S. Morris Department Store - Downtown Webb City Historic District - Webb City, Missouri - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

109 N. Main Street
S. Morris Departmant Store
ca. 1907
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A two-story brick, two-part commercial block building with a rectangular plan and parapet roofline located on the northeast corner of N. Main Street and an alleyway. The façade (west facing) is clad is limestone which wraps around the front section of the south elevation. The first level features display windows with vertical light transoms. A projecting limestone stringcourse divides the first and second levels. The second level features two double vertical replacement windows with double three-light transoms. Centered below a projecting limestone cornice line is the date “1907.” The south elevation (front section) features a large glass display window with a transom and one-over- one double-hung windows with three- light transoms on the second level. The back section, second level, has double-hung windows with stone sills. The first level windows (south elevation) have been downsized with brick infill in the lower section of original window opening. The original or early period window stone sills were relocated to fit under the upper section of the window. Located at the southeast corner of the first level is a walkway leading to an alley between the N. Main Street buildings and N. Tom Street. The upper level of the south elevation and east (rear) elevation extends out over the alley to create an enclosed brick passageway to the building behind (110-112 N. Tom). The east elevation on the lower level has original or early period centered double wood and glass doors flanked by one-over one double-hung windows with double-hung transoms.