311 Second Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.620 W 091° 00.851
15S E 673021 N 4269857
This is also referred to as the Rectory. This building is classified as a "A1-3" in this Historic District., but is Romanesque Revival and should be "C1-3"
Waymark Code: WM157VY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2021
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. 2nd St., 2nd Bdg. W. of Elm St., north side, Washington
Built: 1883
Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival
Classified: C1-3
Current Occupant: Rectory
District Map
"Revival Styles, circa 1888 - 1925. Coded C
With a few exceptions the Revival styles are
expressed principally in detailing on commercial buildings, and in plan or roof forms in domestic structures. Frequently an ornamental pressed brick or metal cornice is the sole Revival feature on
commercial/residential properties, the buildings otherwise maintain the standard planar, segmentally arched brick facades. ... strips articulate St. Francis Borgia Church and the facade of its 1895
rectory which was designed to harmonize with the church building, although the round-arched corbel table trim of both
buildings evokes Early Romanesque Revival.
"Institutional. 1866-1934. Coded 1.
The District's eight institutional buildings are represented by all of the stylistic classifications and have been discussed above. The group includes the U.S. Post Office at 123 Lafayette, the Masonic Lodge at 109 Lafayette, and six buildings associated with St. Francis Borgia parish.
"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
"Built: 1883-1898
Style/Design: Romanesque Revival
The round arch corbel table on the projecting center bay gable repeats the motif on the Church.
"Built as a rectory for St. Francis Borgia parish. The 1898
Sanborn Map shows the plan shape of the present bldg. with the note "to be parsonage". However, the square main block is shown on the 1893 Sanborn and is
probably the parsonage built in 1883. Possibly the two story. 6xl bay facade (with corbelled gable) was added in 1898." ~ Washington Historical Survey Phase II - III, PDF pages 44-45
Historic Marker On Site:
ST. FRANCIS
BORGIA RECTORY
Built during the pastorate of Fr. Alex Mathaushek, the cornerstone of the rectory was laid June 10, 1883. Originally, a bricked-walled garden stood immediately to the east but was later removed during construction of the drive leading up to the church.
1883