Frank Stephens Co. - Eagle Lake, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 35.295 W 096° 20.066
14R E 758191 N 3276128
The front of this building is 121 E. Main, the sign and coordinates are behind and to the right of the building.
Waymark Code: WMWCA1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
Views: 0
From the National Registry of Historic Places Registration Form:
The Ficklen-Frank Stephens Building (123 E. Main St., 1885-86) was constmcted by the Vineyard & Walker Company and acquired by Frank Stephens in 1900, a date which appears with his name on the facade. Warehouses to the rear of the original structure were connected to it in 1907, increasing the building's total length to 212 feet. An adjoining building, the Frank Stephens Co. Building, (121 E. Main St., 1909) is the same size and design. Both were occupied by the Frank Stephens Company; that name, as well as the dates 1900 and 1909, appears on the comices of these buildings. The updated storefronts on either side are similar, with metal-framed window walls surrounding double entry doors. Above a single wooden awning, arched windows are set into panels surrounded by brick pilasters, each of which give the impression of silhouetted columns with wide bases and modest capitals. Four windows of this design appear on the older building, but only three on the newer. The original building also features a tall, slender open arch of protmding brickwork on the center of the second story facade. Crowning both buildings is an elaborate bracketed comice with a floral-swag molding and the proprietor's name. The comice is painted in shades of blue, while the floral molding is painted red on the original building and white on the newer one.
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