117 West Argonne Drive - Downtown Kirkwood Historic District - Kirkwood, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 34.879 W 090° 24.433
15S E 725848 N 4273504
connections made now this and 119 are operated as one store....even though separate buildings.
Waymark Code: WMZ4P2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2018
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County of building: St. Louis County
Location of building: W. Argonne Dr., middle of block, north side, Kirkwood
Built: 1925
Style: Commercial
Original Occupant: Ellman Department Store
Current Occupant: Baygents Company
"117 W. Argonne. Ellman Department Store. ca. 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor,
unknown. Contributing.
Given renumbering that occurred after 1922, it appears the assessor’s estimated construction date
in 1925 is fairly accurate. By 1928, P. Ellman ran a shoe store in 117 W. Argonne. By 1938
Ellman’s Shoe Store had expanded into Ellman’s Department Store and occupied both 117 and
119 W. Argonne. Now converted to a single retail space, the Country Locker System moved in
by 1943 and remained throughout the 1950s, using this retail space in conjunction with the
adjacent storefront at 119 W. Argonne, which today are both used for a kitchen and bath
business, Baygents." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"117 W. Argonne. Ellman Department Store. Ca. 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor,
unknown. Contributing.
117 W. Argonne is a simple, one story, stepped brick parapet building with a central recessed
entry storefront. The stepped parapet forms a pediment in the center and extends the brick piers
above the main parapet as well. At one time, the adjacent building mirrored this façade but it was
remodeled and both were painted, the only visible alteration to this building." ~ NRHP Nomination Form