1886 - Berger's Block - Neosho, Missouri - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

The Berger's Block is a two-story brick, Two-Part, Italianate commercial building constructed in 1886. The building's storefront was altered ca. 1970 with brick veneer bulkheads, metal display windows and panels, and wood and metal doors. The upper facade is composed of seven window bays. The west three bays have one-over-one rounded arch sash windows with brick relief arching and stone sills. The east four window bays have rectangular twelve-over-twelve sash windows with single-light arched transoms. These windows also have brick relief arching and connecting the windows are corbelled brick belt courses. Dividing the window bays are brick wall buttresses. At the roofline is a sheet metal cornice with brackets and rosettes. The central bay has an elaborate stamped metal panel inscribed "Berger's Block 1886." Just below this metal panel is a small stone datestone inscribed "June 1, 1886." At the corners of the building are pyramidal design metal finials.

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