Two-Family Residence - Washington, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 33.563 W 091° 00.857
15S E 673015 N 4269751
This building is categorized as B-3. Built as a two-family residence, now a commercial structure.
Waymark Code: WM14NFA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2021
Views: 1
County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: Elm St. & 3rd St., NE corner, Washington
Built: 1908
Architectural Style: Italianate
Classified: B-3
Current Occupant: Law office & counseling service
District Map
"Italianate/Second Empire, 1865-1900. Coded B
These closely related styles are represented by fourteen
buildings, ten of which are two or three story brick buildings with
storefronts and flats above. Most are concentrated along Main Street.
The salient stylistic features are bold, projecting cornices with wood
brackets (some with incised scrollwork panels), or corbelled brickwork
imitating brackets, and dormered mansard roofs. In other respects the
buildings differ little from the standard 19th and early 20th century
planar brick façade articulated with segmentally arched windows. ... also feature Italianate cornices as the primary stylistic element. ...
"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.
"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.
"Built: circa 1908
Style/Design: Italianate
Two family residence. Brick arches above openings. Two pairs of double windows. Brick stringcourse. Brick corbelled and crebekated cirbuce." ~ DNR Historic Survey, phase II & II  PFDF pages 397-398
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