311 West Third Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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N 38° 33.574 W 091° 00.888
15S E 672970 N 4269771
This building is classified a "A" and 3 in this NRHP documentation.
Waymark Code: WMZBVE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2018
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: W. 3rd St., 1st house facing Elm St., north side, Washington
Built: 1875
Classified: A -3
District Map
"Federal/Greek Revival, circa 1849 - 1895, Coded A .
This group is largely represented by vernacular interpretations of Federal and/or Greek Revival styles; it contains one of the largest
single collections of buildings (about one-fourth of the total) and
enjoyed the greatest longevity. All rest on stone foundations and all
except two are brick. The majority are three bays wide and rise two
stories with first story utilized as commercial space and -second for
residential; a few are one story commercial. ... Typically facades are symmetrical and feature openings headed with either jack arches, flat lintels or segmental arches; roofs are gabled or occasionally low-hipped. Ornamentation is restrained, generally limited to brick dentilling, stringcourses, recessed paneling and pilasters. Several feature decorative cast iron balconies, lintsls or storefronts. While the majority of roofs are side-gabled, five feature street-front gables or shaped parapets sometimes pierced with an attic window or lunette. The two frame houses, 311 W. Third and ... are both clapboard;
"Residential (c. 1849 - 1930), Coded 3
This designation denotes fifteen buildings used only for residential
purposes (all are detached, single-family except for two detached,
multi-family), as well as numerous buildings which mix residential use
with commercial and a few which are institutional/residential or
industrial/residential and are doubled coded as such." ~ NRHP Nomination Form