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<br /> HISTORIC SITES [:,,<vE:--iTORY FOR ',.1 /L{L <br /> COMI\'1ERCI A L!Ii'iSTITUTIONA L PROPERTY <br />County Hays Site No,: 1 17 USGS Quad # 3097-221 <br />City/Rural Buda Date..: Factual 1898 Est. Adtns 1901 <br />Historic Name Buda Mercantile Company Building ArchltectÆuilder Unknown <br />Address 200 N Main Contractor <br />Owner Carl R. Chelf Historic Use General StorelOry Goods <br />Legal: Oesc. Pt of Lot 5 & Lot 6 Blk 3 Original town of Buda Present Use Antique Store <br />Property Type Commercial Subtype 1-Part Commercial Styfistic In!. <br /> -. -ity of' location X design X setting X materials X workmanship X association feeling <br />In X <br />HI 'Y of Property Lots 5 & 6 sold to W W Haupt by C W Daniel in 1882: Later sold to Buda Mercantile Co, in 1898 <br /> . Built in 1898 and expanded in 1901. Lots 3,4.5 &6 sold to W, S. Birdwell by Buda Mercantile Co. in 1914: <br /> Store closed in late 1930$, <br />Areas of Significance.. Architecture This noteworthy 1-part commercial block is an outstanding example of <br /> 19th century vernacular masonry construction. It is the oldest extant commercial building in Buda. <br /> It features 6 entry bays highligoted by dressed stone voussoirs and keystone. <br />Bibliography (include oral histo.rÍl;:s) HCDR Book R, pp. 319-21, HCOR Vol 59 p. 268: HCDR Vol 85. PD. 252-53 <br /> Onion Creek Free Press, Oct. 3, 1981: <br />Surveyor Newlan Date Surveyed 1 1 /2 1 /91 <br />Photo Data Rofl/Frame 1.16A 8'9.10 Slides 3 <br />Designations NR RTHL HABS Local Other <br />PRIORITY: High X Medium Low <br /> ~ <br />Location - double-door entry - metal casement windows <br />X original location X mu!tipl€-door entry (light configuration) <br />- moved (specify date) recessed central entry (# of doors) - specify other <br />SE building faces (N/S/EM/) - stairway door (specify placement) . Parapet <br />Stories - transom (specify visible or covered) ~ Sspecify # of parts) <br />1 specify # (1.2) canopy corbelled brickwork <br /> - <br />Co ns truction 'M)()(j decorative brickwork <br /> - - <br /> frame metal metal letters <br />- - - - <br /> solid brick (specify color) rod supported brick letters <br /> - - - <br />x solid stone (cream) chain supported pressed-metal cornice <br />- - - - <br /> specify other wall txaced painted detailing <br />Plan - Specify other X date and name (1898 & 1901) <br />X open plan Rear Elevation - specify other <br /> specify other - on alley Roof <br />Exterior Walls - loading dock hipped roof <br /> - <br />X stone (limestone) ~ loading door gable roof <br /> stucco X windows X' flat roof <br />- synthetic siding ~ single-door entry - specIfy materials if known <br />- <br /> red brick - specify other <br />- buN brick Upper Floor chimneys or flues <br /> - <br />- polychromatic brick - specify # of bays specify other. <br />- - <br />- wood siding - symmetrically arranged <br /> terra cotta ornamentation - asymmetrically arranged Other <br />X party wall construction windows 6 round arch double-door <br />- specify other - specify # entrances wI transoms on SE <br />Ground Roor flat-arched elevation <br />6 specify # of bays - segmentally arched each arch formed by vouSSOlrs <br />~ symmetrically arranged - round-arched and keystone <br />- asymmetrically arrangea - I1OOd mJlOlngs :3 stepped parapets <br /> cast iron pilasters lintels loading doors on NE.Sw. and <br />== fixed sash display windows - NW elevations <br /> voussoirs <br /> - <br /> aluminum sash - wood sash <br />- single-door entry aluminum sash <br /> - <br />