Giesecke Building - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.402 W 091° 26.052
15S E 636147 N 4285393
E. 1st St., & Market Sty., two main shopping and business areas of town..
Waymark Code: WM13DG6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2020
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County of house: Gasconade County
Location of house: E. 1st St, middle of block, Hermann
Built: 1892
Architectural Style: Victorian - Queen Anne
"218 East 1st Street, Giesecke Building, 1892, Contributing (survey #28)
A Late Victorian building, this two-story two-part commercial block is brick. The second
floor is divided into two bays by paneled pilasters. The western bay contains a large oriel
window with pyramidal roof, metal cornice, pressed metal siding and panels below the 1/1
windows. The second bay has a basket arch widow opening with stone or terra cotta
keystone and corner blocks. Within the opening is a door and side windows with stained
glass transoms. The door accesses a balcony with cured railing. The first floor storefront
was updated in the 1930s with a black Carrarra glass surround and aluminum framed display
windows and recessed entrance. To the west is a secondary entrance for the second floor
with early or original cast iron pilasters, boarded over transom and sidelights." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Built late in the year 1892 by Henry Giesecke a local butcher whose shop and residence were just down the street from this building site. Giesecke built the building as a speculation mortgaging all he owned to build it. For many years the commercial building was a jewelerv shop.
"General description: two-story brick commercial building.
"Setting: the building is joined to its neighbors to both sides and flush
to the sidewalk with them." ~ DNR Historic Survey PDF page 77
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