Stevinson Building - Downtown Webb City Historic District - Webb City, Missouri - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

214-216 N. Main Street
Stevinson Building
ca. 1914
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A two-story red brick, two-part commercial block building with a rectangular plan, a flat roof and located on the southwest corner of N. Main and W. Austin Streets. The building features brown brick quoins that wrap to the north elevation to divide the storefront from the north elevation and at the northwest corner of the north elevation. The storefront holds a double storefront separated by a centered wood paneled door with a double vertical transom. The north storefront is original or early period with cast iron bulkhead and a centered inset entrance flanked by display windows with transoms. The south storefront has been remodeled (date unknown) and holds a centered door flanked by brick infilled walls with a like kind metal framed replacement transom. The storefront is separated from the upper level by a cast iron cornice with a projecting decorative edge with a scroll design (painted yellow). The upper level façade has original or early period paired double one-over-one double-hung windows (painted yellow). Each window opening is framed in a decorative brown brick surround with a concrete sill, instepped brick header framed by a concrete bracket header. A brown brick stringcourse delineates the second level from the upper section. A projecting cornice with dentils (painted yellow), and a concrete coping runs the roofline.

The north elevation features two small original early period one-over-one double hung windows on the first level with a double wood five-paneled door and double-hung transom. The second level has five one-over-one double hung windows with a paired one-over-one double-hung window located above the side storefront. All the windows feature the same brick surround, headers, and sills on the first and second level. The west elevation faces an alley and parking lot. Located on the north corner of the west elevation is a small one-story brick addition that runs half-width of the building with all openings infilled with concrete block. An opening located on the first level, south section has also been infilled with concrete blocks, except for a door opening. The second level holds a centered wood and glass paneled door flanked by one-over-one double-hung windows. A small shed canopy projects out over the door opening.