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Elk River Phase II Inventory Form May 2002 Draft <br /> • Elk River Commercial District <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> a1/4 j <br /> SS <br /> � �� .�������i 3 .. t '�do <br /> tk�ao'.RtsRonNt Prat z� <br /> „„:..:"."'41:, -a <br /> 3 <br /> Address: 315 Jackson Street <br /> PIN: Legal: <br /> SHPO Inventory#: pending <br /> • Historic Name: Bank of Elk River <br /> Current Name: Carlson Wagonlit Travel <br /> Builder/Contractor: A.Moorman Company, St. Paul <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: Bank of Elk River <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction: ca.1915 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 4 <br /> Property Number:4 <br /> Description <br /> The Bank of Elk River is a two-story cream brick building with a flat roof. The first story <br /> shows the original two bay division of the façade. The square pilasters with simple <br /> capitals flank bays filled with modern display windows. Above a deep cornice trimmed <br /> with a rusticated brownstone band,the upper story has six arched windows surrounded <br /> by a featureless cream brick façade of relatively recent date. <br /> Several historic photos show the building before its upper story modernization and <br /> could be of great use in restoration. <br /> Significance <br /> This building is locally significant as the second location of the Bank of Elk River,the <br /> • first bank in Sherburne County. Established in 1885 with W.L. Babcock,W. H. Houlton <br /> and Henry Castle as officers,the first bank was located on the north side of the railroad <br /> Elk River Commercial District <br />