600 Cherokee - Leavenworth Downtown Historic District - Leavenworth, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Building Date: c. 1895
Style: LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Commercial Style
Functional Use/Type COMMERCE: Two-Part Commercial Block

This simple two-story brick building has six bays on both the first and second stories. The first-story storefront has an aluminum framed display system containing an entry door on the far west, and a window filling out the remainder of the bay. The balance of the storefront contains large sections of glass. A corner entrance is on the east side of the building. A single brick pilaster separates the two middle bays. An asphalt-shingled canopy spans the width of the storefront and turns the corner to cover the entrance. Each second-story bay contains a tall, narrow, replacement casement sash in the original window opening that has a stone sill. A projecting course of brick and simple brick corbels are the only ornamentation on the building. Metal siding covers the secondary, east elevation. A modern rear addition (216 South 6th Street) has metal cladding. Although the original storefront is altered, this building retains sufficient integrity through its retention of its original size, scale, massing, materials, spatial arrangements, setting and location. The metal siding can be removed to reveal the original wall without causing damage.