Journal Printing Co. Building - Kirksville, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Located at 119 South Elson Street, Kirksville in Adair County, Missouri,the Journal Printing Company Building is a rectangular,two-story buff brick building with a raised basement and an ornate metal cornice. Kirksville contractor Charles C.Anderson designed and constructed the building in 1905. A fine local example of a two-part commercial block,the building has a symmetrical five-bay façade which, in effect, is colonnaded with six smooth, slender shafts with Ionic capitals supporting a brick frieze. The frieze contains raised capital letters spelling THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO. The building has a recessed, central entrance flanked by display windows. It has Neo-Classical Revival stylistic affinities and an Italianate cornice. It measures 40 feet by 108 feet. As a two-part commercial block,the building not only displays the essential characteristics of the form-storefronts with large windows on the first floor and offices or apartments with smaller, more limited fenestration and greater mural mass on upper stories—it does so on a grander scale than most other examples of the form in Kirksville’s central business district. No serious exterior alterations have occurred since the building’s erection and only minimal interior changes have been made to the basement and first floor. The second floor was converted to apartments in 1951. Overall,the edifice looks much as it did when the Journal Printing Company completed construction of its new headquarters building, and it easily retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and historic association." - National Register Nomination

The building is in very good condition. It is now used for events and receptions on the first floor and basement and apartments above.

Street address: 119 South Elson Street Kirksville, Missouri County / Borough / Parish: Adair Year listed: 2011 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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