105-09 East Jefferson - Downtown Kirkwood Historic District - Kirkwood, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 34.937 W 090° 24.344
15S E 725974 N 4273616
Built a a grocery store for Krogers.
Waymark Code: WM10EZ9
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2019
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County of building: St. Louis County
Location of building: E. Jefferson Dr., 1st building E of Kirkwood Rd. N. side, Kirkwood
Built: 1948
Style: Commercial
Original Occupant: Kroger Grocery Store
Current Occupant: Kirkwood Station Brewery (Closed)
105-109 E. Jefferson. Kroger Grocery Building. 1948. Architect, George A Fugel. Contractor, Sam Wolff and Company. Contributing.
The Kroger Grocery is a simple one story brick building that has been painted tan. There is a canvas awning above the display windows and another awning extending from the entry. The long plate glass opening for a large wooden display window is situated to the west of the entry
which is separated by a wide brick pier from the recessed entry that is surrounded by wood framed plate glass windows/sidelights and a transom over the paired multi-lighted wood doors. Given the date of construction, this appears to be the original storefront framing. Although the front parapet has been covered by a smooth EIFS panel, it is painted to blend with the brick walls and does not appear to drastically alter the historic appearance of the building, which is
shown in historic photos to have the same simple parapet, without detailing and with a flat parapet cap." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"105-109 E. Jefferson. Kroger Grocery Building. 1948. Architect, George A Fugel. Contractor, Sam Wolff and Company. Contributing.
The Kroger Grocery was constructed in 1948 as a supermarket (at that time addressed as 111 E. Jefferson), replacing a frame building of similar dimensions. Kroger remained in the building through the 1950s. In 1961 a department store moved into the building, to be quickly followed by a Goodwill store and then Western Auto and now by Alandale’s brew pub. Although the upper portion of the façade has been covered with EIFS panels, this did little to change the simple appearance of the original parapet, as evidenced in a historic photo dating from 1949." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"This building features a central entrance which is recessed and
contains a double-leaf, metal and glass door topped by a transom and
flanked by fixed display windows. The building also features several
large, fixed, metal and glass display windows which span the facade.
The attic level above the windows and entry features a wide stuccoed
wall surface. The wall surface on the level of the entry and window
is painted brick.
"This is a commercial piece of property, predominately black-topped
for customer parking." ~ Kirkwood Historic Survey Phase III, page 1180