212 W Maple

​1919

Commercial, two-story parapet front

This is a two-story brick commercial block.  The plain facade is of red brick construction.  The base of the parapet wall steps out and is accentuated with corbelled brick.  The narrow west-side addition dates from 1924-47 and its brickwork is newer and even more simplified.  It incorporates a recessed loading dock area and is fully fenestrated on its second floor west side wall.  Of interest is the basement window well which allows light into the basement through a front basement window.  This appears to be original to the building and there is a basement level storefront.

The storefront is new and a front door has been bricked off.  A canopy covers the front of the building.  There is likely a surviving transom beneath this canopy.  Several other west side wing additions to the rear of the plan have been demolished since  1947 and the removal of these has left scars on the surviving building.

This building, the Perrett Building, likely originated c. 1919 as a single-story storefront.  J. W. Sheldon probably added the upper story in 1925 with the intention of starting a hotel.