224 W. Main Street - Downtown Washington Historic District - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.642 W 091° 00.786
15S E 673115 N 4269900
This was once the Commercial Hotel, and has a store in the rear accessed from Elm St. (102 Elm St.). This building is classified as a "A-3 & Commercial" in this Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM14QCD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2021
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County of building: Franklin County
Location of building: W. Main St. & Elm St., SE corner, Washington
Built: 1887
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Classified: A-3 & commercial
Current Occupant: Encore (resale shop) and Eckelcamp Rentals (Real Estate) at 102 Elm
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. ... Typically facades are symmetrical and feature openings headed with
either jack arches, flat lintels or segmental arches; roofs are gabled
or occasionally low-hipped. 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.
"Although somewhat less imposing, another group of two- and three-story
residential and commercial buildings exhibits a stately but more
conventional classicism usually featuring side-gabled roofs and brick
dentil ling or stringcourses at the cornice. ... paneling and molded brickwork of the 1891 Commercial Hotel addition at
108 Elm. Both buildings testify to the conservative design tradition
which nurtured later builders." ~ NRHP Nomination Form, PDF pages 4-6 & 15
"Built: circa 1891
First story storefront has been altered.
"In 1891, Die Post reported the Kahmann Pork House was
razed for construction of a hotel by Elijah Zumwalt. The lot was still
owned by George H. Kahmann in 1900, but by 1900 Zumwalt was paying taxes
on it. Zumwalt is listed as operating a hotel in New Haven in 1870 and hotel and saloon in Washington from 1895-1920. Zumwalt was born in Missouri of native-born parents." ~ DNR Historic Survey, phase II & III PDF pages 629-630