221 W Main
1915 - Cherokee State Bank/First Federal Savings and Loan
Commercial, two-story parapet front
This two-story brick commercial building generally resembles adjacent 219 West Main, which was built the same
year. Its design is more pragmatic, utilizing stone hi lieu of terra cotta for its ornamentation with a simpler overall
design. The upper level wall planes of both buildings step out at the sill line, unusual to Cherokee in particular,
where wall planes normally were recessed behind a frame of pilasters and horizontal breaks. A larger scale carved
stone cornice, matching the lines of the one set beneath the windows, defines the base of the parapet wall. The wall
steps back at each side and its cap also steps down. A stone coping caps the whole. The basement east wall is built
of un-coursed cobblestones, an absolute singularity.
The storefront is probably somewhat preserved beneath the modern storefront transom covering.
The Cherokee State Bank was the first tenant of this new building. It was a store by 1924.
Commercial, two-story parapet front
This two-story brick commercial building generally resembles adjacent 219 West Main, which was built the same
year. Its design is more pragmatic, utilizing stone hi lieu of terra cotta for its ornamentation with a simpler overall
design. The upper level wall planes of both buildings step out at the sill line, unusual to Cherokee in particular,
where wall planes normally were recessed behind a frame of pilasters and horizontal breaks. A larger scale carved
stone cornice, matching the lines of the one set beneath the windows, defines the base of the parapet wall. The wall
steps back at each side and its cap also steps down. A stone coping caps the whole. The basement east wall is built
of un-coursed cobblestones, an absolute singularity.
The storefront is probably somewhat preserved beneath the modern storefront transom covering.
The Cherokee State Bank was the first tenant of this new building. It was a store by 1924.