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 Brittian-Richardson & Company Building - St. Joseph, Missouri Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 46.081 W 094° 51.334
15S E 341069 N 4403656
This four-story red brick High Victorian Italianate warehouse building is located at 224 N. 4th in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMYFJK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2018
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The Wholesale Row Historic District is contained within Block 42 in the original town of the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. It is a commercial district, originally developed for wholesale use and later used partially for manufacturing.
The area on the western edge of the central edge of the central business district is two blocks north of the Market Square Historic District which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places prior to its almost total demolition by the local Land Clearance for Urban Renewal office in 1973. A fragment of the Market Square district survives in the revised National Register entry, Missouri Valley Trust Company Historic District. To the northeast of the district is the Buchanan County Courthouse, constructed 1873-1876, also enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places. To the east, west and south of the extant buildings were former commercial buildings of similar architectural style which have been demolished, thus reducing this grouping of late, nineteenth century warehouse structures and making it all the more urgent to recognize the examples which remain in this downtown area which is experiencing a rapid rate of clearance.
The district includes five (now four) High Victorian Italianate warehouse buildings:
1. (no longer standing) Noyes-Norman Building 209-211 N. 3rd St., constructed 1872. It is the earliest of the extant buildings in this wholesale district.
2. R.L. McDonald and Co. Building, also known as the Big Smith Building, 202 N. 4th St., constructed 1880. This building is now unoccupied but is undergoing appropriate renovation by an investment company which owns it.
3. Englehart-Winning & Co. [south] Building, 212 N. 4th St., constructed 1880 and now unoccupied.
4. Englehart-Winning & Co. [north] Building, now the Boston House and Window Cleaning Co., 216-218 N. 4th St., constructed 1884.
5. Brittian-Richardson & Co. Building, now unoccupied, 224 N. 4th., constructed 1882.
- Wholesale Row District National Register Application
This four-story, three-bay building has cast iron mullions in its street level show windows on an otherwise masonry (stone and brick) facade. Bracketed entablatures separate the first and second, and the third and fourth stories.
A paneled stone band divides the second and third stories. Openings on the east facade and most of the north facade openings have keystone lintels. The central, front bay is emphasized with richer ornamentation than the flanking bays. The north facade has engaged stone pilasters and stringcourses dividing and ornamenting it.
- Building Description in Wholesale Row District National Register Application
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: no
Year Built: 1882
Web Address: Not listed
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