222 W. Main Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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N 38° 33.638 W 091° 00.780
15S E 673124 N 4269892
This building is classified as a "B-3 & Commercial" in this Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM14QCA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2021
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. Main St., 2nd bldg. E. of Elm St., south side, Washington
Built: 1880
Architectural Style: Second Empire
Classified: B-3 & commercial
Current Occupant: Obermark Optometry
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 pages 4-6
Built: 1880
Style/Design: Second Empire
First story storefront has been altered.
"Parcel was owned in 1880 by Bernard Mense who operated
a general store in Washington 1878-79, but it is not known(is at this address.
Later owners included Charles P. McCune Est. (1895); Mary B. Bishop (1896-1900);
Fred H. Stumpe (1909-20) who was in the clothing business 1894-1923. The 1893 Sanborn map shows the front of the building occupied by a dry goods and
clothing business and the rear portion by a tailor. 1895 Journal stated
J. H. Macke, merchant tailor occupied the building." ~ DNR Historic Survey, phase II & III PDF pages 626-628