Shultz Grocery Store 620 High Baldwin City, Ks 66006

Title

Shultz Grocery Store
620 High
Baldwin City, Ks 66006

Subject

This structure is one of a group of masonry buildings constructed in 1900. Small frame buildings occupied the lots at the NE corner of Seventh and High as late as May, 1899. G.B. Lanning sold this property to Albert Wright in 1900. Wright, a black stone mason, probably built the two-story store illustrated in the 1908 Baldwin Souvenir. John H. Weaver, grocer, occupied the property from c. 1902-1912. The second story of this building was removed in 1978.

Description

Commercial building in row, rectangle, recessed central entrance, one story, three bays, brick front and stone walls, flat roof and parapet. Second story removed 1978, rough-cut stone sills remain on parapet cap, wood frame store front altered.

Creator

Dale Nimz, photographer

Publisher

Baldwin City Public Library

Date

Fall, 1988

Contributor

Sanborn maps, 1893-1927
County assessment rolls, 1898-1928
Photo, Baldwin Souvenir(1908)
City directory (1902-03)

Rights

Language

English