202-212 Main Street - St. Joseph, Missouri - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

(1892)
Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility
Italianate influence

Three story (with basement exposed on west elevation) brick building whose details match those found on 214-216 Main Street; common party wall. Corbeled brick parapet. Bays separated by rusticated brick pilasters. Window openings with slightly projected and labeled segmental arches. Brick denticulated stringcourse above the first story. Broad arched first story openings. Simple straight iron fire-escape ladder from second story to roof between 208 and 210. Window openings infilled with sheathing, glass block, or brick, but bays maintained. Facade altered with garage door opening in second bay from south. Tall chimney in southwest corner; penthouse in first bay of southeast corner. Full-width concrete and aluminum addition spans rear of all buildings (202-224), covering rear elevations, but is not visible from main facade.