2020 Grand Building

The 2020 Grand Building was erected in 1922 and represents the commercial development in the Crossroads District that occurred after Union Station was built in 1914. It is a typical "two-part" commercial building featuring retail spaces on the first floor and office spaces on the second and third floors. The rear of the building features a sheltered loading dock that was once next to train tracks. As for design, the building is relatively restrained in appearance but does feature Prairie School-style elements as seen, for example, in the diamond shapes at the top of the pilasters. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, it now operates as a hotel called the Hotel Indigo - The Crossroads.

Before the 2020 Grand was built in 1922, a Blacksmith's shop and a business called the People's Ice, Storage & Fuel Company, Plant No. 2 were located on the property. Local developer Irwin R. Kirkwood obtained a building permit to construct the 2020 Grand and hired local architect Samuel E. Edwards to design it for manufacturing or wholesale companies that needed access to railroads. The first tenants included confectionary wholesalers, a fire extinguisher manufacturer, a cigar company, and a billiard table manufacturer. Over the years, a variety of other businesses occupied the building including laboratories and manufacturers of x-ray machines and prosthetic limbs. Kirkwood passed away in 1927 but the family continued to own the building until 1970. A prosthetic company bought it and sold it to a costume company in 1998. It is unclear when the hotel opened.

Rosin, Elizabeth. "Twenty-Twenty Grand Building." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. April 16, 2012. https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Twenty-Twenty%20Grand%20Bldg.pdf.