Trout's Jewelry - Ottawa, Kansas - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

Date of Construction: 1885
Style: Italianate
Historic Name: Trout's Jewelry

This is a three-story brick Italianate commercial building. The first story contains a single storefront with wood- and bronze-framed plate glass display windows resting on tiled bulkheads. The display windows flank a recessed entrance with a tile floor and a historic wood door. A second non-historic entrance door provides access to the upper stories. Second- and third-story fenestration includes three bays of narrow double-hung sash windows with a one-over-one light configuration. Each window opening has a decorative wood window hood with short, bracketed drip molds. The window hoods and the cornice line convey the buildings architectural style. The wood cornice features carved brackets and a peaked parapet with decorative finials on the outer corners and center peak.

This building is a contributing element to the original Downtown Ottawa Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1972. It retains sufficient architectural integrity to convey its historic associations. It contributes to the significance of the historic district.