401-419 South Second Street - Leavenworth Historical Industrial District - Leavenworth, Kansas
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N 39° 19.003 W 094° 54.609
15S E 335330 N 4353663
This complex of red brick four story brick buildings occupies the entire southeast block at Choctaw and Second Streets in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMF68K
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2012
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Building Date(s): c.1882, 1887, 1901, 1934
This large complex of attached brick buildings, occupying the entire southeast block at Choctaw and Second streets, is the result of phased construction over a 50-year period. The primary building, constructed c.1882, is a four-story, symmetrical, flat roof structure on the southeast corner of Choctaw and Second streets. There are two primary elevations, west and north. Each of the five-bays on the west elevation contains two, double-hung sash windows under segmental arched brick lintels, with twelve-over-twelve lights on the two lower stories and eight-over-eight light sashes on the two upper stories. Each of the nine-bays on the north elevation has similar fenestration. Brick pilasters separate these bays, rising to the parapet where brick corbeling gives emphasis to the cornice line and the parapet rises to a cropped pediment at every other bay. A distinctive cupola ornament embellishes the parapet at the northwest corner of the building. The brick building to the south, across the courtyard alleyway, constructed c.1900, rises one-and-one-half stories, with gable ends and central clerestory. Spanning five bays, each with two, triple-hung, twelve-over-twelve-over-twelve light sash windows within segmental arches, this structure shares a party wall with a similar but larger brick building, also constructed c. 1900, that abuts perpendicularly with its primary-gabled facade facing west. The latter building rises one-and-one-half stories, including a full-length clerestory, and is four bays wide. Each bay contains a pair of segmental arched window bays, with a large divided semi-circular window on a stone sill centrally located in the upper level. All of these openings have plywood panel covers. The rear wall of this structure abuts a two-story, brick addition with a flat roof, erected c. 1900, which abuts a six-story square elevator tower. The elevator tower, erected c. 1900, abuts the c. 1885 addition, a five-story, flat roof brick building. This rectangular addition is three bays wide on its short facades and sixteen on its long facades, each bay containing a pair of windows, all of which have been covered with corrugated fiberglass. A simple one-story, concrete block structure with a flat roof dating to the 1930s connects this last building with the first, resulting in a closed interior courtyard.
This property retains its original configuration from the 1884-1934 building phases, including the interior yards; original building materials, as well as its size, scale, massing and fenestration. Although many earlier wooden ancillary buildings have since been lost, this complex is unique in the District for its very high retention of successive additions. All of its defining historic elements are intact and it is a strong contributing element to the District.
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Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Leavenworth Historic Industrial District
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Address: 401-419 South Second Street
Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
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