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Googins Commercial Block
1535-49 N. Main St. - c.1911 (FWHSE)
Joseph B. Googins, a North Side developer and businessman,
constructed this building around 1911 at the southwest corner of North Main
and NW 20th Streets. From observation on the exterior and from aerial
photographs, this building was probably constructed at several different
times. Early tenants included an electrician, barber, tailor,
milliner, sewing machine shop, and doctor's offices and apartments upstairs.
The building features decorative brickwork on the parapet and a cornice with
an arcade in projecting brick. The building is trimmed out with cast
stone. Over the last few years, a local North Side businesswoman
purchased the building and has restored it, including rebuilding the
storefronts on the ground floor. |