302-310 S 3rd - Letts-Spencer Building aka Sheridan Paper Building (Home Style Furniture)

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St. Joseph Museums

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2020.25.358

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302-310 S 3rd - Letts-Spencer Building aka Sheridan Paper Building (Home Style Furnitur Letts-Spencer & Company bought out Turner, Frazer & Company in 1898; Turner, Frazer & Company, a wholesale grocery business, had been established in 1864 in St. Joseph. Letts, Spencer & Co. was originally located in a large building on South Third Street (302-308 S. Third). In 1901 the company constructed a new building at 402-408 N. Third Street. By 1918 the company had merged with another wholesale grocery concern, becoming known as Letts Parker Grocery Company. (1882, Eckel and Mann) Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility. Late Nineteenth Century/Eclectic. Four-story brick building. Front facade and lateral corner bays richly textured with elaborate terra cotta cornices and spandrels between the second and fourth stories with vegetation, and animal and human face details; denticulated, corbeled, and sawtooth molded stringcourses; varied fenestration with 2- light lower sash and ornately mullioned upper sash; raised brick label molds above radiating brick arches; and raised brick pilasters with capitals. Original storefront of cast metal intact with fluted engaged columns capped by composite capitals and large plate glass sash with transoms; south bay infilled with wood, but opening maintained. Brick penthouse to the north. North and west (rear) elevations are intact with a 2/2 sash; a full-width covered concrete load dock spans the west elevation. Painted signs "Sheridan Clayton Paper Company" and "Wholesale Stationers & Paper Dealers" on the west elevation. Turner-Frazer Grocery and Letts-Spencer was located here before Sheridan-Clayton Paper This landmark calibre structure is an outstanding and well-preserved example of Victorian Eclecticism. It was constructed for the Turner, Frazer Company, wholesale grocers, in 1882, the same year as its neighbor to the south, Nave and McCord, also wholesale These two structures as well the C.D. Smith building across the street were all designed by the prominent firm of Eckel and Mann, and create a triumvirate worthy of the National Register of Historic Places. The Sheridan-Clayton Paper Company moved into this building in 1904 Circa 1882 TURNER-FRAZER GROCERY COMPANY 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 LETTS-SPENCER WHOLESALE GROCERY 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 JAMES HEEKIN COFFEE ROASTERS 302 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 ACME MACHINE SHOP 306 South 3rd Street Circa 1904 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 ST JOSEPH TRANSFER & STORAGE 302 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1942 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 1951 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 1958 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 2015 HOME STYLE FURNITURE 302-310 South 3rd Street https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/3rdstreet/3rdstreet.html

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3rd Street

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St. Joseph

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Missouri

Context

Circa 1882 TURNER-FRAZER GROCERY COMPANY 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 LETTS-SPENCER WHOLESALE GROCERY 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 JAMES HEEKIN COFFEE ROASTERS 302 South 3rd Street Circa 1900 ACME MACHINE SHOP 306 South 3rd Street Circa 1904 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1912 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 ST JOSEPH TRANSFER & STORAGE 302 South 3rd Street Circa 1924 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-308 South 3rd Street Circa 1942 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 1951 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 1958 SHERIDAN-CLAYTON PAPER 302-310 South 3rd Street Circa 2015 HOME STYLE FURNITURE 302-310 South 3rd Street Letts-Spencer & Company bought out Turner, Frazer & Company in 1898; Turner, Frazer & Company, a wholesale grocery business, had been established in 1864 in St. Joseph. Letts, Spencer & Co. was originally located in a large building on South Third Street (302-308 S. Third). In 1901 the company constructed a new building at 402-408 N. Third Street. By 1918 the company had merged with another wholesale grocery concern, becoming known as Letts Parker Grocery Company. (1882, Eckel and Mann) Warehouse/Light Manufacturing Facility. Late Nineteenth Century/Eclectic. Four-story brick building. Front facade and lateral corner bays richly textured with elaborate terra cotta cornices and spandrels between the second and fourth stories with vegetation, and animal and human face details; denticulated, corbeled, and sawtooth molded stringcourses; varied fenestration with 2- light lower sash and ornately mullioned upper sash; raised brick label molds above radiating brick arches; and raised brick pilasters with capitals. Original storefront of cast metal intact with fluted engaged columns capped by composite capitals and large plate glass sash with transoms; south bay infilled with wood, but opening maintained. Brick penthouse to the north. North and west (rear) elevations are intact with a 2/2 sash; a full-width covered concrete load dock spans the west elevation. Painted signs "Sheridan Clayton Paper Company" and "Wholesale Stationers & Paper Dealers" on the west elevation. Turner-Frazer Grocery and Letts-Spencer was located here before Sheridan-Clayton Paper This landmark calibre structure is an outstanding and well-preserved example of Victorian Eclecticism. It was constructed for the Turner, Frazer Company, wholesale grocers, in 1882, the same year as its neighbor to the south, Nave and McCord, also wholesale These two structures as well the C.D. Smith building across the street were all designed by the prominent firm of Eckel and Mann, and create a triumvirate worthy of the National Register of Historic Places. The Sheridan-Clayton Paper Company moved into this building in 1904.

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