St. Joseph Downtown Area Architecture Color Snapshots, c. 1970's

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

St. Joseph Downtown Area Architecture Color Snapshots, c. 1970's

Entry/Object ID

P2014.26.775

Description

St. Joseph Downtown Area Architecture Color Snapshots, c. 1970's. Color photos of St. Joseph landmark buildings in downtown area and close-ups of architectural features. Undated, but since Tootle Lemon Bank is included, these must have been taken before urban renewal demolitions of the mid to late 1970's. 14.26.775: Tootle Lemon & Co Bank. Front Frieze and Bank name, n/w corner 6th & Francis. 14.26.776 Arched Windows, on brick building on 6th St. just south of United Dept. Store (one time was Mattingly's Dept. Store) 14.26.777: C.D. Smith Building, Upper floors with Company Name at top. brick, 3rd & Sylvanie Street. Built in 1888 14.26.778: Donell Office Building Eaves, north side of Francis, between 5th & 6th. 14.26.779 Cobblestone paved street, 3rd & Sylvanie. Original street. Most other such streets covered over with asphalt. 14.26.780 Missouri Valley Trust Building, Corner View of Upper Story with name, 4th & Felix. 14.26.781 Boder Building, just south of MO. Valley Trust, two upper stories with arched windows. On 4th South of Felix, east side. 14.26.782 United Dept. Store, Upper Building Ledge, se corner 6th & Felix. 14.26.783 Joe Optican Building, Eave and Cornice Support, South of Felix on 7th St., east side. 14.26.784 Missouri Valley Trust top floor, Felix Street side. 14.26.785-786, 794: Woolworth Dept Store, upper story arched windows and building name, 1894. Felix Street north side between 6th & 7th. Pennant Cafeteria located on this level. 14.26.787 Kresge Dime Store, 6th St. Entrance, just south of Townsends. Balcony over entrance. 14.26.788-789: Sheridan Clayton Paper Co, arched windows on upper floor, 3rd & Charles 14.26.790, 795 Kirkpatrick Building , Corner, Upper Building Embellishment, On alley between 6th & 7th on Francis and view of Francis Street side. 14.26.796 Buchanan County Courthouse Dome and eve of roof, view from southwest. 14.26.797 Big Smith Building, 4th & Francis St. 14.26.798 Felix Street building north of A. J. August (ne corn 5th & Felix). used to be Kunnison Drug Co. below. View of upper edge stonework. 14.26.791 Corby Building, upper floors, 5th & Felix, 14.26.792-793 German-American Bank, Inset windows in balcony top, 7th & Felix.

Collection

Marshall & Melanie White

Made/Created

Artist

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall White

Date made

1970

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Urban renewal

Search Terms

St. Joseph Architecture, Downtown, German-American Bank, Missouri Valley Trust Co., United Department Store, Mattingly's Department Store, Boder Building, Kresge Department Store, Tootle Lemon Bank, Pennant Cafeteria, C.D. Smith Building, Sheridan-Clayton Paper Co., Kirkpatrick Building, Big Smith Building, Corby Building, Buchanan County Courthouse, Donell Office Building, Joe Optican Jewelers

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 3½" x 5"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 29, 2014

Provenance

Notes

Marshall White Collection of photos related to St. Joseph history and St. Joseph photographers. Collected from various sources.