323 West Main Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.670 W 091° 00.839
15S E 673037 N 4269950
Classified as "D" and "Commercial."
Waymark Code: WMZC2B
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2018
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. Main St. & Cedar St., NE corner, Washington
Built: 1925
Classified: D & Commercial
Current Occupant: Chamber of Commerce
District Map
"Early Twentieth Century, circa 1905-1940, Coded D.
This group of twenty-one buildings includes numerous one and two-story commercial buildings, four residential buildings, a gas station, depot, Masonic Lodge, and a parochial school. All show influence of progressive 20th century design traditions, including Craftsman, Bungaloid, Art Deco and Moderne. ... and in several commercial/residential buildings which feature facades with glazed brick or terra cotta patterning along with terra cotta stringcourses and cornice coping. These buildings usually employ rectangular windows with tripart upper sash. ... A few circa 1935-40 buildings are articulated in a more streamlined Moderne fashion, and typically are
faced with light colored glazed brick trimmed with horizontal bands of
darker brick. ~ 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
"Yellow brick facade. Yellow brick piers on facade use red brick as quoins. Piers pierce roofline. Red brick geometric pattern on central parapet. Wooden shake awning at facade. Brick piers reinforce side elevations.
"1926 Sanborn map shows t:his building occupied as a dry cleaning plant." ~ Washington Historic Survey Phase II-III, page 643