County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. Main St. & Oak St., NE corner, Washington
Built: 1859
Architectural Style: Missouri-German
Classified: A-3 & commercial
Current Occupant: 121: religious supplies; 123: apartments upstairs; 125: Modern Vintage
District Map
"Federal/Greek Revival, circa 1849 - 1895, Coded A.
This group is largely represented by vernacular interpretations
of Federal and/or Greek Revival styles; it contains one of the largest
single collections of buildings (about one-fourth of the total) and
enjoyed the greatest longevity. All rest on stone foundations and all
except two are brick. The majority are three bays wide and rise two
stories with first story utilized as commercial space and -second for
residential; a few are one story commercial. ... Ornamentation is restrained, generally
limited to brick dentil ling, stringcourses, recessed paneling and
pilasters. Several feature decorative cast iron balconies, lintsls or
storefronts. While the majority of roofs are side-gabled, five feature
street-front gables or shaped parapets sometimes pierced with an attic
window or lunette.
"Residential (c. 1849 - 1930) . Coded 3
This designation denotes fifteen buildings used only for residential
purposes (all are detached, single-family except for two detached,
multi-family), as well as numerous buildings which mix residential use
with commercial and a few which are institutional/residential or
industrial/residential and are doubled coded as such.
"Commercial, Coded With Black Bar
This designation indicates that historically the building (or part of
it) was used for commercial purposes. Since very few properties were
constructed exclusively for commerce, the black bar code at the front of the property parcel generally refers to a first story storefront.
"Among the businesses opened by later immigrants was the bakery of Paul
Schmidle and Julius Rombach, both of whom emigrated in 1883. In 1889,
they purchased the building erected by C. H. Kahmann at 120 Elm; after
their partnership was dissolved in 1902, Schmidle continued there until
about 1920 and Rombach established himself at 123-25 W. Main." ~ NRHP Nomination Form, PDF pages 4-6, 20
"Built: circa 1859
Fifteen ft. storefront altered; new windows, simple brick dentiled cornice is typical of Washington's earliest brick buildings. First story brick addition on east elevation.
"One of oldest remaining buildings on Main Street. Built by Franz Joerdens as a
general store in 1859. Raided during Civil War by confederate soldiers.
Operated as a bakery and ice cream parlor by Julius Rombach 1902-1923.
"Sanborn indicates corn cob pipes were bought
here. Addition, east elevation first story masonry Circa 1880. 1893 addition,
rear second story masonry Circa 1860 gabled roof, brick corbelled cornice, rear attic window, second story open frame porch attached." ~ DNR Historic Survey, phase II & III PDF pages 609-610
Plaque Mounted on Outside Wall:
Frank Joerden Building
Joerden occupied this structure with his general store for about forth years. In the early Twentieth century, it housed a bakery owned by Julius Romback.
1859