214 W Main

1883

Italianate style
This is a plain yet rather early brick two-story block.  The design employs the local recessed window/wall panel
technique with flanking pilasters.  The corbelled brickwork is typical of much later turn-of-the-century buildings.
This building is the only one in the downtown which uses a rusticated stone for lintels and sills.  The parapet area is
of special note because it projects forward from the main mass.  The parapet face is infilled with with eight evenly
spaced rusticated limestone blocks and this panel is in turn enframed by the projecting side and upper brick surface.
A stone coping completes the design.
It is probable mat the transom area survives beneath the present (1983-4) storefront.  The infilling of the upper
windows with glass block and the altered storefront combine to make this a marginally contributing building.  The
current signs, trim and awning on storefront date from 1992.
A boots and shoes firm was the original tenant of the new building, with a photo gallery upstairs.