845-847 Massachusetts - Lawrence's Downtown Historic District - Lawrence, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

(c. 1879; altered c. 1930’s)

This two-part tan brick commercial block building has a tiled pent roof which references the Spanish Colonial Revival style, popular during the early twentieth century. This alteration combined with the upper stories with a unified façade, although the windows are set at slightly different heights. The upper story windows are paired 1/1 double-hung with brick header sills and stretcher lintels. The remainder of the upper story is unadorned, except for a row of vertical brick stretchers beneath the pent roof. The primary (east) roof has two strorefronts, with a central secondary entry door leading to the second story. There are double doors at a angled corner entry on the southeast corner, as well as two additional recessed entry doors on the east flanked by display windows with ceramic tile bulkheads. The northernmost storefront on Massachusetts has a barrel-shaped cloth awning, while the south has a flat metal canopy which extends around the south bay. The transom on the latter is covered over. The south elevation, which is nine bays wide, has one entry with shed roof wood awnings and clapboard siding forming a false storefront area. Another entry door has a historic shallow shed roof awning with clay tiles, and display windows with vertical wood kickplates.