Lamborn Building

The Lamborn building at 426 E. Main Street is a Tudor Revival Two-Part Commercial building, built in 1925. The deepest of all the storefronts on E. Main Street, it consists of a main building facing Main Street and an annex attached to the rear of the main building that faces Prospect Street. It is finished in yellow terra cotta. The one-story building to the east was added on or connected to the main building by 1954 and is adjacent to Prohibition Alley. The 3-D mural was painted onto the building in 2023 and depicts the double meaning of "railroads" in Alliance: the Underground Railroad and the actual railroads that created Alliance.

The Lamborn building at 426 E. Main Street is a Tudor Revival Two-Part Commercial building, built in 1925. The deepest of all the storefronts on E. Main Street, it consists of a main building facing Main Street and an annex attached to the rear of the main building that faces Prospect Street. This annes was used as a loading dock and more recently used as an automotive garage. It is finished in yellow terra cotta. The one-story building to the east was added on or connected to the main building by 1954 and is adjacent to Prohibition Alley. The 3-D mural was painted onto the building in 2023 and depicts the double meaning of "railroads" in Alliance: the Underground Railroad and the actual railroads that created Alliance.

The shields of the original design have been covered over by vinyl siding and shingled signboard below the second floor. The second floor windows include fleur-de-lis details and arches with Corinthian columns. The name LAMBORN is engraved above these windows and is flanked by stylized shields.

In 1925, the J. C. Penney Company signed a long-term lease for the 9,000 square foot first floor retail space. It remained here until the 1980s when it moved to the Carnation Mall.

"Old Building Falls in Path of Progress," The Alliance Review and Leader, October 13, 1924, p. 11. https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll36/id/41758.

"Speed Work on New Lamborn Block on East Main Street..." The Alliance Review and Leader, November 20, 1924, p. 3. https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll36/id/41980.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. "Alliance East Main Street Historic District." 2017.