Fore Shoe Company Building, also known as the Washington Shoe Company Building and Kane Dunham & Kraus Shoe Company Building, is a historic shoe factory building located at Washington, Franklin County, Missouri. The original section was built in 1925, and is a two-story, reinforced concrete and wood beam structure sheathed in brick. A two- and three-story brick addition was built in 1927, and is of steel frame construction. The building features a prominent brick smoke stack and measures approximately 58,000 square feet of floor space. The factory closed in 1971.[2]: 5, 19
Fore Shoe Company Building | |
 Fore Shoe Company Building, March 2014 | |
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| Location | 601 E 6th St., Washington, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°33′15″N 91°0′17″W / 38.55417°N 91.00472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1925, 1927 |
| Built by | Lohmeyer and Schulte |
| Architectural style | Brick Factory |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001432[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 2005 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cydney E. Millstein and Mary Ann Warfield (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fore Shoe Company Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2005)