115 E Main

​1919 - Knipe Building
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Commercial, two-story parapet front

​This is a very plain two-story brick double front commercial building.  The facade has a single wall plane with a veneered front.  A flush-set panel in the parapet wall above the windows is the only elaboration of the parapet area. The storefront has been modernized and the transom area filled in with signage and paneling.  The austerity of the cornice line hint that a more elaborate cap has been lost over time.

The Knipe family acquired this property in 1910 and Forest and Margaret Knipe owned the building by 1924 and added a rear addition that year.  The Knipe Shoe Store was here as early as  1924 through 1947.