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

Contributing Building
1897

319 N. Holden St. comprises the north quarter of the Cord/Lobban/Smith Building Block at 313-319 N. Holden Street. The two-story two-part commercial block has stone cladding and a flat roof. A bracketed, pressed-metal cornice with a raised center panel caps the building. Stone piers with bracket capitals on the first story frame the primary (east) elevation and continue to the top of the building. The primary elevation has three bays; the second story fenestration defines the bays. On the first story, a glazed wood door with sidelight and fixed transom fills the recessed entrance in the center of the wood paneled storefront. Narrow display windows flank the entrance. A vinyl door north of the storefront accesses the second story. A fabric awning shades the first story. A dentillated cornice with center balcony platform and wrought iron balcony railing divides the first and second stories. Alternating courses of dressed and cut stone clad the second story; a stone relief colonnade flanks the window openings. One-over-one double-hung vinyl windows fill the second story window openings; the paired center windows have fixed upper sashes and an infilled arched transom. A bas-relief scroll design ornaments the window sills; the lintels are cut stone arches. Businesses housed in this building included Connor Brothers (1913), Teen Town (1958), and Krazy Korner Raceway (1967). This building retains integrity and clearly communicates its historic commercial function and the era in which it was constructed, rendering it contributing to the District.