Montgomery Ward Catalog Sales Agency - Historic District D - Boonville, MO
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N 38° 58.548 W 092° 44.629
15S E 522190 N 4314122
This structure is listed as number 76 on the NRHP form.
Waymark Code: WM15536
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2021
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County of building: Cooper County
Location of building: Main St., 3rd Bldg. N of Spring St., east side, Boonville
Built: 1870's
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style Italianate
Original/Historic occupant: Vacant
Current Occupant: Never the Same Antique Shop
"76. Montgomery Ward Catalog Sales Agency, 322 Main Street, 1870's. It features a projecting cornice. The fenestration has been altered. A 1976 rehabilitation was sympathetic to the two-story brick building." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1870's
Style/Design: Italianate
The front façade has a projecting cornice with ornate scroll brackets painted in 2 tones. The brick work and fenestration has been altered. Glazed brick note covers the wall surface and the 2nd story has a large 3 part window with transom. Photo The 1st story has metal panels and a metal canopy. The entrance has a transom and is inset. The Wards sign is styled so as not to be obtrusive. To the E is a 2 story gable ell.
"The building stood vacant in 1885. By 1895 a 1 story addition was built to the E and the main structure housed a Book & Stationery shop. Between 1900 & 1910 it changed to a confectionary & bakery. In 1917 an ice cream factory was in the basement of the bakery. This bakery was known as Hirlinger's Bakery (William "Boss" Hirlinger, propr1etor and was at this location from about the turn of the century until the 1950's when Hirlinger died. Fallowing his death it was owned for 3 or 4 years by William Shepherd and the building sat vacant. In about 1960 it was purchased by Frank Esser and he and man named Propp operated Boonville Furniture and Appliances for a few years. By 1963 the
present business (Montgomery Ward) was in the building and in 1968 the building was purchased by Harry Brownsberger.
"The structure faces W onto Main Street. There are no out buildings. Buildings to the E are part of 326 Grand Street." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 1833-1836