Mills Building - South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District - Topeka, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Contributing
1912, alt. c. 1950
Architect: James C Holland
Late 19th & 20th Century Classical Revival

This eight-story three-part vertical block has brick walls with decorative brickwork and stone trim. Stone beltcourses divide the primary north and east facades at the second and sixth stories into the two-story base, four-story shaft, and two-story capital. The base contains rows of aluminum storefronts on the first floor and polished granite panels on the second floor. The four-story shaft contains brick pilasters that divide the façade into bays. Non-historic windows fill the historic masonry openings of each bay. Spandrel panels contain patterned brickwork. Two-story brick pilasters with polychrome brick patterns distinguish bays on the upper two stories. A stone cornice with dentils and scroll brackets caps the Classical Revival building.