County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. Main St., middle of block, north side, Washington
Built: 1885
Architectural Style: Italianate
Classified: B-3 & commercial
Current Occupant: Scudder & Co. Coffee shop & Kims Candy Buffet
District Map
"Italianate/Second Empire, 1865-1900. Coded B.
These closely related styles are represented by fourteen
buildings, ten of which are two or three story brick buildings with
storefronts and flats above. Most are concentrated along Main Street.
The salient stylistic features are bold, projecting cornices with wood
brackets (some with incised scrollwork panels), or corbelled brickwork
imitating brackets, and dormered mansard roofs. In other respects the
buildings differ little from the standard 19th and early 20th century
planar brick façade articulated with segmentally arched windows. ... also feature Italianate cornices as the primary stylistic element.
"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." ~ NRHP Nomination Form, PDF 4-6 & 14
"Built: 1885
Style/Design: Italianate
Storefront has new windows. Recessed entry on right
of façade is stairway.
"The parcel was part of a 118 feet frontage on Main Street
purchased by J. D. Grothaus on April 4, 1876 from Droege. 1893 and 1898
Sanborn maps show a saloon on the first story; in 1908, a jewelry store; and
in 1916, a millinery store.
"Four concrete silos at rear by 1916 used as wheat bins for Washington Flour
Mill." ~ DNR Historic Survey, phase II & III PDF pages 618-619
Plaque Mounted on Outside Wall:
Edward G. Busch Building
Busch entered the implement and hardware business in 1882 and built this structure five years later. He also served as a three-term mayor for the City Washington.
1887