123 E Main
1890 - C.E. White Block
DEMOLISHED
Italianate Style
This two-story brick commercial building is an early and well preserved commercial block. The facade retains an
early form of elaboration, the use of recessed wall planes set within brick pilasters which project flush to the
building's wall plane. The four brick pilasters continue up to and above the parapet level, each terminating in a
square cut stone cap. The parapet wall steps up in the center. A carved stone inset panel reads "C. E. White 1890"
and is centered above the central window. Terra cotta decorative inserts ornament the fa9ade. A well-preserved
pressed tin ceiling survives on the main floor must have saved the rest of the building. Interior cast iron columns
support the upper floor through the center of the main floor.
The facade has been covered but the two iron columns remain in place and visible. The front windows have been
reduced. The second floor windows have also been reduced and the openings partly infilled. There has been severe
settling on the facade which is causing brick joint failure and separation throughout the center of the second floor
front. Side exterior stairs have been reversed to the back of the plan.
This building represents the early permanent up-building of the south side of East Main Street in the early 1890s. It
is also the only downtown building associated with a heinous crime, the slaying of Florence Porter in 1901. C. E.
White's grocery was the original storefront occupant.
DEMOLISHED
Italianate Style
This two-story brick commercial building is an early and well preserved commercial block. The facade retains an
early form of elaboration, the use of recessed wall planes set within brick pilasters which project flush to the
building's wall plane. The four brick pilasters continue up to and above the parapet level, each terminating in a
square cut stone cap. The parapet wall steps up in the center. A carved stone inset panel reads "C. E. White 1890"
and is centered above the central window. Terra cotta decorative inserts ornament the fa9ade. A well-preserved
pressed tin ceiling survives on the main floor must have saved the rest of the building. Interior cast iron columns
support the upper floor through the center of the main floor.
The facade has been covered but the two iron columns remain in place and visible. The front windows have been
reduced. The second floor windows have also been reduced and the openings partly infilled. There has been severe
settling on the facade which is causing brick joint failure and separation throughout the center of the second floor
front. Side exterior stairs have been reversed to the back of the plan.
This building represents the early permanent up-building of the south side of East Main Street in the early 1890s. It
is also the only downtown building associated with a heinous crime, the slaying of Florence Porter in 1901. C. E.
White's grocery was the original storefront occupant.