101-103 Elm Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.640 W 091° 00.797
15S E 673100 N 4269896
This building is listed as D-3 and commercial.
Waymark Code: WM14N2K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2021
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: Elm St. & Main St. NW corner, Washington
Built: 1930
Architectural Style: Commercial - Brick 3-story
Classified: D-3 & Commercial
Current Occupant:101: BFA Civil Engineering and Land Surveying; Upstairs two floors of apartments
District Map
Early Twentieth Century, circa 1905-1940. Coded D (Photos 6, 19, 23 through 26). This group of twenty-one buildings includes numerous one and
two-story commercial buildings, four residential buildings, a gas
station, depot, Masonic Lodge, and a parochial school. All show
influence of progressive 20th century design traditions, including
Craftsman, Bungaloid, Art Deco and Moderne. The Craftsman aesthetic is
best expressed ... eaves supported by large wood brackets and rectangular openings with
tripart upper sash; and in several commercial/residential buildings
which feature facades with glazed brick or terra cotta patterning along
with terra cotta stringcourses and cornice coping. These buildings usually employ rectangular
windows with tripart upper sash. ... several other buildings have corbeled
brick cornices resembling Craftsman brackets; the earlier buildings
(circa 1910) typically employ segmentally arched openings." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Commercial . Coded With Black Bar
This designation indicates that historically the building (or part of
it) was used for commercial purposes. Since very few properties were
constructed exclusively for commerce, the black bar code at the of the property parcel generally refers to a first story storefront." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Residential (c. 1849 - 1930), Coded 3
This designation denotes fifteen buildings used only for residential
purposes (all are detached, single-family except for two detached,
multi-family), as well as numerous buildings which mix residential use
with commercial and a few which are institutional/residential or
industrial/residential and are doubled coded as such." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Trimmed with white terra cotta. The varigated brick façade was added in the late 1920's after construction of the south half of the building.
"Only the north half of the building (25 feet) 101 Elm
appears on the 1898 Sandborn. The 66' x 66' lot was owned 1880-1921 by
Wm. Laumann who came from Germany in 1857. He operated a boot and shoes
business 1866-1910." ~ DNR Historic Survey, Phases II & III PDF pages 359-360