East Tisinq Store Building/IOOF Meeting Hall - High Point, MO - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

County of building: Moniteau County
Location of building: 61241 MO C, High Point
Built: 1874
Architectural Style: Italianate

"2. East Tisinq Store Building/IOOF Meeting Hall, circa 1874. Today part of the Tising Store and former meeting hall for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge (IOOF) No. 120, this two-story, single-bay brick building represents one of the most intact resources in the district. This building's fenestration suggests moderate Italianate influences, primarily in segmental arched windows and sash with two-pane glazing. 5 This building sustained only minimal damage in the 1892 fire, so its primary elevation features the brick facade as it is believed to have appeared ca. 1874. The original appearance of this building is unknown, but some type of commercial structure may have occupied the present site as early as 1845. At street level, a recessed double-leaf entrance with transoms is flanked by cast iron pilasters and large, four-light display windows with paneled bulkheads. The pilasters feature cornice moulding and bulls eye impressions. The tall entrance doors are paneled, with single lights. A metal-covered overhang, lower but otherwise similar to the one across the storefront of the double-front corner building, extends across the facade to the eastern edge of the adjacent post office building. The second story's brick cornice features zigzag brickwork between two rows of bricks set on end. Centered in the upper storefront, a pair of segmentally arched (with bricks set lengthwise) window openings contain two-over-two sash windows with brick sills. Covering the window openings are original, hinged, wooden shutters. A white metal sign, now illegible, is centered in the upper facade directly below the parapet. It probably was a marker for the old Odd Fellows Hall, which met upstairs.

"The rear (south) elevation consists of a single story brick ell that extends from the two-story portion. The second floor is somewhat difficult to see but it has a single four-panel entrance onto the roof of the ell. The building's roughly coursed limestone foundation is readily visible. An entrance with a segmentally arched two-light transom window is centered in the back wall of the ell. A four-panel door is flanked by segmentally arched one-over-one sash windows. The first floor openings have limestone lugsills, while second story openings have sills of brick.

The upper portions of the east and west elevations are mostly obscured. On the east, three two-over-two segmentally arched sash windows with brick sills are evenly spaced. An enclosed stairwell of lap siding runs diagonally up the side, connecting to the second loor hall entrance. The entrance is in the faˆade of the adjacent east building, described below." ~ NRHP Nomination Form