209 Schiller Street - Hermann Historic District - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.327 W 091° 26.116
15S E 636056 N 4285252
once a famous shoe store...(1950-1970) - mural on bldg, side honors that store ...
Waymark Code: WM139XN
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2020
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County of house: Gasconade County
Location of house: Schiller St. & mid-blockalley, E. side of street, Hermann
Built: 1886
Architectural Style: Commercial Block
"209 Schiller Street, Louisa Dietzel Commercial Building, 1886, Contributing (survey #158)
Outbuilding: Garage, contributing
Two-story, two-part commercial block with brick walls, stone foundation and hipped roof. A
gable front dormer is centered in the front of the hipped roof. Below the roofline is a
corbelled brick cornice. The second story has segmental arched windows with 2/2 wood
sash and stone sills. The storefront has been in-filled, though it retains its central recessed
entrance with transom and sidelights. Display areas have been covered in siding, though two
small 6/6 windows have been installed in the traditional display window area. A frame
addition has been constructed on the rear. At the northeast corner of the property is a garage
with low pitched shed roof. Though covered in vinyl siding, the building retains its original fenestration and sliding wood doors." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built by Louisa Dietzel in 1886.
"Hermann Dietzel, a physician with large personal wealth, immigrated
to Hermann in the 1860s. Dietzel married a daughter of August Nasse
and they had one son before Dietzel died. Louisa, a resourceful
woman, carried on as a milliner after her husband's death and in 1886
announced that she would build a large two-story brick building on
land owned by her father. Her son, August, returned from New Mexico
where he had practiced as a tinsmith. Back home he opened his
mother's store with a stock of stoves and tinware. The residence
attached to the rear of the building dates to between 1898 and 1908.
General description: Two story rectangle shaped building with
rear frame attachments built of brick laid in common bond resting
on a rock faced coursed ashlar stone foundation with a partial
cellar.
"setting: built to the sidewalk on the façade and to the alley
on the north. To the south it is connected to a one story
building adjacent." ~ DNR Historic Survey PDF page 716