313-317 Elm Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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N 38° 33.531 W 091° 00.893
15S E 672965 N 4269691
Classified as "D" and "Commercial." Also, shown as 317 on the NRHP map, yet it is 313, 315, 317 and upstairs (313B)
Waymark Code: WMZBP2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2018
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: Elm St., 2nd Bldg N. of W. 4th St., west side, Washington
Built: 1940
Classified: D & Commercial
Current Resident: 313: Fricke Studio; 315: Vacant ; 313: HKD Global, LTD; 313B: Net Engineers, Inc
District Map
"Early Twentieth Century, circa 1905-1940, Coded D.
This group of twenty-one buildings includes numerous one and two-story commercial buildings, four residential buildings, a gas station, depot, Masonic Lodge, and a parochial school. All show influence of progressive 20th century design traditions, including Craftsman, Bungaloid, Art Deco and Moderne. ... and in several commercial/residential buildings which feature facades with glazed brick or terra cotta patterning along with terra cotta stringcourses and cornice coping. These buildings usually employ rectangular windows with tripart upper sash. ... A few circa 1935-40 buildings are articulated in a more streamlined Moderne fashion, and typically are
faced with light colored glazed brick trimmed with horizontal bands of
darker brick. ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Commercial, Coded With Black Bar
This designation indicates that historically the building (or part of
it) was used for commercial purposes. Since very few properties were
constructed exclusively for commerce, the black bar code at the front of the property parcel generally refers to a first story storefront." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Facade yellow brick with brick banding above storefront and above and below second floor windows consists of five horizontal panes. stepped parapet is capped with stone. North portion of building and facade date 1929.
"According to a descendent, Henry Hartbauer, Sr. German immigrant, built south portion of this building in 1909 as an auto parts business. The family home (now demolished) stood where the 1949 section of building is today. At the northern part of the present Building 1916 Sanborn shows only a small, one-story filling station at south end of lot. 1926 Sanborn shows a one and two story, ten car garage fronting approximately 60 feet at the south end of lot, and a one and one-half story frame house to the north." ~ Washington Historic Survey Phase II-III, page 421