this building included a drugstore (1914-1945), Fowler Paint and Paper Store (1958-1963), Slattery Appliances (1967), and Johnson County Title Company (1972-present).

The north half of the primary elevation (315 N. Holden) has three bays; the second story fenestration defines the bays. On the first story, a glazed aluminum door with fixed transom flanked by two-part aluminum display windows fills the storefront. A glazed aluminum door with fixed transom north of the storefront accesses the second story. A metal transom spans the length of the façade; a frosted glass window etched with the words “Eureka Lodge 88/I.O.O.F.” pierces the transom. A dentillated cornice divides the first and second stories. Alternating courses of dressed and cut stone clad the second story. One-over-one round-arch wood windows fill the second story window openings; the top light in the center window has plywood infill and a louvered vent. A bas-relief scroll design ornaments the window sills; the lintels are cut stone. Businesses housed in this building included a restaurant (1913), Maxwell Plumbing and Heating (1958), and Warrensburg Typewriter Company (1963-1972).

Despite alterations to the storefront such as the brick veneer infill on the south half of the first story, this ts historic commercial function and the era in which it was constructed, rendering it contributing to the District.