Photograph of the building located at 324 South 4th Street
Name/Title
314-316 S 4th - JAMES LUNDON HARNESS MAKER, COOKMAN LITHOGRAPH PRINTING, ....
Entry/Object ID
2020.25.415
Description
Photographs and Advertisements of the building located at 324 South 4th Street.
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Photograph Details
Subject
Photo
Subject Place
Location
4th Street
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Context
Circa 1893
JAMES LUNDON LEATHER GOODS
314-316 South 4th
Circa 1900
JAMES LUNDON LEATHER GOODS
314-316 South 4th
Circa 1905
JAMES LUNDON HARNESS MAKER
314-316 South 4th
Circa 1915
JOHN SHIELDS BARBER
314 South 4th
Circa 1915
SAMUEL ALEXANDER SALOON
314 South 4th
Circa 1915
JOSEPH VESPER SALOON
324 South 4th
Circa 1918
MATT J. EVANS BEVERAGES
Prohibition Era
324 South 4th
Circa 1918
VACANT
316 South 4th
Circa 1924
EVANS & MOORE CAFE
316 South 4th
Circa 1924
M. J. EVANS SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
314 South 4th
Circa 1930
M. J. EVANS SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
314 South 4th
Circa 1930
WILLIAM FLOYD RESTAURANT
316 South 4th
Circa 1930
LANGE CREAMERY COMPANY
324 South 4th
Circa 1942
CLARK DELIVERY COMPANY
314 South 4th
Circa 1942
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SALES & SERVICE
314 South 4th
Circa 1955
CLARK DELIVERY COMPANY
314 South 4th
Circa 1955
CLARK MOTORCYCLE SALES
314 South 4th
Circa 1958
BRINKS MONEY TRANSFER
314-316 South 4th
Circa 1958
COOKMAN LITHOGRAPH PRINTING
324 South 4th
James Lundon's harness company occupied 314 and 316 South Fourth St. in 1900. The business was established 7 years before and grew until Mr. Lundon had six men working for him in 1900. He manufactured hand-made harnesses but also dealt extensively in saddles, collars, whips, lap robes, nets, blankets and everything usually carried in a first-class harness shop. His business occupied both floors of the building.
Contributing building for:
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Small Scale Commercial Block. Italianate influence. Two-story brick building.
The parapet of the flat roof is lined with brick dentils and accented in the center by a metal sunburst diadem. Center second-story entry with tall transom flanked by 1-light plate-glass storefronts with separate centered entries capped by similarly tall transoms. Elongated, cast metal Doric colonettes frame entries; continuous projecting metal storefront cornice.
1/1 sash on the second story with arcaded soldier course round arches joined by blind transoms and continuous stone sill. Rear with one-story brick extension in common bond; shed roof.
The water permit for this property was taken out in 1887 by Joseph Schenecker whose name appeared also on the Buchanan Ownership List, circa 1890. It seems to have been an investment property for him, as he did not reside here. He was either a grocer or affiliated with the McCord and Collins Company
.
This well-intact example of Victorian Eclecticism would contribute significantly to the establishment of a historic district in this area of high-quality 19th and 20th-century commercial structures
