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Union City Indiana - Ohio Walking Tour of Historical Sites
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The building across the street on Columbia here is worth a mention. This is the Kerr Block building that William Kerr built in 1895. William Kerr was a tinner and he purchased a Tin and Stove store at this location in 1867. He grew his business be one of the largest and finest in the state and in 1896 he built one of the finest homes in town. We'll be visiting that house later in the tour.

Proceeding north we come to 207 North Columbia.


Kerr Block originally built 1895 to house William Kerr's Tin and Stove store

Sky, Building, Cloud, Window

1916 corner of Columbia and Pearl looking north

Cloud, Sky, Building, Window

207 N. Columbia Romanesque and Italianate Details

Property, Window, Sky, Building

207 N. Columbia Romanesque and Italianate Details

Window, Sky, Building, Brickwork

On the second story here we have a nice example of Romanesque and Italianate styles. The rough-stone block facing and three stone pilasters are Romanesque. So are the fluted pilaster columns supporting a frieze and cornice above the rectangular windows of the left bay. Italianesque details include the rounded arch window on the right with its eight-paned Palladian fanlight and elaborate keystone as well as the widely projecting cornice supported by a series of large fluted and small scrolled brackets which frame nine inset windows together creating a pleasing frieze under the cornice. The turret is also typical Italianate and most likely there was a matching turret on the north corner that has been removed.

National Archives Catalog Register of Historic Places reference #99000303 pdf pp. 8-9 ,30

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

 

Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources SHAARD database (State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database)

https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/print.html?printType=countySurvey