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302 N 3rd - Richardson Dry Goods, Richardson-Roberts-Byrne, ....
J. D. Richardson Dry Goods building at 302 N. Third Street was constructed in 1892 for the Richardson, Roberts, Byrne Dry Goods Co . at a cost of $60,000. By 1900 the firm had become known as John D. Richardson Dry Goods. In 1901 $20,000 was spent on remodeling and another $40,000 in 1917. By this time it was the largest wholesale dry goods plant in the city. The current tenant at 302 N. Third Street, American Electric Co, was founded in 1897 as a wholesale electric supply house; it has also served as the wholesale franchise for Edison Mazda lamps, Maytag washers, General Electric refrigerators, and Crosley radios. The company was originally housed in the Market Square area, but was forced to relocate because of the projected central business district urban renewal project, which later resulted in the demolition of the Market Square area.
(1901-02; E.J. Eckel) Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility. Romanesque Revival. Seven story brick and stone building. South and east facades punctuated with transomed 1/1 sash set deeply into wall and arranged in groups (singly on first story, in pairs on second and third stories, singly on fourth story, and in groups of three on top three stories) in ribbon-like fashion. Windows at first and fourth story levels set in large arched openings without columns or piers. Terra cotta faced facades on Jules and Third streets detailed with Renaissance derived motifs: scroll shapes, wreaths, and garlands which decorate facades at fourth story area and on southeast and southwest corners of building. Entry recessed into open corner on first story at southeast corner supported by massive granite column with foliated forms on capital; entry stairway altered with new brick balustrade wall.
This building has been converted to condominiums.
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J. D. Richardson Dry Goods building at 302 N. Third Street was constructed in 1892 for the Richardson, Roberts, Byrne Dry Goods Co . at a cost of $60,000. By 1900 the firm had become known as John D. Richardson Dry Goods. In 1901 $20,000 was spent on remodeling and another $40,000 in 1917. By this time it was the largest wholesale dry goods plant in the city. The current tenant at 302 N. Third Street, American Electric Co, was founded in 1897 as a wholesale electric supply house; it has also served as the wholesale franchise for Edison Mazda lamps, Maytag washers, General Electric refrigerators, and Crosley radios. The company was originally housed in the Market Square area, but was forced to relocate because of the projected central business district urban renewal project, which later resulted in the demolition of the Market Square area.
(1901-02; E.J. Eckel) Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility. Romanesque Revival. Seven story brick and stone building. South and east facades punctuated with transomed 1/1 sash set deeply into wall and arranged in groups (singly on first story, in pairs on second and third stories, singly on fourth story, and in groups of three on top three stories) in ribbon-like fashion. Windows at first and fourth story levels set in large arched openings without columns or piers. Terra cotta faced facades on Jules and Third streets detailed with Renaissance derived motifs: scroll shapes, wreaths, and garlands which decorate facades at fourth story area and on southeast and southwest corners of building. Entry recessed into open corner on first story at southeast corner supported by massive granite column with foliated forms on capital; entry stairway altered with new brick balustrade wallCollection
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