219-221 West Second Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.595 W 091° 00.810
15S E 673082 N 4269812
221 now has the doorway bricked close, and is part of what was 219...both are addressed as 221. This building is classified as a "A-Commercial" in this Historic District
Waymark Code: WMZ7DD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2018
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. 2nd St., 1st house E. of Elm St., north side, Washington
Built: 1880
Classified: A & commercial
District Map
"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. ... 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. ..." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Commercial . Coded With Black Bar
This designation indicates that historically the building (or part of
it) was used for commercial purposes. Since very few properties were
constructed exclusively for commerce, the black bar code at the front of the property parcel generally refers to a first story storefront." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Rectangular opening appears to be more recent than segmental arched
openings
"Appears on 1898 Sanborn's where east three bays (segmentally arched) are identified as "cigar factory" and west bays as a restaurant. In
1889, when bakers Schmidle and Romback purchased the building, it was reported it had been occupied by the Observer for many years." ~ Washington Historic Survey Phase II-III, page 42