George M. Houston Drugstore/Post Office/ Mrs. L. Kravenger Dry Goods - Harrisonville, Missouri - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

102-104 S. Independence Street
(before 1885)

Two-story, Italianate style, painted brick commercial building. This building is built on a stone foundation and has a flat tar and gravel roof. The entrance for 102, a modern aluminum frame glass door with a fixed single light transom, is recessed. Modern plate glass display windows with wooden bulkhead flank the entrance. The transom area is covered with wood. The entrance for 104, a single light wood frame door, is also recessed. The door has a two light transom and sidelights. The entryway is sheltered by a flat, rounded roof. The deck of the entryway is wood. Flanking the entrance are modern display windows. Cast-iron pilasters frame the entrance and display windows. The transom area is covered with board and batten. The second story entrance, a wood and glass panel door with painted transom, is centrally placed. The glass panel of the door has three lights.

Fenestration at the second story level consists of segmental arched window openings with metal lug sills and pediment hood molds. The four northernmost windows are double-hung, wood sash with 2/2 lights. The remaining windows, located in the lower half of the original openings, are modern double-hung, aluminum sash with 6/6 lights. The upper-half of each opening is covered with wood. A castiron lintel with flueron motif, separating the storefront level from the second floor, is located at the northern section of the building. Decorative brackets with triangular motif and a frieze with fleuron motif comprise the metal cornice. Brick string coursing runs below the cornice. (Contributing)