105-107 East Argonne Drive - Downtown Kirkwood Historic District - Kirkwood, MO - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

County of building: St. Louis County
Location of building: E. Argonne Dr. & Kirkwood Rd., NE corner, Kirkwood
Built: 1920 - altered 1925
Style: Commercial
Original Occupant: Rohrbach Building - 105: Barber shop; 107: Oriena Rushton Restaurant
Current Occupant: 105: John Jackson Real Estate;   107: Strange Donuts

"105-107 E. Argonne. Rohrbach Building. ca. 1920. Storefront altered 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor, unknown. Contributing.
This building was historically divided at times into one or two storefront spaces and at other times into four spaces with half addresses at 105 ½ and 107 ½ E. Argonne. It was constructed circa 1920 but by 1925, city records indicate that Walter Rohrbach was altering the storefonts to his building, to the configuration they still retain today. The earliest known occupant was a barber shop run by H. D. McCartney in 1928 in 105 E. Argonne. By 1932, the only building occupant was the Oriena Rushton Restaurant, but by 1938, it had become the Henry Felker Restaurant. In 1938, city directories list a second building occupant, D. Berg. Berg ran a barbershop which was still in operation when the 1943 directory was finished, but the restaurant’s space was listed as vacant that year. By 1949, the interior had been divided into four stores: W. Bopp was running a radio repair shop and sharing his space with a jeweler, H. Reinhart; J. London had a barber shop; M. Rock Milliner and T. Tucker lingerie shared a shop, and E. Wright had a book and yarn store. In 1953, the business mix was basically the same, but R. Hoemann’s jewelry business replaced Reinhart, M. Fields replaced London as the barber, and the milliner was gone. In 1958 Hoemann’s jewelry shop and T. Tucker’s expanded women’s wear business remained in the building and there were two new occupants, Schwentker’s Barbershop and A. LeBouef’s millinery business. Today, the Gift Garden, Veronica’s (hairstyling) and the Posh Fox are located in this building." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"105-107 E. Argonne. Rohrbach Building. ca. 1920. Storefront altered 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor, unknown. Contributing.
The 105 E. Argonne Commercial Building is a one story, multi-colored, but predominantly red, brick building. It retains its four original wood framed entrances and display windows. There is a non-historic canvas awning on the building." ~ NRHP Nomination Form