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Legal Description: Rouse's 1st Lots 1-2/Blk E
Address: 549 East Main .
Ownership:name: Melvin Hirsch — The Paint Pot
❑ private address: Roll# 83 Frame#13
❑ public 549 East Main }'y�
rX C`,n U D�� �&L Historic Name: Unknown
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Date of Construction: 1917 IR documented
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U Architect: Unknown
UC .J -" "— Builder: Unknown
= i Original Owner:
Gas,•Station
Original Use:— - Commercial Structure
Present Use:
Research Sources:
❑ abstract of title ❑ city directories
v I ■ `�� ❑ plat records/maps ❑ sewer/water permits
! f ❑ tax cards ❑ obltuarles
❑ building permit ❑ biographles
M Sanborn maps—dates- 1997
Bibliography:
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Describe present appearance of structure/site,then contrast and compare that with it's original appearance,
noting additions,alterations,and changes in materials.Discuss significant architectural features.
This one-and-one-half story commercial structure has an irregular plan with a
warehouse addition to the rear of brick, with pilasters and terra cotta coping.
The asymmetrical facade has an off-center front entrance with aluminum storefront
windows. The brick construction has been painted on the older section and is
foundation stucco over probably stone at the rear. The structure rests on a
concrete foundation. The intersecting gable roof has flared eaves on the original
structure and the one-story addition has a flat roof. The axis of the roof is
perpendicular to the street.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Justify how the persons,important events,and/or historical patterns associated with the structure/site
and surrounding area lend the property significance.
Research in the sources consulted in this survey has not yielded any significant
historical information concerning persons or events associated with this
property.
This structure is an Intrusive element within a potential historic district.
INTEGRITY: Assess the degree to which the structure/site,and surrounding area accurately convey the historical associations of the
property.
The historic Integrity of this property has not been retained due to change
In original design and materials.
INFORMATION VALUE: Explain how the extant structure/site may demonstrate or yield information about its historic use or construc-
tion.
None.
FORM PRfpVff WY: �.C�,O"ALD ARCHITECTS P.C. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
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