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
305 Commerce Front Fall 2010
305 Commerce Front 8-3-2011
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305 Commerce Front
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305 Commerce Front
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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.