126 E Main

1912 - Holden Block / Cherokee Marble Works

Commercial, single-story parapet front
This is a single-story brick commercial front but it is fairly ornamented, reflective of its origins, as a retail stonework
store.  A steel beam with decorative rosettes caps the transom space.  The facade is framed by side brick pilasters
with stone bases and dividers at the transom base and cap, and the denticulated stone cornice line above.  The
parapet has a centered triangular pediment and the name "Holden" is on the parapet front.
The storefront consists of new materials but the transom space is simply covered and might survive intact.
This building was the easternmost commercial building on the north side of Main Street for many years.  The lot to
the immediate east was vacant and was used to display funeral monuments.  The Cherokee Marble Works, owned
and operated by C. B. Holden, was here for many years, at least from pre-1883 through 1947.