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 Jackson Building/Offices of George P. Washburn - Ottawa, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 36.739 W 095° 16.113
15S E 302483 N 4276197
This two-story red brick building is the former offices of George P. Washburn - 413 S Main in Ottawa Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMYVJE
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2018
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Date of Construction: 1887
Style: Late Victorian
Historic Name: Jackson Building/Offices of George P. Washburn
Architect: George P. Washburn
This is a two-story brick Late Victorian commercial building that includes elements of Italianate, Queen Anne, and Romanesque Revival styling. The first story features a single storefront with cast iron columns and wood-framed plate glass display windows resting on paneled wood bulkheads flanking a pair of recessed wood doors. At the south end of the facade a wood door with multi-colored glass provides access to the second story. Above each opening is a multi-light polychrome transom window. The second story has three bays. The two outer bays each contain a single double-hung wood sash window with a one-over-one light configuration. A projecting section at the center of the facade features a tri-partite window with an arched leaded glass transom window. The stone hoods above the windows follow the shape of the openings - squared above the outer single window openings and arched above the central tripartite window opening. An elaborate peaked metal cornice completes the facade.
This building retains a very high degree of architectural integrity and clearly conveys its historic associations. It contributes to the significance of the historic district.
- National Register Application
George Putnam Washburn (March 21, 1846 – May 16, 1922) was a prominent architect practicing in Kansas. Washburn came to Kansas in 1870, worked as a carpenter and architect, and in 1882 opened an architecture practice in Ottawa, Kansas. His son joined his firm which became George P. Washburn & Son. In 1910 George P.'s son-in-law, Roy Stookey, joined the firm, and George P. retired. After George P. died in 1922 the firm became Washburn & Stookey.
Washburn designed nine Carnegie library buildings in Kansas, and is most known for the 13 courthouses he designed. A number of his buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, with several of the libraries being listed under one study.
- George P. Washburn Wikipedia Entry
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: no
Year Built: 1887
Web Address: Not listed
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