Photograph

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

Photograph: 305 South 3rd Street
Photograph

305 South 3rd Street

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2020.25.312

Description

Buildings at 205 and 313-325 South 3rd Street. https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/3rdstreet/3rdstreet.html

Photograph Details

Subject

Photo

Subject Place

Location

3rd Street

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Context

(Circa 1888, Eckel and Mann) Contributing building for: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility. Romanesque Revival. Five-story brick building with elaborate terra cotta organic motifs characteristic of the Romanesque Revival style. Terra cotta was used on the corner spandrel of the first story, the capitals of the fourth story, and along the parapet. Central parapet inscribed "C.D. Smith, 1888" in terra cotta. Fanciful terra cotta animal figures on the southwest corner on the second, fourth, and parapet stories. The front facade is dominated by an arcade of monumental round arches stretching from the first to second stories and wrapping around the corner to the south. Windows on the front elevation are rectilinear; those on the south and east are set under segmental arches. Sheathing covers the top of the arcading and two-thirds of the windows, but openings are maintained; a fourth story with a 6/2 sash and a fifth story with a 4/1 sash. Covered concrete loading dock in the southeast corner; metal platform fire escape on the south elevation. Two-story historic wing connected on north elevation; brick pilasters with corbeling separate wing into three bays. The first story with three wood garage doors, the second story with two blocked windows per bay set in segmental-arched openings; a parapet roof above cornice; painted sign "C.D. Smith Drug Co." between stories. This building, built in 1888, is one of St Joseph's oldest and most beautiful buildings that is still standing. Look at the beautiful sculpture. The C.D. Smith & Company was founded in St. Joseph in 1859 with Abram Nave and James McCord (Nave & McCord Company partners) as co-partners and also with Dudley M. Steele and Charles Daniel Smith, the latter of which was the companies's manager. The company was originally a grocery wholesale business but later became a drug store in 1886. Amazingly, the company remained in the Smith family for 133 years until it was bought by company employees in 1992. C.D. Smith Healthcare was acquired by AmeriSource Health Corporation in 1999. CD Smith Drug Company moved into a new building in Mitchell Park. The building has been unoccupied since the move. Chantel Mace submitted photos #12 & 13 after the Nave & McCord fire on October 21, 2016. The remains of the Nave & McCord building can be seen in the bottom left of photo #13 The landmark caliber building was constructed in 1888 for the C. D. Smith Drug Co. which is still here. The architectural firm, Eckel and Mann, which designed this outstanding example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, designed many of St. Joseph's finest structures. The attached warehouse to the north was constructed in 1904; its cost listed on the building permit was '5,500. Circa 1912 FRANKLIN W. PHILLIPS PRINTING 305 South 3rd Street Circa 1918 FRANKLIN W. PHILLIPS PRINTING 305 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 FRANKLIN W. PHILLIPS PRINTING 305 South 3rd Street Circa 1951 KNAPP MACHINE COMPANY 305-307 South 3rd Street Circa 1954 VACANT 305-307 South 3rd Street Circa 1958 ACME MACHINE SHOP 305-307 South 3rd Street Circa 1888 CD SMITH DRUG COMPANY 313-325 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 CD SMITH DRUG COMPANY 313-325 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 CD SMITH DRUG COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 PREMIUM CHEMICAL COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 KENMOOR ORCHARD CO. Fruit growers 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 WATHENA COMMERCIAL CO. Fruit growers 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1918 CD SMITH DRUG COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1918 PREMIUM CHEMICAL COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1918 WATHENA COMMERCIAL CO. Fruit growers 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 CD SMITH DRUG COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 PREMIUM CHEMICAL COMPANY 313-323 South 3rd Street

Collection

PHOTOGRAPH

Parts

Count

8

Parts

8 digital photographs.