305-307 N. Holden St - Holden and Pine Streets Commercial Historic District - Warrensburg, Mo. - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Contributing Building
c. 1895

The two-story two-part commercial block has brick cladding and a flat roof. A corbelled brick parapet with stone coping caps the building; stone piers frame the primary (east) elevation. 305 N. Holden Street comprises the south half of the building; 307 N. Holden Street comprises the north half of the building. The building’s primary elevation has six bays.

The south half of the building (305 N. Holden) has three bays; the second-story fenestration defines the bays. Fluted wood columns frame the first story of the primary elevation. Three display windows and a glazed vinyl door fill the wood-paneled storefront; a glazed vinyl door in a recessed opening south of the storefront accesses the second story. A fabric awning shades the first story. One-over-one double-hung vinyl windows with stone lintels and sills fill the second story bays. Businesses housed in this building included a dry goods store (1895), Shepard’s Dry Goods (1932-1972) at 303-305 N. Holden, and Warrensburg Auto Supply (1958).

The south half of the building (307 N. Holden) has three bays. Brick corbels ornament the first story. A vinyl door with glazed sidelight fills the south bay; one-over-one double-hung vinyl windows with simulated muntin grids and stone lintels and sills fill the center and north bay. One-over-one double-hung wood windows with stone lintels and sills fill the second story bays. Businesses housed in this building included the Shryack and Co General Store (1895), McMeekin Furniture (1958-1967), and Farmers Insurance (1972).

Despite the first-story brick infill and storefront reconfiguration on the south half of the building, the historic upper story fenestration pattern is intact and the building retains enough integrity to clearly communicate its historic commercial function and the era in which it was constructed, rendering it contributing to the District.