Begemann Building - Hermann, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 42.405 W 091° 26.103
15S E 636073 N 4285397
Wandering down E 1st St., BurceS got the good stuff...I get the Second Empire....
Waymark Code: WM13GMK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2020
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County of building: Gasconade County
Location of building: E. 1st St & Schiller St., SE corner, Hermann
Built: 1895
Architectural Style: Second Empire
"200-202 East 1st Street, Begemann Building, c. 1895, Contributing (survey #23)
This two-part brick commercial block on stone foundation is 2 1/2 stories with mansard roof.
The mansard roof has metal cresting and is covered in slate shingles. There are large brick
dormers on either corner with round-arch pediments and rounded 1/1 windows. Between
there are two smaller round arch dormers with 1/1 windows flanked by decorative pediments.
Below the mansard is a pressed metal cornice with large brackets. The eight second floor
windows are 1/1 with segmental arches. The keystones and corner blocks of the arches are
stone. The storefronts have c. 1935 aluminum storefronts with more recent wood kickplates designed to look like a c. 1900 storefront. A shake shingle awning extends across both
storefronts. At the east corner is a round arch entry that provides access to the second floor." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built 1895 for Armin Begemann, merchant.
Style: Second Empire
"General Description: Two and one half story square shaped brick building
with a press prick façade and east elevation, The foundation is fock
faced coursed stone.
"Setting: The commercial building is on a corner lot and is built to
the sidewalk on both street elevations.
Roof: The roof is mansarded on three elevations excepting the elevation
facing the Concert Hall which is the taller building. The mansard roof
is covered with slate shingles, There were once wood dormers on all of
the mansard roof faces--these have been removed (see historic photo).
There is a metal cresting on the peak of the Mansard." ~ DNR Historic Survey PDF page 56
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