935-937 Massachusetts - Lawrence's Downtown Historic District - Lawrence, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

(c.1871; altered 1929)

Alterations post-1927 have given these (former two separate) buildings their current appearance as a simple two-part commercial block building with Moderne-influenced design features. The tan brick second story has four pairs of windows. Each window has a large fixed upper sash, and a smaller lower casement window. Each pair shares a stone sill, and a continuous lintel course of brick stretchers runs the entire length of the façade. An indentical course of brick stretchers is above, serving to demarcate the otherwise unadorned cornice area. The double-wide building has two storefronts. There are recessed secondary entries at both ends leading to the upper story, and both storefronts have centered recessed entries. The south storefront has full height display windows, and metal columns with scrolled capitals support an architrave with dentil band (not original). The north storefront has glazed tile block kickplates, glass block transoms, and a flat metal canopy.