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 Los Tres Agaves - Anamosa, Iowa Posted by:  iconions
N 42° 06.502 W 091° 17.219
15T E 641629 N 4663228
This two-story, painted brick building is located at 300-302 West Main Street in Anamosa, Iowa.
Waymark Code: WM12KCV
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2020
Views: 2
My Commentary:
Without the garish green and yellow paint on the building, there really isn't anything to identify this as a Mexican restaurant. There is a window wrap for a sign, but you have to get close to see it. Because of the Covid-19 situation, they were only doing takeout so I did not get a chance to sample the food.
Constructed in 1872, this is a 2-story, brick commercial block now painted red. The south facade features two commercial rooms. Both rooms retain early storefront materials, including bulkheads, inset entrance, store windows, and transoms. Those on the west room are original to the building, and those on the east room probably date to the 1910s or 1920s. The east storefront wraps around the east elevation of the building and features an inset door canted to the northeast corner of the block. The upper story features four bays, with window cavities now foreshortened and filled with replacement windows. These windows feature original pressed metal hoodmolds and limestone sills. A pressed metal frieze and cornice, embellished with panels, brackets, and dentils, surmounts the front facade of the building. This block features a second primary facade on the east elevation. The use of hoodmolds continues around the east elevation. Several hoodmolds on the first floor are similar to those on the second floor of the Holt & Gillen Commercial Block at 304-306 West Main Street. A major fire in this building circa 1990 called into question its viability. A concerted preservation effort resulted in rehabilitation of the block, only marred by the installation of inappropriate windows on the second floor of the south elevation. The date of this building's construction is as documented by an article in The Anamosa Eureka, November 14, 1872.
-National Registry Entry
Address:
300-302 West Main Street
Anamosa, Iowa 52205
Hours:
Monday-Thursday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday-Saturday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Restaurant Website (if available): [Web Link]
Signature/Favorite Dish: Not listed
Cost of a one-person platter of beef fajitas (optional): Not listed
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