This building is known as the Old Cotton Exchange Building. To see its registration on the National Register of Historic Places, click
here.
305 E. Commerce Photographs
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305 Commerce Front Fall 2010
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305 Commerce Front 8-3-2011
305 E. Commerce 2010 Survey Information
305 E. Commerce 2010
Survey Form
305 E. Commerce 2007 National Register Information
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Address: 305 E. Commerce
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Name: Bowers Overhead Door Company
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Previous Name: Cotton Exchange / Mast Office
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Date: 1898
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Type: Two part
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Contributing: Yes
305 E. Commerce 1986 Survey Information
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Address: 305 E. Commerce
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Date: 1900
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Block: 8
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Lot: 3
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Condition: Good; some windows are blocked in; some alterations
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Description: 2-story rectangular brick commercial structure with flat roof; 4/4 double-hung windows set in openings with segmental arches outlined at second level by projecting headers laid in stilted arches connected by a double header course; arched entry has wood and glass panel double door; corbeled string courses at cornice; fan-shaped pediment at roof line over entry is flanked by stopped pilasters capped with curved brick finials.
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Significance: Shown on 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map as 2-story brick with wraparond frame awning; freight elevator at rear; used as dry goods warehouse; partition on rust floor only.