Osage Valley Bank - Osawatomie, Kansas - Converted Bank Buildings on Waymarking.com

The only information that I have that it was a bank at one time is the Kansas Historic Resource Inventory - I have no information as to when it occupied the building, though. The lower portion appears to be vacant, although Google Maps shows as of last years there was a nail salon in the former bank.

This building has two storefronts. On the left, the fenestration is an angled entryway with a single metal and glass door with a glass transom. There is a two glass pane display window. Currently it appears that this has the remnants of the antique store that was here according to Google Maps. Next, is the entry to the upstairs. It is a metal and glass door with a large arched transom. Above the doorway is a white portico with very small dentilation at the base and stepped roof. The right storefront has the entryway at the corner of 6th and Main - this would be where the bank was. There is a glass and metal door with a glass transom at both the 6th and at Main. The re is a single pane bay window. A stone lintel tops both the bay window and the entryway.

The second story fenestration consists of a central six-over-four window with a four part arched glass transom. Flanking each side of this central window are three windows with stone arch lintels. The left has six-over-three windows; the right has replaced double hung windows. Above the central window is a date stone, in rough shape, that reads: "1890 Osage Valley Block". The cornice on the left side is dentilated; the central portion is square, stone, and supported by a column on each side; the right side is peaked.

Historic Name: Osage Valley Bank
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Subcategory: Financial Institution
Historic Function Remarks: Bank
Present Function: Commerce/Trade
Subcategory: Specialty Store
Residential/Commercial/Religious Style: Richardsonian Romanesque/Romanesque Revival
Physical Description/Remarks: brick with stone bands
Plan Form: Rectangle
Commercial Building Type: Two-Part Commercial Block
Roof Form: Flat with Parapet
Stories: 2
Condition: Excellent
Principal Material: Brick
Architect/Designer/Builder: Unknown
Year of Construction: 1890
Certainty: Estimated

- Kansas Historic Resources Inventory for Osage Valley Block

Address: 575 Main Street Osawatomie, Kansas 66064 Year: 1890 Website: [Web Link] Current Use of Building: vacant - was a nail salon not too long ago.

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