Hitchcock Bldg.
719 High
Baldwin City, Ks.

Hitchcock Bldg.
719 High
Baldwin City, Ks.

This property was unimproved in 1906. The existing brick commercial block was constructed between 1908-1910. John L Hitchcock was the owner. He was a principal in the hardware and furniture firm, Hitchcock and Mann, in 1902. By 1908 the business was Hitchcock & Griffin (hardware, furniture, and undertaking).

Commercial block in row, rectangle with central entrance, two stories, two bays second floor, brick and stone masonry, one story stone rear wing,flat roof and parapet. First floor storefront altered with frame and stucco panels, modern metal entrance door. 1/1 double-hung windows second floor. Smooth-cut stone sills, rough cut lintels, recessed brick panels, corbeled brick block and dentil eave detail.

Dale Nimz

Baldwin City Public Lilbrary

Fall 1988

Sanborn maps, 1893-1927
County Assessment rolls, 1906-1928

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