Clio Logo
This is a contributing entry and appears exclusively within that tour.Learn More.

On the opposite side of the street two doors north is the Grahs Block at 214 North Columbia. The second floor presents a good example of the Romanesque Revival style which was broadly popular in mid-west towns in the late 19th century.  


214 N. Columbia Grahs Block Romanesque style

Property, Window, Door, Brick

Four brick pilasters, one on each corner and a pair in the middle, divide the building into three bays. Rough-faced stone blocks accentuate the pilasters at regular intervals through their entire length. The left and right bays are identical dominated by central, full arch windows with rough-faced stone sills, brick arch springs and large rough-faced stone arches. The original building had large, wooden frame windows within each arch as well as a tall, rectangular window framed by the two central pilasters. Above the windows, bracket-like brick corbelling extends across the entire façade above which is a decorative frieze of inset brick panels and a projecting cornice which crowns the building. Centered on the cornice is a simple pediment inscribed with the date 1893 within the angle; smaller pediments delineate the lateral limits at each end of the cornice.

National Archives Catalog Register of Historic Places reference #99000303 pdf pp. 11, 52

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004619