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• <br /> Elk River Downtown Commercial Area <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> e `�^ n96 �� "fir� 4 o � \, °�� <br /> x' ' <br /> ti <br /> y L <br /> ._--' .. MK .. -Al <br /> Address: 304 Jackson Street <br /> PIN: 75-405-0245 <br /> SHPO Inventory#: SH-ERC-033 <br /> III Historic Name: Houlton Building <br /> Current Name: American National Bank <br /> Builder/Contractor: <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: <br /> Architect/Source:Thomas Tudor,Minneapolis,architect for remodeling <br /> Date of Original Construction: 1903;1955 remodeling <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 1 <br /> Property Number: 1 <br /> Description <br /> This two-story,cream brick building occupies a prominent corner lot at the northeast <br /> corner of Jackson and Main streets.The flat-roofed building has a canted corner still <br /> crowned by a parapet inscribed for W.H.Houlton,the original owner. The rectangular <br /> windows have prominent brick voussoirs and there are four courses of brick banding <br /> under the deep wood cornice. Each window has a rusticated stone sill. <br /> The original roofline of the building had stepped and gabled parapets,and tripartite <br /> bays on the east and south elevations.The corner bay appears to have been a later <br /> addition, and all the bays were removed by 1955. The 1955 remodeling included the <br /> installation of a reddish-brown polished granite facing on the entire first floor,with <br /> large display windows replacing the originals.The upper story windows were not <br /> altered,but the tripartite corner window was removed.The interior was also remodeled. <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 53 <br />