419 S Main Street - Historic Ottawa Central Business District - Ottawa, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Date of Construction: c. 1920
Style: No Style

This brick automobile service station has a U-shaped plan and is set back from Main Street. With the exception of a two-story block at the center of the U, the building is one-story tall. Overhead garage doors fill four of the one-story bays. The fifth bay contains a storefront with a wood entrance door and two fixed plate glass windows, one of which is wide and the other is narrow. The two-story block also has wood-framed plate glass windows flanking an entrance door. Diagonal tongue-and-groove paneling covers the transom area above the storefront windows and entrance doors. The second story features pairs of double-hung wood sash windows with a six-over-one light configuration. These windows have stone sills and brick soldier headers with small stone medallions marking the mullion between the two windows. Stone ornaments mark the pilasters that divide the bays.

Although some of this building's fenestration has been altered, it retains sufficient architectural integrity to convey its historic associations. It contributes to the significance of the historic district.