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 Englehart-Winning & Company [south] Building - Wholesale Row - St. Joseph, Missouri Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 46.066 W 094° 51.334
15S E 341068 N 4403628
This four-story red brick building is located at 212 N. 4th in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMH7YG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2013
Views: 4
Note that the upper story of this building has been removed - it is now only four stories.
The district includes five (now four) High Victorian Italianate warehouse buildings:
1. (no longer standing) Noyes-Norman Building 209-211 N. 3rd St., constructed 1872. It is the earliest of the extant buildings in this wholesale district.
2. R.L. McDonald and Co. Building, also known as the Big Smith Building, 202 N. 4th St., constructed 1880. This building is now unoccupied but is undergoing appropriate renovation by an investment company which owns it.
3. Englehart-Winning & Co. [south] Building, 212 N. 4th St., constructed 1880 and now unoccupied.
4. Englehart-Winning & Co. [north] Building, now the Boston House and Window Cleaning Co., 216-218 N. 4th St., constructed 1884.
5. Brittian-Richardson & Co. Building, now unoccupied, 224 N. 4th., constructed 1882.
This building has five stories plus a basement on a stone foundation. The tallest building in the block, it also has a cast iron first story. Its three bay, east facade cast iron columns between the windows. The central bay is pulled out about a foot from the plane of the wall.
The second and fourth stories have segmental arched openings, the third story has flat arches and the fifth stories are stone. The outer edges of the lintels on these stories are ornamented with terra cotta insets. An acanthus leaf stringcourse separates the second and third stories and a trefoil architrave separates the fourth and fifth floors. The central bay terminates in a pediment gable featuring a parapet nameplate at the cornice level. Incised in the nameplate is "Englehart / 1880/1898." The fifth story windows and the central bay windows on thesecond through fifth stories are flanked by semi-detached columns.
The broadly overhanging, bracketed cornice is shaped metal.
- National Register Application
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Wholesale Row
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
212 N. 4th Street
St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
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