J & S Linoleum & Paint - Martinsville, Indiana
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BruceS
N 39° 25.604 W 086° 25.681
16S E 549230 N 4364289
Commercial building south of the courthouse square in Martinsville, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WM7C85
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2009
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"J & S Linoleum & Paint, 33 East Washington Street, Italianate, c. 1875.
Since 1958, this two-unit building has housed a single business. The west unit features a castiron
cornice with decorative brackets and stubs of finials. The three one-over-one double hung
sash windows on the second story have decorative tin hoods with molded corner blocks and a
keystone.
The east unit is less adorned, with a corbelled brick cornice and brick archivolts above the one over-
one double hung sash windows. At street level, the two units are united with full-height plate glass windows. In the east unit is found a doorway leading upstairs. In the west unit is the
recessed store entrance.
This two-unit building is the oldest commercial property on the south side of the square. The
west unit was the location of James and Butler Grocery from about 1900-1934. The east unit was
occupied by Cure & Sons Undertaking from 1903-1913, and by Morgan County Insurance
during the 1930s and 1940s. From 1946-1958 the west room was used by Indiana Bank and
Trust. In 1958, J & S Linoleum & Paint moved into the bank’s rooms and proceeded to combine
the two units into one. Today the building is still occupied by J & S Linoleum & Paint, which is
owned and operated by Tom and Nick James, the sons of founder Austin James." - Historic District Nomination Form