220-226 North Main - St Charles, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 46.958 W 090° 28.842
15S E 718831 N 4295670
Marker for historic commercial building in downtown St. Charles.
Waymark Code: WMDF0Q
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2012
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Text of marker:
220-226 North Main
Central Grain Mill - 1866-1893
The Central Building - 1906 - William H. Rechtern
This 1906 Renaissance Revival building with its Italianate pressed metal ornamentation at the windows and cornice replaced the burned out Central Mill built in 1866 and the old Constitutional Presbyterian Church built in 1845. Rechtern bought the old mill and old church from J.B. Thro Milling with the agreement that he would not build or operate a flouring mill on the site. He constructed this double store. 220 for his "Red Store" clothing and dry cleaning business, and 222 for Bruns Machine Co., a farm implement and hardware store.
The Central Hall on the second floor, 226, housed offices and meeting spaces for fraternal organizations: The Modern Brotherhood of America; Royal Neighbors of America; and Knights of the Maccabees.