C. F. Drake Building - 1886 - Ft. Scott, Ks. - Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious on Waymarking.com

This marker is located on a column on the southwest corner of the building. No information on who placed the marker - probably the Bourbon County Historical Society. The text on this brass marker reads:

Fort Scott Historic District 1860

C.F.Drake Building 1886

Const. as a Mercantile Building by Charles F. Drake and occupied by a variety of retail stores and professional offices since 1886.

From the National Register application:
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"Van Fossen Block Louderback Building, 1885, ca. 1980, Italianate style. Inventory: 01 1-1 830-00041; Status: contributing.

Description: This is a rectangular two-story brick commercial building with a low-sloping roof and parapet. It has a double storefront facing west and a rear storefront at the southeast corner of the block. The north storefront has a recessed central entrance. There is a central entrance to the second floor and the corner storefront has a recessed side entrance. The second floor front has seven bays with 212 wood, double-hung sashes. There are ornamental raised window hoods. There are similar windows and ornamentation on the second floor of the south facade. The eave is ornamented with elaborate corbelled, paneled, and molded brick detailing, and end blocks. The first floor storefront has been altered with non-historic sheathing display windows, and entrance doors. Window openings on the first floor of the south facade have been filled with brick. Also, there is a prominent two-story ornamented awning and balcony with a low sloping shingled roof supported on square posts.

History: This building was constructed in 1885 and occupied in April, 1886. Originally known as the Perry Van Fossen Block, the property belonged to the Louderback family for more than eighty years in the twentieth century. In 1889 the first floor of 1 North Main was occupied by the Boston Shoe House and the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company. Later, there were dry good stores in the building. In 1909 it housed the Fort Scott State Bank. The Streeter Blair Clothing Store was located on the corner from circa 1918 until he moved across the street on October 29, 1920. By 1922, the Midwest State Bank was located here. In 1938 the Crown Drug Store was recorded at this address and remained for many years. Offices on the second floor housed attorneys and realtors, and by 1938, insurance agents. The adjacent storefront, 3 North Main, housed W. K. Poage, clothing, and the Western Union telegraph office in 1889. In 1918, the J. M. Bright clothing store occupied the storefront. After about 1930, it housed the Howell Rug Company and the Ellis Music Company. An optometrist, physician, and the James Burton Abstract office occupied offices on the second floor. The rear storefront, 111 East Wall, housed the Bank of Fort Scott, established in 1876, until the bank's owner, C. F. Drake, died in 1905.

Integrity: The building retains sufficient architectural integrity to be listed as a contributing resource."

Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1886 Full Inscription (unless noted above): Fort Scott Historic District 1860 C.F.Drake Building 1886 Const. as a Mercantile Building by Charles F. Drake and occupied by a variety of retail stores and professional offices since 1886. Website (if available): [Web Link]

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