Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2020.25.391Description
Photographs and advertisements of STUDEBAKER & WELCH CARRIAGE COMPANY located at 205-207 South 4th Street.
https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/4thstreet/south4th.htmlPhotograph Details
Subject
PhotoSubject Place
Location
4th StreetCity
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriContext
Circa 1875
STUDEBAKER & WELCH CARRIAGE COMPANY
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1900
STUDEBAKER BROTHERS CARRIAGE COMPANY
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1905
C. PRIEBE CARRIAGE COMPANY
205 South 4th
Circa 1915
APEX AMUSEMENT POOL HALL
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1915
EUGENE B. KYLE RESTAURANT
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1915
APEX BOWING ALLEYS
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1918
APEX AMUSEMENT POOL HALL
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1918
J. BLAINE WILLIAMS RESTAURANT
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1918
SUMMERFIELD McNEAL SHOE SHINER
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1918
APEX BOWING ALLEYS
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1921
APEX AMUSEMENT COMPANY
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1921
SUMMERFIELD McNEAL SHOE SHINING
207 South 4th
Circa 1921
APEX BOWLING ALLEYS
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1924
APEX AMUSEMENT COMPANY
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1924
B F EASTBOURN, BARBER
207 South 4th
Circa 1930
APEX-BUFFLAO SALOON
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1942
APEX-BUFFLAO SALOON
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1942
APEX-BUFFLAO BARBER SHOP
205-207 South 4th
Circa 1954
APEX-BUFFLAO BARBER SHOP
205-207 South 4th
(circa 1875)
Contributing building for:
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Small Scale Commercial Block. Italianate influence.
Two-story brick building; third story removed circa 1949.
First story with well-proportioned arcade springing from stone Doric pilasters; voussoirs of arcade alternate dark brick and light stone. Round arch repeated on the second story in windows capped by soldier brick round arches accented with keystones. Two wide stone string courses. Openings infilled, but maintained, with a slightly recessed concrete block. The garage door in the third bay of the first story. Rear (east) facade with large square windows infilled with glass block on the first story. The unobtrusive loss of their floor does not diminish the building's ability to contribute to the historic district.
Studebaker Brothers, wagon manufacturers and dealers headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, were listed in the City Directory as early as 1868, however, the company under the name of Studebaker and Welch first occupied this building in 1876. Attached please find an etching of the building in 1887. The third story was most likely removed in 1949 when a building permit for fire damage was taken out.
Although this structure has been drastically altered, the architectural remnants are suffient to recall the original which housed a business important to the history of St Joseph's developement
The Studebaker & Welch Carriage Company from 1877-1887
The building later housed Apex-Buffalo SaloonCollection
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