E. S. Swayze Drugstore
E. S. Swayze Drugstore/Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401 | |
![]() The lodge building in November 2014 | |
Location | 106 Main St., Otisville, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 43°10′0″N 83°31′27″W / 43.16667°N 83.52417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1874 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | Genesee County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82000529[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 26, 1982 |
Designated MSHS | 2010[2] |
The E.S. Swayze Drugstore in Otisville, Michigan, United States, also known as Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401, is a building from 1874. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982[1] and designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 2010.[2]
History
[edit]This building was constructed to replace a previous store that burned in 1874. The second floor meeting hall was used by the Free Methodist Church for services from 1887 to 1890. In 1903 Otisville Lodge #401 (a local Masonic lodge) purchased the building, and used it as their meeting hall. It was owned by the Masons until 1970.[2] The lodge has moved to other premises.[3] The building remained vacant until at least the 1980s, but was then refurbished.[4]
Description
[edit]The E. S. Swayze Drugstore is a two-story red brick structure constructed in a vernacular Italianate style. The first floor has a double, five-panel door next to a Palladian-inspired window. Both window of which feature are set in rounded brick archways with keystones. A secondary cornice separates the first floor from the second. The second floor consists of a series of panels, containing four windows similar in to those at the first floor level. Brick corbelling runs across the cornice.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Historical Marker
- ^ Grand Lodge of Michigan list of lodges Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: E. S. Swayze Drugstore
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- Italianate architecture in Michigan
- Commercial buildings completed in 1874
- Buildings and structures in Genesee County, Michigan
- Former Masonic buildings in Michigan
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
- Michigan State Historic Sites
- National Register of Historic Places in Genesee County, Michigan
- 1874 establishments in Michigan