310 West Main Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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N 38° 33.655 W 091° 00.824
15S E 673060 N 4269923
The church is about 52 highway miles west of downtown Saint Louis, Missouri, and is located on the south bank of the Missouri River in Franklin County. The city is named after George Washington, Father of the Country
Waymark Code: WMY6BR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2018
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: Main St., between Cedar St & Elm St., Washington
Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival
Built: 1866
Classified: A & 1
"Federal/Greek Revival, circa 1849 - 1895, Coded A.
"This group is largely represented by vernacular interpretations of Federal and/or Greek Revival styles; it contains one of the largest
single collections of buildings (about one-fourth of the total) and
enjoyed the greatest longevity. All rest on stone foundations and all
except two are brick. The majority are three bays wide and rise two
stories with first story utilized as commercial space and -second for
residential; a few are one story commercial. Six buildings which are
entirely residential are all detached, single family, two to five bays
wide except for one nine-bay multi-family at 9 W. Main. Typically facades are symmetrical and feature openings headed with either jack arches, flat lintels or segmental arches; roofs are gabled or occasionally low-hipped. Ornamentation is restrained, generally limited to brick dentilling, stringcourses, recessed paneling and
pilasters. Several feature decorative cast iron balconies, lintels or
storefronts. While the majority of roofs are side-gabled, five feature
street-front gables or shaped parapets sometimes pierced with an attic
window or lunette. The two frame houses, 311 W. Third and 24 W. Front are both clapboard; 24 Front features braced frame construction with brick nogging. Adam or Federal Style round-arched windows recessed in larger brick arches and pilaster 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
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." ~ NRHP Nomination Form