Hobbs Mercantile Co.
711 High
Baldwin City, Ks.

Hobbs Mercantile Co.
711 High
Baldwin City, Ks.

A plan for the building was recorded in the September, 1905 Sanborn map. William H. Hobbs was listed as the proprietor of Hobbs Mercantile Company, a general dry goods store, in 1902. The completed building, credited to prominent local builder J. W. Spurgeon, was illustrated in the 1908 Baldwin Souvenir.

Commercial block in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, one-and-a-half stories, five bays, brick laid in common bond, flat roof and parapet, full length I-beam storefront lintel. Altered display windows, facade ornamented with smooth cut water table, pier bases and caps, keystones, ornamental brick cornice. Second floor openings filled with brick. Transom in storefront, modern metal entrance door. Round arched second floor openings.

Dale Nimz

Baldwin City Public Library

Fall 1988

Sanborn insurance maps, 1893-1927
County assessment records, 1900-1928
Baldwin Souvenir (1908)

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