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Show Narrative Description Exterior Primary North Façade The exterior elevations of the north, angled northwest and approximately 40 feet of the west facade are constructed of concrete, likely reinforced given its unblemished appearance. There are two large closed-in bays at the east end of the north façade that would seem to have been glazed at an earlier time thus matching the existing large glazed openings on the remainder of the north façade. These openings are framed infill walls with one arched window in one bay and one arched window and door in the second bay. The balance is asymmetrical and does not fit with the remainder of the north façade. Along the north façade there are seven large openings adorned with vertical, non-structural, highly fanciful concrete roll moldings resembling columns with a faux serpent head resting on an acanthus-like flower. The top of the openings are formed with concrete lintels of highly detailed repeated motifs resembling a coat of arms. At the midpoint of each lintel is what appears to be a grotesque presiding over a different, more delineated coat of arms. Approximately 40 feet from the east street edge of the north elevation is a major opening into the center portion of the parking garage. The lintel over this opening is less ornamental than the others however between the top of the lintel and a Spanish Colonial Revival arch are two large ornate faux coiled serpents supporting each end of the arch. The ornamentation has an eastern influence. This lintel appears, from the interior of the building, to be of pre-cast concrete that was set to be cast in place with the concrete walls. All of the ornamentation along with the parapet is painted a dark brown. All of the walls of these facades are plastered and painted a light mustard color. The top 8" or so of the parapets appear to be finished with small square tiles that have been painted. The parapet cap is galvanized metal. At a point approximately 60 feet to the south from 25th Street there is a single remaining wall of an original four-sided tower, or pavilion, and two walls at right angles to each other remain of a larger four-sided tower/pavilion fronting 25th Street, approximately 60 feet east of Ogden Avenue. The pavilions and roofing can be seen in photos from an earlier date and were Spanish clay-tiled hipped roofs. It is not clear if these were true pavilions with walls or columns passing to floor level. It is not known if the roofs of the tower/pavilions were removed during a more-recent re-roofing or at an earlier date. The remaining facade walls of the tower/pavilions have arched openings above with trefoil arched openings below. West Façade Starting about 60 feet from 25th Street moving south the Ogden Avenue frontage forms a two-story section angling into a three-story section about midpoint along the Ogden Avenue elevation. The second story of the two-story section of frontage is multi-wythe brick supported on a concrete beam structure. Below the beam is multi-wythe infill brick wall. There is evidence from the interior the original construction provided for an open story at street level for about 30 feet into the interior of the building from the north at the vertical line between architectural styles and running south to a point where the building changes from two to three stories. The time of this change is unknown. The lower wall of the in-filled portion of the two-story section is plastered and painted mustard yellow. The infill wall has arched false openings that have been painted a dark brown. The second story of the two-story section has a large brick arch with brick indented below the arch and above a rectangular glazed steel widow. The remaining openings in this section are large glazed steel grid windows. The brick of the second-story section is painted. The two-story section has a cornice of corbelled brick soldiers with a galvanized steel cap. The three--story section is multi-wythe brick that is painted. The openings are large glazed steel grid windows matching the size, grid, and fenestration of the two story section. The first-story windows are tall rectangular openings; the secondstory openings are shorter rectangles and the third-story openings are square. The three-story section is capped with clay tile. 4 |
