Zinc Ore Building - Downtown Webb City Historic District - Webb City, Missouri - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

6-8 S. Main Street
Zinc Ore Building; Baum’s Clothing
ca. 1905
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This is a three-story brick building with a rectangular plan, flat roof, and decorative parapet with a stone coping and caps. The east facing façade holds an inset entrance flanked by display windows with black Carrera glass square tiles flanked by rusticated limestone pilasters and wraps to the south elevation. An eight-light vertical transom runs the width of the historic storefront. To the north of the storefront is an entrance to the upstairs with a replacement door and single light transom. The second level features three one-over-one double-hung windows with a continuous stone sill and rusticated stone lintel. The third level holds an arched centered double-hung window with a rounded brick hood molding and is flanked by one-over-one double-hung windows with a brick square hood molding. Windows are original or early period and have a continuous stone sill. Brick pilasters frame the upper levels and a brick stringcourse delineates the third level from the decorative brick cornice line. Centered in the cornice line is a stone relief with “Zinc Ore Building” flanked by brick piers capped by stone. The south elevation holds one-over-one double-hung windows and a decorative brick corbelled roofline.